PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers tennis head coach Hilary Ritchie announced another addition to the 2024-25 roster on Thursday afternoon, welcoming sophomore transfer Xintong "Cindy" Zhou from Fordham.  

"We are looking forward to having Cindy join our team," Ritchie said. "She had a lot of regional success last season at Fordham. Cindy is a hard worker with a lot of passion. We are excited to welcome her this fall." 

Zhou made an immediate impact in the Rams' lineup as a freshman, seeing action in 18 of the team's 22 spring matches. She went 8-5 in singles play, earning victories on courts No. 3, 4 and 5. The Mississauga, Ontario native went 11 matches without a loss, picking up big two-set wins over George Washington, Brown, Richmond and George Mason. She also earned a doubles victory on the third court over St. Bonaventure.  

In the fall, Zhou went 4-3 in singles play and 6-1 in doubles. She had her best outing during her college debut at the Fordham Invitational, going 3-0 in both singles and doubles with wins over opposition from Seton Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson and Stone Hill.  

Before her time in the Bronx, Zhou enjoyed a successful juniors career. The top prospect ranked as high as No. 302 in ITF Junior Rankings, No. 9 in Canada Junior Rankings and has a career high Universal Tennis Rating of 9.81. She was a singles finalist at ITF events in J3 San Jose, J4 Santa Tecla and a doubles finalist at the J3 Santo Domingo tournament. She trained at Tipsarevic Tennis Academy in Belgrade. 

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