Moka Ito

Year:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Fukushima, Japan
Prev School:
Alabama
Major:
General Studies

YSU (2022): Redshirted in the spring after transferring from Alabama.

Alabama (2018-21): Was a member of the program for three seasons...as a senior, played at No. 1 or No. 2 singles for Alabama...opened the season with a 5-0 dual doubles match record at No. 3 with partner Anna Parkhomenko...went 5-0 at No. 1 singles to open season...played 14 matches at No. 1 doubles...as a junior, played in the No. 1 spot in the dual match season...went 10-10 in singles and 14-3 in doubles in 2019-20...finished the doubles season with as the No. 49 pair in the country with Isabella Harvison...played in the No. 1 spot with Harvison while the pair went 13-3 overall and 9-2 during the dual match season...earned ranked singles wins over No. 53 Martina Zerulo and No. 55 Tatum Rice of Arkansas at the Rice Invitational...in 2018-19, had 14 singles wins, including 12 victories in dual match season...played primarily at the No. 2 spot in singles and No. 1 doubles in her first season with Alabama...had one nationally-ranked singles win over No. 81 Emma Antonaki of Mississippi State (3/17) to clinch the road victory for UA...started the dual match season with a 5-0 record in singles...finished with 13 doubles victories, including eight in dual match play.

Western Kentucky (2017-18): Cemented her name into WKU’s record books by becoming the program’s first Conference USA Freshman of the Year and the fifth Lady Topper to earn first team all-conference honors in singles...posted a 12-1 mark in singles play, which tied for sixth for the most wins in program history...ended the season with an eight-match win streak...registered 10 victories in doubles, which tied for eighth in school history...overall, totaled 21 singles wins and 18 doubles wins.

Prep Highlights: Defeated Julia Vulpio, one of France's top juniors...defeated Kanae Hisami who ranked as high at 393 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings.