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Karina Tyma
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Gorzów, Poland
- High School:
- Redmaids High School for Girls
Bio
2022-23 / Senior
CSA First Team All-American…MASC First Team…competed in 15 matches for the Dragons…went 9-6 in team play and 3-1 at the CSA Individual Championships for a 12-7 record overall…won the Molloy Cup consolation bracket to earn First Team All-America honors…went 8-6 in the second position for Drexel…posted a 2-0 mark at the MASC Championships to help the Dragons win the Gaynor Cup.
2021-22 / Junior
CSA Second Team All-American…MASC Female Player of the Year…MASC First Team…appeared in 19 matches for the Dragons…went 13-6 in team play, all at the number one position…tied the Drexel record for single-season wins at number one…posted a 13-8 mark overall…opened the season with six consecutive victories…claimed a win in the Howe Cup quarterfinals against No. 3 Princeton (2/25/22)…also won all three of her matches at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference championships as the Dragons won the Gaynor Cup.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Became the first individual in women's program history to earn first team all-American honors from the College Squash Association after winning her opening match at the top-flight Ramsay Cup at the individual championships…named to the Mid-Atlantic Squash All-Conference Team…received Drexel University School of Education honors on Nov. 25…posted an 11-8 record, going 10-7 at the top position and 1-1 as an individual…matched the third-most top-position wins in a Drexel career…won her first five contests…swept Penn’s Jessica Davis, a fellow first team all-American, in her collegiate debut on Nov. 17…won in five games against second team all-American Elena Wagenmans of Stanford to lead the Dragons to their first win over a top-four opponent…swept Columbia’s Habiba Mohamed, another first team all-American, as Drexel collected its first-ever victory over the Lions…won in five games over second team all-American Raneem El Torky of Princeton… helped propel Drexel to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, the highest ranking in program history…won in five games against first team all-American Zoe Foo Yuk Han on George Washington in Drexel’s regular season finale…swept second team all-American Emma Jinks of Virginia in the final match of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships, helping the Dragons lift the Gaynor Cup…appeared in all three of Drexel’s Howe Cup contests as the Dragons finished seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…added a second sweep of Jessica Davis in Drexel’s 5-4 win over Penn in the Howe Cup seventh-place match.
Background
Attended Redland High School for Girls between 2011 and 2016 and Redmaids High School for Girls from 2016 until 2018…multi-sport athlete, competing in field hockey, netball, track & field, tennis and rounders in addition to squash…collected championships at the U19 level at the 2019 European Junior Championship, the 2018 Belgian Junior Open, the 2018 French Junior Open, the 2017 Swiss Junior Open, the 2017 Dutch Junior Open and the 2017 Cologne Cup Junior Championships…two-time Polish National Senior champion, winning in 2017 and 2019.
Personal
Daughter of Rosanna Radlinska-Tyma and Krzysztof Tyma…has one older sibling, Konrad…brother was a four-year member of the squash team at the University of West England…father is an accomplished kayaker, winning gold for the Polish national team at the European Masters in 2007 and a silver medal in the Polish national championships in 1987…majoring in political science.
CSA First Team All-American…MASC First Team…competed in 15 matches for the Dragons…went 9-6 in team play and 3-1 at the CSA Individual Championships for a 12-7 record overall…won the Molloy Cup consolation bracket to earn First Team All-America honors…went 8-6 in the second position for Drexel…posted a 2-0 mark at the MASC Championships to help the Dragons win the Gaynor Cup.
2021-22 / Junior
CSA Second Team All-American…MASC Female Player of the Year…MASC First Team…appeared in 19 matches for the Dragons…went 13-6 in team play, all at the number one position…tied the Drexel record for single-season wins at number one…posted a 13-8 mark overall…opened the season with six consecutive victories…claimed a win in the Howe Cup quarterfinals against No. 3 Princeton (2/25/22)…also won all three of her matches at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference championships as the Dragons won the Gaynor Cup.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Became the first individual in women's program history to earn first team all-American honors from the College Squash Association after winning her opening match at the top-flight Ramsay Cup at the individual championships…named to the Mid-Atlantic Squash All-Conference Team…received Drexel University School of Education honors on Nov. 25…posted an 11-8 record, going 10-7 at the top position and 1-1 as an individual…matched the third-most top-position wins in a Drexel career…won her first five contests…swept Penn’s Jessica Davis, a fellow first team all-American, in her collegiate debut on Nov. 17…won in five games against second team all-American Elena Wagenmans of Stanford to lead the Dragons to their first win over a top-four opponent…swept Columbia’s Habiba Mohamed, another first team all-American, as Drexel collected its first-ever victory over the Lions…won in five games over second team all-American Raneem El Torky of Princeton… helped propel Drexel to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, the highest ranking in program history…won in five games against first team all-American Zoe Foo Yuk Han on George Washington in Drexel’s regular season finale…swept second team all-American Emma Jinks of Virginia in the final match of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships, helping the Dragons lift the Gaynor Cup…appeared in all three of Drexel’s Howe Cup contests as the Dragons finished seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…added a second sweep of Jessica Davis in Drexel’s 5-4 win over Penn in the Howe Cup seventh-place match.
Background
Attended Redland High School for Girls between 2011 and 2016 and Redmaids High School for Girls from 2016 until 2018…multi-sport athlete, competing in field hockey, netball, track & field, tennis and rounders in addition to squash…collected championships at the U19 level at the 2019 European Junior Championship, the 2018 Belgian Junior Open, the 2018 French Junior Open, the 2017 Swiss Junior Open, the 2017 Dutch Junior Open and the 2017 Cologne Cup Junior Championships…two-time Polish National Senior champion, winning in 2017 and 2019.
Personal
Daughter of Rosanna Radlinska-Tyma and Krzysztof Tyma…has one older sibling, Konrad…brother was a four-year member of the squash team at the University of West England…father is an accomplished kayaker, winning gold for the Polish national team at the European Masters in 2007 and a silver medal in the Polish national championships in 1987…majoring in political science.
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Tuesday, February 28
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Saturday, January 21
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