Irina Preotescu

WSOC at Saint Joseph's Highlights

Sunday, August 24

Open Practice Press Conference 8.5.2025

Tuesday, August 05

St. John's Basketball Adidas Launch Media Availability7.16.25

Wednesday, July 16

Coach Pitino Press Conference Yankee Stadium 6.4.2025

Wednesday, June 04

Victoria Papadopoulou and Noemi Babikova Named to All-BIG EAST Second Team

Thursday, May 01

No. 3 St. John’s Falls Short in BIG EAST Semifinals to No. 2 Xavier, 4-1

Saturday, April 19

No. 3 St. John’s Sweeps No. 6 Butler in BIG EAST Quarterfinals; Will Face No. 2 Xavier in Tomorrow’s Semifinal

Friday, April 18

No. 3 St. John’s Set to Face No. 6 Butler on Friday in BIG EAST Quarterfinals

Thursday, April 17

Class:
Senior
High School:
LPS Mircea Eliade
Hometown:
Popesti-Leordeni, Romania

Fall 2017: Captured a pair of wins during the fall season ... Defeated Navy's Carleen Conway in three sets at the Stony Brook Classic ... Recorded a victory over Penn State's Liyin Xu at the Cissie Leary Invite ... Forced to retire in the third set of the ITA Northeast Regional against Summer Walker of Connecticut.

Spring 2017: Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Posted a singles record of 8-7 ... Finished with a 3-2 mark in BIG EAST play ... Defeated DePaul's Florence Abbott in the BIG EAST Championship match ... Had a pair of three-match winning streaks.

Spring 2016: Posted a singles record of 11-10 and a doubles record of 5-0… played most matches in the No. 3 position for singles and doubles… went undefeated against BIG EAST opponents in doubles play at the No. 3 position.

Spring 2015: 12-8 singles, 2-3 doubles … posted an 8-2 singles mark while playing at the No. 6 spot … also played nine matches at the No. 5 spot going 4-5 … played to a 5-2 record against BIG EAST competition including a pair of victories in the opening and semifinal rounds of the BIG EAST Championship … won a BIG EAST doubles match with Anastasia Polyakova against Creighton at the No. 3 spot

Before St. John's: Achieved a No. 5 Romanian national ranking at the 16U level ... qualified for two Spring 2014 $10,000 ITF Pro Circuit events ... earned a total of 10 ITF Pro Circuit main draw entrances and reached the No. 32 national ranking in the 18-and-under bracket in her native Romania.

Personal: Born in Bucharest, Romania ... enjoys reading, swimming, traveling, running and watching movies ... names former coach Dana Beleuta as the most influential person in her athletic career ... favorite TV shows are "Family Guy," "Community" and "Games of Thrones."