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Matilde Parreira
- Height:
- 5-7
- Eligibility:
- Y-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Leiria, Portugal
- High School:
- Escola Secundária Afonso Lopes Vieria
Awards & Honors:
1x Mid-American Conference Doubles Team of the Week w/Sabrina Tolstova (2/16/26)
2025-26 ITA Division I Women’s Scholar-Athlete
EMU: Entering her second year in 2026-27 with four seasons of eligibility remaining… 2025-26: Led the team in combined wins with 29 victories in her first collegiate season… Ranked second on the roster with 15 singles wins and joined with playing partner Sabrina Tolstova to lead the way with 14 doubles victories… Led the team with 10 total clinches, including a team-best six team-clinching singles victories and six doubles-point-clinching wins with partner Sabrina Tolstova… Clinched the team win from the No. 6 spot at St. Francis (Jan. 24) before securing the victory with wins from the No. 5 position at Butler (Feb. 14), home to Bradley (Feb. 20), and home to Toledo (March 22)… Her 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win against Bradley secured a 4-3 team victory after the Eagles had trailed, 3-1, with three singles matches to play… In the match with Bradley’s Compassion Tsai, Parreira trailed, 4-3, in the third set before claiming the win… Joined with Tolstova to scoring the clinching win in doubles six times, including the second of two matches at Ferris State from the No. 1 position… Added wins from the No. 2 spot at St. Francis, home to Oakland (Jan. 31), at DePaul (Feb. 13), at Butler, and home to Toledo… Was named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week (with Tolstova), Feb. 16, after the wins at DePaul and Butler… Earned ITA Women’s Scholar-Athlete honors following the season.
PRIOR TO EMU: Graduated from Escola Secundária Afonso Lopes Vieria in Leiria, Portugal... Captured several regional and national titles, including the national crown in the U16 mix doubles tournament... Also won regional titles in singles at the senior and U18 levels... Reached the finals in doubles of one ITF tournament and the semifinals two other times... In singles, reached the semifinals of the U18 national tournament and the ITF J30 event in Vilamoura... Highly accomplished in doubles play as well with finalist appearances in four tournaments, including the U16 and U18 national tournaments, and the ITF J60 in Porto and the ITF J30 in Setúbal... Added a finalist appearance at the U18 mixed doubles to national championships... Sports a career high ITF Junior ranking of 1,787 and a career-high WTA ranking of 1,383... Is currently ranked No. 1 nationally for U18 players in Portugal.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Matilde Parreira... Daughter of João Alberto de Sousa Araújo Parreira and Milena Silva do Canto... Has two sisters, Carminho and Leonor... Engineering major.
1x Mid-American Conference Doubles Team of the Week w/Sabrina Tolstova (2/16/26)
2025-26 ITA Division I Women’s Scholar-Athlete
EMU: Entering her second year in 2026-27 with four seasons of eligibility remaining… 2025-26: Led the team in combined wins with 29 victories in her first collegiate season… Ranked second on the roster with 15 singles wins and joined with playing partner Sabrina Tolstova to lead the way with 14 doubles victories… Led the team with 10 total clinches, including a team-best six team-clinching singles victories and six doubles-point-clinching wins with partner Sabrina Tolstova… Clinched the team win from the No. 6 spot at St. Francis (Jan. 24) before securing the victory with wins from the No. 5 position at Butler (Feb. 14), home to Bradley (Feb. 20), and home to Toledo (March 22)… Her 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win against Bradley secured a 4-3 team victory after the Eagles had trailed, 3-1, with three singles matches to play… In the match with Bradley’s Compassion Tsai, Parreira trailed, 4-3, in the third set before claiming the win… Joined with Tolstova to scoring the clinching win in doubles six times, including the second of two matches at Ferris State from the No. 1 position… Added wins from the No. 2 spot at St. Francis, home to Oakland (Jan. 31), at DePaul (Feb. 13), at Butler, and home to Toledo… Was named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week (with Tolstova), Feb. 16, after the wins at DePaul and Butler… Earned ITA Women’s Scholar-Athlete honors following the season.
PRIOR TO EMU: Graduated from Escola Secundária Afonso Lopes Vieria in Leiria, Portugal... Captured several regional and national titles, including the national crown in the U16 mix doubles tournament... Also won regional titles in singles at the senior and U18 levels... Reached the finals in doubles of one ITF tournament and the semifinals two other times... In singles, reached the semifinals of the U18 national tournament and the ITF J30 event in Vilamoura... Highly accomplished in doubles play as well with finalist appearances in four tournaments, including the U16 and U18 national tournaments, and the ITF J60 in Porto and the ITF J30 in Setúbal... Added a finalist appearance at the U18 mixed doubles to national championships... Sports a career high ITF Junior ranking of 1,787 and a career-high WTA ranking of 1,383... Is currently ranked No. 1 nationally for U18 players in Portugal.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Matilde Parreira... Daughter of João Alberto de Sousa Araújo Parreira and Milena Silva do Canto... Has two sisters, Carminho and Leonor... Engineering major.
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