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2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster

Caroline McGinley

  • Height 5-6
  • Class JR
  • Hometown Essex Fells, N.J.
  • Highschool Smith Stearns Tennis Academy
  • Instagram clmcginley

Biography

ITA Player Profile

HONORS & AWARDS
All-ACC Doubles Second Team (2026)
CSC All-District (2025, 2026)
2x ACC Doubles Team of the Week (Feb. 24 & March. 10, 2026)
ACC Player of the Week (March 10, 2026)
ACC All-Academic Team (2025)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2024 & 2025)

2025-26 (Junior)
• Went 20-2 in doubles to lead SMU, 10-2 in dual ACC matches (all on court one) during dual match play
• Ranked as high as No. 10 alongside freshman Amelie Van Impe by the ITA, finishing No. 16 in the final rankings on May 20
• Went 8-2 against ranked doubles teams, including wins over No. 1 Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum (Oklahoma), No. 3 Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang (Virginia) and No. 12 Liv Hovde and Shavit Kimchi (Duke)
• Earned a 11-5 singles record as a junior on court three, 5-3 in ACC matches
• Clinched six matches for SMU in the spring, double the amount of any other player on the team.
• Collected a singles ranked win over No. 97 Theodora Chantava of Wichita State in the NCAA Championships First Round, her first singles appearance at the team NCAA Championships

2024-25 (Sophomore)
• Collected a 8-14 combined singles record and 10-17 doubles record as a sophomore
• Went 4-5 in dual singles play, 2-5 in ACC matches
• Clinched a 4-3 win over No. 28 Georgia Tech for SMU with a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 over Kylie Bilchev (GT) on court six
• Had one ranked doubles win against No. 25 Xinyi Nong/Raquel Gonzalez of Miami along with Sophie Llewellyn on March 23, winning 6-1
• Won four of her final seven singles matches to close out the fall slate, including a pair of wins at the ITA Texas Regional Championships and the Jae Foundation Open  

2023-24 (Freshman)
• Earned four singles wins in her first spring on the Hilltop
• As a freshman earned her first career ranked win over No. 78 Karolina Berankova from Duke, 6-4, 7-6 on Jan. 13
• Clinching the match versus LSU on court six against the Tiger’s Kenna Erickson, earning the win in three sets at 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
• Claimed a 14-17 singles overall record in her first year on the Hilltop
• Appeared in the NCAA Championship against then-No. 33 Alabama and then-No. 1 OSU as a freshman 
• Claimed a 17-17 doubles record across five different partners  

PREP/PERSONAL
• McGinley, coming to the Hilltop from New Jersey
• Ranked the No. 2 ranked player in her home state of New Jersey and ranked in the top 50 in the 2023 recruit class

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24FR

  • 2024-25SO

  • 2025-26JR

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