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2026-27 Women's Tennis Roster

Dinethya Dharmaratne

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Junior
  • 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) in dual matches during the Spring season... 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... Also during conference play, Dharmaratne won at both No. 3 doubles and at No. 2 singles at UT Dallas and at Western New Mexico... Teamed up with 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 (her 2nd year in a row with a win vs. 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. In UTPB's win over TWU, Dharmaratne/Crosby won the first match, 6-1, over Shelby Standokes/Meghan Connoly at No. 3 doubles. Then in UTPB's 4-3 loss at UTD, Dharmaratne/Crosby defeated Reika Nagai and Elsha Valluru 6-4, helping UTPB to win the doubles point over the Comets. The pair improved to 3-0 together at No. 3 doubles... During the Fall season, Dharmaratne finished a combined 2-7 in singles and 3-4 in doubles... Earned one of UTPB's two singles wins and teamed up with Paige Sitanggang for one of UTPB's two doubles wins at the StMU Kimbell Memorial Invitational.... At the ITA South Central Regional Championships, Dharmaratne advanced to the second round of the Singles Flight A Back Draw while in doubles, Dharmaratne and her partner, Alyssa Glasgow, were the only UTPB doubles pair to win their first match to advance to the second round of the Doubles Flight A Main Draw... Lastly, at the NMSU Aggie Invite, Dharmaratne/Sitanggang won the consolation final of their Doubles Flight B draw... 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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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    5'1"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2026-27Junior

    5'1"