Daniela Bellini

Laurel Utterback

/ Women's Tennis

Photo by: Roberto Bellini

Photo by: Lianne Garrahan

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Petersburg Catholic
Hometown:
Tierra Verde, Fla.

Career: Three-time All-Patriot League (2022, 2021 & 2019) ... 2022 & 2019 All-Patriot League First Team ... two-time Academic All-Patriot League Team (2022 & 2021) ... three-time Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week ... graduated tied for 10th in single-season doubles victories (22 in 2021-22), 11th in career doubles wins (55), 13th in career doubles winning percentage (.663), 16th in career combined victories (105), tied for 16th in career singles victories (50) and 17th in career singles winning percentage (.667) ... one of 17 Bison to reach the century mark in combined wins.

2021-22 (Senior): Team captain ... selected to the All-Patriot League First Team ... voted to the Academic All-Patriot League Team ... went 16-10 at singles and 22-8 at doubles ... in both singles and doubles, competed exclusively on the first court or in the top flight ... in dual matches, posted an 11-6 (5-0 PL) record and a 14-7 (4-2 PL) doubles ledger ... in singles, went undefeated in Patriot League dual matches for the second time in career ... went 5-0, with four victories coming in straight sets ... also defeated Loyola's Oliva Tracey, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals ... triumph over Tracey was 50th of collegiate career ... overall, nine of 16 singles wins came in straight sets ... clinched Bucknell's 4-3 victory over Bryant with a 4-6, 6-2, 10-3 decision over All-NEC First Team selection Ada Boru ... named the Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week (4/5) after going 2-0 at both first singles and first doubles during Bucknell's weekend sweep of rival Lehigh (6-1) and Colgate (4-0) ... won second-straight Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week award (4/12) after again posting a 2-0 record at both first singles and first doubles during the Bison's matches against Lafayette (4-3) and Loyola (3-4) ... 22 doubles victories, all of which came with first-year partner Whitney King, was tied for 10th in school history at the end of season ... teamed with King to capture the 'A' Honor doubles title at Navy's Bill & Sandra Moore Invitational with a 4-0 record that included an 8-3 victory over Navy's Jillian Taggart, an All-Patriot League First Team member, and Emily Tannenbaum in the finals ... became the 17th Bison to eclipse the century mark in career combined singles and doubles victories despite having two of four campaigns truncated by the COVID-19 pandemic ... earned Bucknell's John F. Zeller Award, which is presented for outstanding contributions to Bison Athletics while exemplifying the best of Bucknell in the manner that its namesake did in his 68 years of service to the University ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Junior): Made the All-Patriot League Second Team and Academic All-Patriot League Team … went 4-3 in singles and 6-4 in doubles play … played every singles match on the top court … in doubles play, posted a 5-4 record on the top court and a 1-0 ledger on the second court … earned Patriot League singles wins over Lehigh and Loyola (Md.) … earned Patriot League doubles wins over Colgate and Loyola (Md.) … captured a doubles win against Lehigh in the Patriot League quarterfinals ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Primarily played at first singles, going 12-5 overall and 5-1 in duals … posted an 11-5 record in doubles play … went 7-3 in doubles during fall tournaments … claimed a 'B' doubles championship at the season-opening Bucknell Fall Invite … was 6-1 in doubles action while playing with Sofia Ayuso ... voted as the team's Scholar-Athlete ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19 (First Year): Had an outstanding rookie season, making the All-Patriot League First Team ... finished 18-7 overall and 14-6 in duals from the top position in the singles lineup ... went 12-6 in duals with doubles partner Sofia Ayuso (11-6 at No. 2, 1-0 at No. 1) ... in singles, went 5-0 in Patriot League regular-season play ... also won match against Loyola's Kateri Martin, 6-4, 6-3, in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals ... beat Navy's Ansofi Wreder at first singles, 6-1, 6-0, for the team's lone point in that dual ... honored as the Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week (3/5) after defeating All-Patriot League honoree MacKenzie Deeter, 7-5, 6-1, in team victory over Colgate ... four of five league wins came against All-Patriot League players ... three of six dual losses came in three sets ... lone loss to a Patriot League foe came against the Rookie of the Year in the tournament semifinals ... in the fall, won a Flight 1 singles title in collegiate debut, going 3-0 at the season-opening Bucknell Fall Invite ... in overall doubles matches, went 16-11 ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Before Bucknell: Won the Class A state title in Florida while playing for St. Petersburg Catholic High School ... two-year letterwinner ... won the Scholar-Athlete Award for senior class ... ranked as high as fifth in the state in U16 and 21st in U18 ... rated a four-star recruit by the Tennis Recruiting Network ... level 9.81 Universal Tennis Rating.

Personal: Daughter of Roberto and Cindy Bellini ... has two older sisters: Leah Smith and Alyssa Bellini ... father played soccer at Akron ... Alyssa played tennis at Lipscomb ... Leah played tennis at Pasco Hernando State College ... major was computer engineering.