O'Neal, Briah

Briah O'Neal

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/11/2025
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • School
    DePauw University
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Indianapolis, Ind.
  • High School
    Lawrence North
DePauw first-year Briah O'Neal played in the No. 5 and No. 6 singles flights and No. 3 doubles flight during a three-match week for the Tigers. In singles, O'Neal dominated Isha Mannan from Rose-Hulman 6-3, 6-0, and then fought her way to a 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) victory over first-year Elizabeth Ackermann (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day School) of No. 21-ranked Kenyon. In her final singles match of the week, the rookie dropped a hard-fought match to Riya Singh of No. 1 Chicago (5-7, 1-6). In doubles, O'Neal teamed up with classmate Allie Stamm (Noblesville, IN/Noblesville) in the No. 3 flight to record a 6-4 win over Rose-Hulman and dropping a tough 6-0 loss to Kenyon and hard-fought 7-6 (2-7) loss to Chicago.