Abinaya Sweeton
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Chenai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Year:
- Graduate Student
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- High School:
- S.B.O.A Matriculation and Higher Secondary School
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- Previous College:
- M.O.P Vaishnav College for Women
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- Singles Wins
- 2
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- Singles Losses
- 2
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- Singles Ties
- 2
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- Doubles Wins
- 3
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- Doubles Losses
- 4
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- Doubles Ties
- 2
Bio
PRIOR TO C-N: Abinaya was a decorated player before her time at Carson-Newman. She has been honored with the President's Award by Mr. Vijay Amritraj from Tamil Nadu Tennis Association for the Most Promising Youngster 2018-2019 and took 2nd Place at the All India Inter University Tennis Tournament (2024–2025) most recently. Sweeton was 2-1 in her matches at the Tennis Temple UTR Edition 62 Tournament, a 3-0 record at the Edition 64 tournament and a 5-1 record in UTR Torurnaments in 2022. She was also a part of teams that took 2nd in the South Zone Inter University Tennis Tournament from 2023-2025. Shr has won golf medals at the University of Madras A-Zone Inter College Competition from 2023-2024. She also received gold medals at the YMCA Buck Inter University Tennis Tournament in 2023 and the WCC Inter University Tennis Tournaments. She was published in the newspaper for the Stunning Performance in the Asian Tennis Federation Matches, and is accomplished in her academics, earning a proficiency certificate for scoring 100/100 in Commerce, Economics & Computer Applications (12th Board, 2022). She was a National Level Participant at the SpellBee International Competition and has a Grade 1 Piano with Merit from Trinity College London.
PERSONAL: Abinaya is the daughter of Sweeton Ebiraj Samuel.
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Singles Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Singles Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Singles Ties | 2 | 1 |
| Singles Sets Wins | 7 | 2 |
| Singles Sets Losses | 7 | 4 |
| Singles Games Wins | 346 | 116 |
| Singles Games Losses | 250 | 120 |
| Doubles Wins | 3 | 3 |
| Doubles Losses | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles Ties | 2 | 1 |
| Doubles Sets Wins | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles Sets Losses | 6 | 4 |
| Doubles Games Wins | 234 | 31 |
| Doubles Games Losses | 141 | 34 |
| Date | Opponent | Score | SinglesW | SinglesL | SinglesT | DoublesW | DoublesL | DoublesT | SinglesSetsW | SinglesSetsL | SinglesGamesW | SinglesGamesL | DoublesSetsW | DoublesSetsL | DoublesGamesW | DoublesGamesL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at LMU Invitational | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sep 26 | at ITA Falls Regionals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sep 27 | at ITA Falls Regionals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sep 28 | at ITA Falls Regionals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Oct 15 | Eagle Invitational | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Oct 16 | Eagle Invitational | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Oct 17 | Eagle Invitational | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Oct 18 | Eagle Invitational | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Feb 7 | vs. Cumberland (Ky.) | L, 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 100 |
| Feb 13 | Montreat College | W, 7-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| Feb 14 | King (Tenn.) | W, 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 15 | vs. Young Harris | W, 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 20 | Middle Georgia State | L, 4-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 28 | at Lenoir-Rhyne | L, 4-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mar 2 | at #7 North Georgia | L, 7-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mar 4 | at #6 Catawba | L, 4-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mar 11 | Virginia-Wise | L, 4-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mar 16 | vs. Neb.-Kearney | L, 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Mar 21 | at Coker | W, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Mar 24 | at Emory & Henry | W, 4-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mar 26 | #34 Anderson (S.C.) | W, 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Mar 28 | #24 Wingate | L, 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Mar 31 | #43 Lee | L, 7-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 2 | at Tusculum | W, 4-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 4 | Pikeville | W, 7-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apr 7 | at Mars Hill | W, 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Apr 9 | Lincoln Memorial | L, 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Apr 11 | #23 Newberry | L, 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Apr 16 | at Catawba | L, 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Statistic | gp | SinglesW | SinglesL | SinglesT | DoublesW | DoublesL | DoublesT | SinglesSetsW | SinglesSetsL | SinglesGamesW | SinglesGamesL | DoublesSetsW | DoublesSetsL | DoublesGamesW | DoublesGamesL |
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| 2025-26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 346 | 250 | 4 | 6 | 234 | 141 |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 346 | 250 | 4 | 6 | 234 | 141 |
| Statistic | gp | SinglesW | SinglesL | SinglesT | DoublesW | DoublesL | DoublesT | SinglesSetsW | SinglesSetsL | SinglesGamesW | SinglesGamesL | DoublesSetsW | DoublesSetsL | DoublesGamesW | DoublesGamesL |
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| Event | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 346 | 250 | 4 | 6 | 234 | 141 |
| Conference | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 116 | 120 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 34 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| Home | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 305 | 218 | 3 | 2 | 120 | 20 |
| Away | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| Neutral | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 107 |
| Result | |||||||||||||||
| Wins | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 330 | 219 | 3 | 1 | 113 | 11 |
| Losses | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 121 | 130 |
| Month | |||||||||||||||
| February | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 230 | 130 | 1 | 1 | 198 | 100 |
| March | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 116 | 120 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 |
| April | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 17 | 23 |
News mentions
As the 8th seed, the Eagles were tasked with taking on the first-seeded #6 Catawba. They fell 4-0 in the SAC Quarterfinals.
The Eagles challenged the ranked Wolves but couldn’t grab the win at their home court.
The loss snaps a three-match winning streak to send the Eagles into their final regular-season match.
With their third win in a row, women’s tennis will return home to face their final two conference opponents of the season with three sweeps in their pocket.
Carson-Newman Women’s Tennis will head to Greenville on Thursday to battle Tusculum before returning home on Saturday for their senior day.
The Eagles played without conference player of the week Hala Awad in singles and couldn’t step up to the plate against the Flames.
The conference office announced the senior as the WePlayed Tennis player of the week after an undefeated three-match stretch in both singles and doubles.
The Eagles pushed one of the top ten teams in the nation to three sets in multiple matches after nearly securing the doubles point to drop the match 4-2.
The Eagles took care of the doubles point before strong singles play elevated the Eagles to a 4-1 decision.
The Eagles swept Emory & Henry 4-0 in a midweek conference match, stacking their first wins in a row since they began the season with wins against Montreat and King.
C-N Women’s Tennis switched up their doubles pairs to notch a 4-0 sweep over Coker and get back in the win column.
Carson-Newman got wins from its first and third singles players, but narrowly missed out on the match with three matches going to a third set.
Carson-Newman Women’s Tennis capped off a busy weekend with a nailbiter, edging out Young Harris 4-3 at the LMU Tennis Facility to improve to 3-1 on the season and go undefeated on the weekend.
After dropping their opening match of the season, Carson-Newman Women’s Tennis has played lockdown, shutting out Montreat and King in the home opener.
After falling in the doubles point, C-N two wins in the first and second singles slots before falling consecutively in the bottom half of the lineup in the season opener for the women’s squad.