Sarah Hoffman is a junior on the women’s tennis team. She plays doubles with senior Mellissa Saiontz. Last season, the pair went undefeated and helped guide Princeton to an Ivy League title.
This season, the Tigers hope to get continued production out of the pair as they aim for another championship.
Q: What was your “welcome to college” moment?
A: Sleeping in my common room my first night here because my roommates were all “busy.”
Q: What is the greatest highlight of your sports career?
A: My undefeated doubles season with [senior] Melissa [Saiontz] and our Ivy League championship last year.
Q: Who’s your quirkiest teammate?
A: [Sophomore] Hilary Bartlett. She is good at useless trivia and loves corny jokes.
Q: What’s the best part about being an athlete on campus?
A: We get to travel all around the country. Last weekend we were in Minneapolis, which turned out to be a really amazing city. It’s nice to occasionally get off campus and experience a new place I probably wouldn’t get to visit otherwise.
Q: What’s the worst part about being an athlete on campus?
A: Walking to Jadwin in the snow and morning lifts are tough.
Q: What’s your favorite thing to do when not practicing?
A: I love getting a smoothie from Fruity Yogurt on Nassau Street and watching an episode of “Glee” after a tough practice.
Q: What do you like most about tennis?
A: I like college tennis because of how close our team is. I get to spend a lot of time with my favorite people.
Q: What has been your most embarrassing moment at Princeton so far?
A: Getting locked out of my room after a shower and having to run through the snow with a towel on to find someone with a phone to call Public Safety.
Q: Who is your athletic role model?
A: Rafael Nadal.
Q: What’s your funniest story about the coach or the team?
A: Our assistant coach’s nickname is Pork Chop. I have no idea how that started but we get some pretty awesome looks from other teams when our head coach calls her that.
Q: What would you do if you were the head coach for a day?
A: I would make Melissa Saiontz run sprints the whole practice while we hit tennis balls at her.
Q: Who gets the most guys/girls on the team? Who has the best game off the court?
A: [Freshman] Monica Chow is an all star. I don’t know how she does it, but the boys are all over her.
I’m pretty sure there is a Monica Chow fan club, and she definitely has the most fans at matches.
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