The Lady Tiger tennis team has added another player to the already-historic recruiting class head coach Julia Sell assembled during the spring.
A sophomore and California native, Noel Scott will transfer from Texas after posting a 21-18 record during the spring season. Scott proved herself against top competition throughout the nation as she defeated players in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s top-10 rankings.
Scott was also a crucial cog in the Longhorns’ doubles machine, posting a 14-12 doubles record. Her partnership with Breaunna Addison proved to be a fruitful one for the Longhorns, as the duo finished No. 21 in the nation and competed in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
The 5-foot-8 Scott was a four-star recruit coming out of high school when she joined the Longhorns.
During an interview with Sell before Scott had decided on the transfer, Sell said she was very excited about the prospect of Scott joining the Tigers and was in the process of bringing her in for a school visit.
Scott will provide valuable experience to what will be a young lineup next season. Former seniors Kaitlin Burns, Ebie Wilson and Keri Frankenberger are gone, and LSU will only return three players who saw time on the court last season.
Scott, along with returning players Mary Jeremiah, Ella Taylor and Ariel Morton, will be the only LSU players with experience at the college level.
“I don’t want to have something that is successful for one year,” Sell said in an interview earlier this summer. “I want to have a program that rivals the storied programs throughout the nation. I want to be a top team in the nation every year, that’s what we’re going to shoot for.”