Colorado University Athletics
Buffs Add Van der Werff From the Netherlands
August 19, 2024 | Tennis
Van der Werff is the second incoming freshman for 2024-25.
BOULDER - Rixt van der Werff, a freshman from Groningen, Netherlands, has signed her national letter of intent to play tennis at the University of Colorado, head coach Anthony Pham announced Monday.
Van der Werff comes to Boulder as an older freshman, she has plenty of high level tennis experience to fall back on. Currently she ranks No. 20 in the Netherland's. Working up the tennis scene she also saw early success winning the Dutch 16u doubles championship and finishing as the runner up in the singles championships. After thriving she held the nation's top spot as the No. 1 player under 16.
As time as gone on she has accumulated more and more honors with multiple International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior titles as well as finding herself in many senior national rankings.
"We are very excited about Rixt joining our Buff tennis family," Pham said on the signing. "She possesses strong character, is an incredibly hard worker and loves tennis. She is equally thrilled about being a Buff and continuing to help push our program to new heights. We are confident she will have a major impact on our squad on and off the court and represent us well in the community. Buff fans will really enjoy watching her compete!"
She will find herself joining a veteran team that finished the 2023-24 season ranked No. 71 in final ITA poll. After a second-place finish in the NIT the Buffs lose three players from last years squad. Van der Werff is set to join Lera Alexin for the Buffs freshman class this fall.
Van der Werff is only the third player from the Netherlands in program history after Julyette Steur in 2015 and Fleur Eggink 2021.
Van der Werff comes to Boulder as an older freshman, she has plenty of high level tennis experience to fall back on. Currently she ranks No. 20 in the Netherland's. Working up the tennis scene she also saw early success winning the Dutch 16u doubles championship and finishing as the runner up in the singles championships. After thriving she held the nation's top spot as the No. 1 player under 16.
As time as gone on she has accumulated more and more honors with multiple International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior titles as well as finding herself in many senior national rankings.
"We are very excited about Rixt joining our Buff tennis family," Pham said on the signing. "She possesses strong character, is an incredibly hard worker and loves tennis. She is equally thrilled about being a Buff and continuing to help push our program to new heights. We are confident she will have a major impact on our squad on and off the court and represent us well in the community. Buff fans will really enjoy watching her compete!"
She will find herself joining a veteran team that finished the 2023-24 season ranked No. 71 in final ITA poll. After a second-place finish in the NIT the Buffs lose three players from last years squad. Van der Werff is set to join Lera Alexin for the Buffs freshman class this fall.
Van der Werff is only the third player from the Netherlands in program history after Julyette Steur in 2015 and Fleur Eggink 2021.
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