PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers tennis head coach Hilary Ritchie announced another addition to the 2024-25 roster on Thursday afternoon, welcoming sophomore transfer Xintong “Cindy” Zhou from Fordham.
“We are looking forward to having Cindy join our team,” Ritchie said. “She had a lot of regional success last season at Fordham. Cindy is a hard worker with a lot of passion. We are excited to welcome her this fall.”
Zhou made an immediate impact in the Rams’ lineup as a freshman, seeing action in 18 of the team’s 22 spring matches. She went 8-5 in singles play, earning victories on courts No. 3, 4 and 5. The Mississauga, Ontario native went 11 matches without a loss, picking up big two-set wins over George Washington, Brown, Richmond and George Mason. She also earned a doubles victory on the third court over St. Bonaventure.
In the fall, Zhou went 4-3 in singles play and 6-1 in doubles. She had her best outing during her college debut at the Fordham Invitational, going 3-0 in both singles and doubles with wins over opposition from Seton Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson and Stone Hill.
Before her time in the Bronx, Zhou enjoyed a successful juniors career. The top prospect ranked as high as No. 302 in ITF Junior Rankings, No. 9 in Canada Junior Rankings and has a career high Universal Tennis Rating of 9.81. She was a singles finalist at ITF events in J3 San Jose, J4 Santa Tecla and a doubles finalist at the J3 Santo Domingo tournament. She trained at Tipsarevic Tennis Academy in Belgrade.
Follow Along
Follow Rutgers women’s tennis on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Rutgers University Athletics…