BRONX, N.Y. -- The Fordham women's tennis team welcomes former Ram Sarah Ali and Kathleen Uy to its coaching staff, it was announced Tuesday by head coach Bette-Ann Speliotis Liguori. Ali will be an assistant coach, while Uy will be a volunteer assistant coach.
 
Ali played for Liguori from 2011-15 and capped her four-year career by earning First Team Atlantic 10 honors for the second consecutive year and the team's most valuable player for a third straight time. She posted 61 career victories in singles play and 72 in doubles, primarily playing at #2 singles and #1 doubles. Ali also helped Fordham to its first-ever Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal appearance in 2015.
 
The Pasadena, Calif. native was also a member of the Veteran Leadership Academy and the 360 Leadership Academy. She was selected by Liguori to represent Fordham women's tennis in both. Since graduating in May with a Bachelor of Arts in communications and media studies, Ali currently works for the Cornelia Connelly Center, a non-profit organization where she teaches physcial education to grades 4-8.
 
Uy is very familiar with Fordham, having competed against the Rams as a member of the women's tennis team at Rhode Island. She played at the 2-4 positions in singles while primarily playing the #1 position in doubles. In her career, Uy was victorious 39 times in singles and 43 times in doubles.
 
Besides tennis, Uy immersed herself in URI's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the URI Student Senate to have a voice on campus. During her senior year, Uy became the Director of Communications of the URI Student Senate. With aspirations of going to medical school, the Elmhurst, N.Y. native graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a Bachelor of Arts in biology while completing the URI Honors Program.