Bradley University Athletics

Tennis Announces Highly-Touted Recruiting Class

The Braves will welcome a pair of four-star recruits for the 2018-19 season

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Women's Tennis 5/4/2018 2:23:00 PM

PEORIA, IL – With one four-star recruit already signed during the fall, Bradley Tennis head coach Matt Tyler announced the most highly-touted recruiting class in program history Friday with the addition of two more spring signees. Bozana Lojpur (Burnaby, British Columbia/Burnaby Mountain School) and Mayu Tezuka (Tokyo, Japan/Saddlebrook, FL, Tennis Academy) both have signed National Letters of Intent to attend Bradley University and play tennis for the Braves during the 2018-19 school year.

Lojpur and Tezuka join early signee Nikki Perlwitz (Weston, FL/Bill Clark Tennis Academy) in a 3-person recruiting class to fill the void created by the graduation of three seniors.

"I am so excited that Bozana and Mayu have decided to spend their collegiate tennis careers at Bradley," said Tyler. "Both are outstanding student-athletes who will make an immediate impact on our team athletically and academically."

Tezuka joins Perlwitz as a four-star recruit, who trains in Florida. Ranked as high as 73rd nationally with a TennisRPI as high as 86 this year, Tezuka currently checks in as the No. 85 national recruit, 22nd in the Southeast and ninth out of the state of Florida. In the updated rankings, Perlwitz currently ranks 166th nationally, 50th in the Southeast and 24th among Florida prepsters. They represent half of the four-star recruits committed to Missouri Valley Conference programs this year.

Lojpur, who plays out of the Burnaby Tennis Club, currently ranks 71st in the Canadian Women's Singles Open division and 17th among players from the British Columbia province. She also is tied for 43rd in the Canadian Women's Doubles Open division.

Pronunciations
Bozana: BO – zhuh – nuh
Lojpur: LOY – purr

Mayu: MY – you
Tezuka: teh – ZOO - kuh

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