Noelia Lorca is in her first season with the Cowgirls, serving as assistant coach. Lorca spent the last two season of her career at Tarleton State where she posted a 26-7 singles record and a 26-9 doubles record.
In her time at Tarleton State, Lorca won the 2024 WAC Fall Tennis Invitational Singles Title and was named to the All-WAC team both seasons with the Texans.
Lorca, a native of Murcia, Spain began her collegiate career at Lamar where she spent two seasons with the Cardinals.
While with Lamar, she posted an 18-17 overall singles record and an overall 14-17 doubles record, earning All-Southland Conference first team doubles honors as a sophomore.
WAC Fall Tennis Invitational Singles Champion (2024)
All-WAC Second Team (2024, 2025)
All-WAC Tournament Team (2024)
Three-time WAC Doubles Player of the Week
WAC Singles Player of the Week (March 4, 2025)
WAC Singles Player of the Month (October 2024)
Senior (2024-25/Tarleton State)
WAC Fall Tennis Invitational singles champion and All-WAC Second Team honoree … Received an automatic bid to the ITA Conference Masters Championships in Rome, Georgia, after clinching the first-ever fall conference singles title … Three-time WAC Doubles Player of the Week winner and won WAC Singles Player of the Week and WAC Tennis Player of the Month once … Finished her collegiate career with an 8-5 singles mark, playing the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 positions … Had a doubles record of 12-4, including an 8-1 mark on No. 2 doubles … Knocked off the top two seeds in the WAC Fall Invitational en route to the singles title … Named October WAC Tennis Player of the Month for her efforts … Collected two bagels (6-0 sets) in 2025, starting in her first set of her senior season against Prairie View A&M (2/1) … Clinched her first two doubles matches of the season with Ximena Morales Feb. 2-4, including a victory over Power 4 opponent Houston … Earned her first WAC Doubles Player of the Week award on Feb. 4 … Won seven straight singles matches between Feb. 16-March 18 … Received WAC Singles Player of the Week honors on March 4 … Came up with two more WAC Doubles Player of the Week awards in back-to-back weeks on March 18 and March 25 … Helped the Texans clinch the doubles point via tiebreak on Senior Day with Ximena Morales, allowing Tarleton State to win 4-2 over UT Arlington (4/10) … Finished as a doubles champion in the consolation bracket of the 2024 ITA Texas Regional Championships with Emma Persson.
Junior (2023-24/Tarleton State)
WAC Singles All-Conference Second Team … On the WAC All-Tournament Team, one of two Texans and one of eight overall … Led the Texans in singles wins, finishing 18-2 (.900) overall, 2-0 at No. 3, 8-2 at No. 4 and 8-0 at No. 5 … Went 6-1 in WAC play, all matches played between Courts 3-4 … Started the season a perfect 10-0, then went 8-1 over the last nine, all against Western Athletic Conference teams … Won 12 times in straight sets, and of her five straight set WAC victories, she outscored her opponent 60-18 ... Went 2-0 in singles play in the WAC Tournament … Went 14-6 in doubles action with a 14-4 spot in the No. 3 position … Won eight straight doubles matches from Feb. 2 through March 9.
Freshman and Sophomore (2021-22/Lamar)
Played two seasons (2021-22) at former WAC member Lamar, going 18-17 overall in singles and 14-17 in doubles … Played all 22 singles matches in the No. 2 position in 2022-23, going 10-11, including a 7-1 stretch in March-April that carried over into Southland Conference play … Also played between Courts 1-2 in doubles, earning a 9-8 mark (5-0 SLC), with eight wins in the No. 2 spot … Earned First Team All-SLC at the No. 2 Doubles line for her efforts … As a freshman, went 8-6 in singles, including a 5-4 mark on Court 3 … Top wins at Lamar included a Court 2 singles win vs. UTRGV, a Court 3 singles victory at Stephen F. Austin, a Court 4 singles win vs. Oral Roberts, and a Court 1 doubles win at UTSA.
IES Licenciado Francisco Cascales
Ranked as high as 122nd in the country in her junior career, picking up nine wins against nationally ranked players, including six in the top-100 … Won the 2015 Spanish Women's Regional Championship, and followed that up with runner-up finishes at the 2019 Women's Regional, 2019 and 2020 Junior Nationals and the 2019 Absolute tournament … Also finished second in the Marbella Marca Junior Cup.
Personal:
Hometown is Murcia, Spain … Is a 2021 graduate of IES Licenciado Francisco Cascales … Full name is Noelia Lorca Grinan … Daughter of Antonio Lorca and Noelia Grinan … Has one sister, Elena … Psychology graduate … working on her Masters in Health and Human Performance...Born Sept. 11.
