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2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster

Dinethya Dharmaratne

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Visakha Vidyalaya
  • Hometown Colombo, Sri Lanka

Biography

Awards:
  • Edgardo Madrid & Associates Student-Athlete of the Month (March 2025)
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024-25)
  • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Women's Tennis Team (2025-26)

2025-26 (Sophomore):
Named to the 2026 LSC Preseason Players to Watch list... Competed in all 20 matches this Spring... Was 4-12 overall in singles (1-4 at No. 1 singles, 3-8 at No. 2 singles), and was 7-10 overall in doubles (0-1 at No. 1 doubles, 2-9 at No. 2 doubles, 5-0 at No. 3 doubles)... Played her most doubles matches with Mattea Bowe (0-1 at No. 1 doubles, 2-6 at No. 2 doubles)... In conference play, she was 2-7 in singles, all at the No. 2 position, and was 3-5 in doubles (0-5 at No. 2 doubles, 3-0 at No. 3 doubles)... Led the Falcons in doubles wins both overall and during conference action, and started the season by playing No. 1 singles for the Falcons... Teamed up with Mattea Bowe to win 6-3 at No. 2 doubles over Southeastern Oklahoma State during the first match of the season, and then later that day she won 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-5) at No. 1 singles vs. Northeastern State... Clinched a 4-0 win over Colorado State Pueblo with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) win at No. 2 singles during Spring Break... Earned a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles in an exhibition match vs. DI UTRGV... Won each of her first three matches (in a row) playing with Sophia Crosby at No. 3 doubles, including a 6-1 win at No. 19 (NAIA) Texas Wesleyan and a 6-4 win at UT Dallas, helping UTPB win the doubles point by just one match in both occurrences... Also won at both No. 3 doubles and at No. 2 singles at UT Dallas and at Western New Mexico... Named to the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA for both semesters (Named to the Honor Roll in each of her first four semesters)... Named to the 2025-26 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators.

2024-25 (First-Year):
Played primarily from the No. 6 singles and the No. 3 doubles spots for the Falcons as a true freshman... Held an overall singles record of 11-5 (3-0 at No. 5 singles; 7-4 at No. 6 singles) and a doubles record of 3-1... In LSC matches she was 5-5 in singles (5-4 at No. 6 singles) and 2-0 at No. 3 doubles... Secured championships in both the Singles Flight B Back Draw and the Doubles Flight B Back Draw at the ITA Championships (Sep. 19-21). In the Singles Flight B Back Draw, Dharmaratne matched up against teammate Fanny Bergstrom in the semifinals, and Dharmaratne came out on top by a score of 6-4, 6-4. Then in the final against Anouk Terpin (Texas A&M-Kingsville), it was again Dharmaratne who emerged victorious with a 6-4, 6-2 decision. In the Doubles Flight B Back Draw, Dharmaratne and Viktoriia Sholudko defeated Reika Nagai/Kendall Curley (Texas, Dallas) in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (7-2), in the semifinals before winning 8-5 in the final over Sophia Shepherd/Maya Adler (Lubbock Christian)... Went 3-0 at No. 6 singles vs. Harding, Delta State, and No. 19-ranked Mississippi College on the opening weekend of the Spring season... Started the Spring season by winning six straight matches in singles play... Earned an exhibition win over NCAA Division I UTRGV at No. 6 singles... Clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles in a 4-2 victory over Metro State (Mar. 2)... Also clinched the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles as UTPB won its 2025 home opener and LSC opener 5-2 over Cameron (Mar. 28), improving to 6-0 in singles at the time as just a freshman... Named UTPB's Edgardo Madrid & Associates Women's Student-Athlete of the Month for March... Also named to the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll (4.0 Fall semester)... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

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  • 2024-25Freshman

    5'1"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'1"