Brigita Bercyte

Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Laurel Springs School
Hometown:
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Awards
2011-12 ACC Honor Roll 2013-14 (Senior)
Played one match at No. 6 singles and six matches at No. 3 doubles for the Deacs... Posted a 4-4 singles record and a 6-8 doubles mark... Earned a pair of singles victories at both the Wake Forest Invitational and the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional in the fall... Dropped her lone dual match against Miami[apos]s Brittany Dubins on March 23, falling in three sets... Won two doubles matches at the Wake Forest Invitational... Teamed with Karen Forman to earn dual victories against UNCG (Jan. 20), Appalachian State (Jan. 25) and Winthrop (March 15)... Also paired with Kristina Centenari for one dual match against Pittsburgh (Feb. 23). 2012-13 (Junior)
Played primarily at the No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles positions ... Finished the year at 10-23 in singles and 9-19 in doubles ... Came on strong in conference play, ranking second on the team with a 3-3 ACC singles record ... Won three of her last four singles matches of the season ... Notched ACC singles victories against players from Duke, Maryland and Georgia Tech ...Posted an ACC doubles victory over a team from Virginia Tech ... Other notable doubles wins came against teams from San Diego and Long Beach State ... Took third place in her singles flight at the Wake Forest Invitational 2011-12 (Sophomore)
Played in 18 dual matches for the Demon Deacons ... Won her singles flight at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational, notching wins over players from Richmond, ETSU, UNCG and Louisville ... Posted win at No. 6 singles over Paula Montoya from No. 39 USF ... Earned first-career ACC doubles win at the No. 3 position against NC State ... Went 8-7 in fall singles play ... Competed at the No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles positions for the majority of the spring season ... Strung together a career-long six-match singles winning streak that ran from Oct. 1-20 ... Finished the season with a 9-24 singles record and 8-19 doubles record. 2011 (Freshman)
Enrolled at Wake Forest in January ... Appeared in 19 dual matches for the Demon Deacons ...Earned first collegiate victory in doubles against Winthrop ... Topped ETSU[apos]s Andra Voinea for her first college singles win ... Took down Maryland[apos]s Julia Huschke in singles for her first-career ACC win ... Picked up doubles victories over teams from ETSU and Richmond ... Finished 3-8 in singles and 3-13 in doubles Background:
Competed extensively on the ITF Junior circuit ... Reached the singles final of the ITF Copa Mangu Tournament in the Dominican Republic in fall of 2010 ... Won the doubles title at the ITF Copa Coqui tournament in Puerto Rico in the fall of 2010 ... Also ran cross country during her freshman year at Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. earning Wall of Fame honors and setting numerous Public School Athletic League records Personal:
Born 7/23/1992 in Vilnius, Lithuania ... Moved to the United States with her family when she was 11 years old ... Daughter of Regina Berciene and Raimundas Bercys ... Brother Salvijus Bercys was on the chess team at the University of Texas at Dallas.