Eastern Illinois director of tennis
Paul Jarzynka has added two players to the Panthers women's tennis roster. Set to join the EIU team for the 2022-23 season are Madeline Monroy and Emma Pilipovic-Kljajic.
Monroy comes to EIU from Litchfield Park, Arizona where she played high school tennis at Canyon View High School. She is a 3-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net and ranked as high as 212 nationally and in the top ten in the State of Arizona. As a senior she was part of the AIA Division II State Doubles runner-up team losing in the championship match. As a junior she helped lead Canyon View to an AIA Division II second place finish while playing as part of the state champion doubles team. She earned first team All-State and was the Section Singles and Doubles Player of the Year.
"We are really excited to have Maddie join the program. I have enjoyed getting to know her during the recruiting progress and love how excited she is to be a Panther," said Jarzynka. "Maddie has the game to be a tremendous player for us and will be a big part of the program moving forward."
Pilipovic-Kljajic is the younger sister of current EIU men's player Max Pilipovic-Kljajic and hails from Brisbane, Australia. She attended St. Peter's Lutheran College for prep school and was team captain playing in the number one doubles position. She went undefeated in doubles play during her senior season. Pilipovic-Kljajic played at number three singles on her high school roster.
"We are loooking forward to having another member of the Pilipovic-Kljajic family join Panther Nation. It was fantastic going through the recruiting process with Emma and I believe she has the ability to develop into a solid player for us during her time in Charleston," said Jarzynka.
