Biography
2024-25 (Senior): Led the team with a 9-7 singles record and was 6-3 in conference play… Opened the season with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Luna Jokanovic at No. 1… Beat Prairie View A&M’s Ainara Rodriguez 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10:5) at No. 1… Won five consecutive matches from 3/1-13, including starting 4-0 in SLC play with wins over Southeastern’s Claudia Di Leonardo, McNeese’s Ana Hollweg, Northwestern State’s Tjasa Klevisar, and SFA’s Jemma Cave, all at No. 3… Defeated Paulia Villegas of Nicholls and Lamar’s Asta Miettinen at No. 2… Went 8-7 in doubles with a 4-3 record in SLC action… With Valentina Urraco, defeated TAMUK’s Jokanovic/Blount 6-3 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Casado/Veroux 6-2… With Yaiza Vazquez, opened SLC play 2-0 with wins over Southeastern’s Darder/Gomez and McNeese’s Ghorab/Hagi at No. 2… Defeated Nicholls’ Inna/Villegas 6-4 and Lamar’sDo/Miettinen 6-3 at No. 1 with Vazquez…
2023-24 (Junior): Spring Season: Singles – Went 9-10 primarily holding down the No. 5 spot… Was 3-4 in WAC play… Started spring season with four consecutive wins, including over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Kateryna Rublevska, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10:6), and Houston’s Gabriela Cortes, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4… Captured another three-set win over North Dakota’s Lucia Rizza, 4-6, 7-6 (11:9), 6-1… Won final three WAC matches, defeating Seattle U’s Lola Tavcar 6-3, 7-6, Utah Tech’s Rachel Mellor 6-4, 7-5, and SFA’s A. Giannakogiorgou 6-4, 6-4… Doubles – Was 4-16 with four different partners… Won two matches in a row with Lea Karren, defeating Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Raina Zaffar/Luna Jokanovic 6-3 and Texas State’s Emily Niers/Emma Car 6-3… Beat Morgan State’s Iva Jankovic/Jianna Benton 6-1 with Isabelle Bahr… Fall Season: Went 2-3 in singles and 1-2 in doubles… Opened UTRGV career with a pair of wins over Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Luna Jokanovic 6-2, 6-4 and Texas State’s Mae McCutcheon 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (10:6) at the Jake Frederick Memorial Islander Open… Beat Lamar’s Elena Rubio/Jayci Wong, 7-6, with Yaiza Vazquez.
2021-23 (North Carolina Wesleyan): Made history in spring 2023 as she became the first NC Wesleyan women's tennis player to qualify for the NCAA Div. III Tournament as an individual and the first to earn a singles victory. Dule defeated Autumn Bruno from Wisconsin-Whitewater 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the championship tournament and fell in a gutsy performance against Alisha Chulani from national champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (6) to finish as one of the 16 best players and earn the All-American title. Dule never lost a conference match at NC Wesleyan. She was a two-time All-USA South Athletic Conference First Team honoree and a two-time conference champion. Dule rose as high as No. 7 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Div. III singles national rankings. She was the runner-up at the 2021 ITA Fall South Regional and advanced to the ITA Cup. She played in the Billie Jean King Cup for Albania.
