Cosmina Ciobanu Class: Senior Hometown: Brea, CA High School: Troy Height: 5-3 Birthdate: 07/13/1988

AS A JUNIOR: Finished the season with a 24-8 singles record, including a 21-5 mark in dual action ... ended the season at No. 3 singles, but saw time at Nos. 4 and 5 ... went 5-4 at No. 3 singles, 7-0 at No.4 and 8-1 at No. 5 ... notched a 27-10 overall doubles record, while going 22-8 in the dual season ... opened the tournament season ranked 39th with Colleen Rielley ... was ranked 79th with partner Kali Krisik, before finishing the season ranked 64th ... topped Duke's 66th-ranked Amanda Granson as the Irish defeated the third-ranked Blue Devils 5-2 ... put together a 14-match win streak from Feb. 18 to March 26 ... teamed with Kali Krisik to knock of Clemson's 34th-ranked duo of Josipa Bek and Ina Hadziselimovic, 8-5, in the NCAA quarterfinals ... ended the season with an 8-2 victory over California's 35th-ranked Marina Cossou and Claire Ilcinkas ... recorded a 3-1 doubles mark in NCAA tournament play ... also went 1-2 in NCAA singles action ... earned all-BIG EAST honors after going 2-0 in doubles play during the league championship ... won the Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award ... member of the Notre Dame Academic Honors Program ... named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished with a 27-15 record, while going 16-11 in dual action ... played majority of the season at No. 3 singles, going 13-5 ... went 2-1 at No.2 singles and 1-5 as No.1 singles ... started the season 10-1 by winning 10 straight after dropping her first match ... defeated FIU's Marijana Cutuk in the first round of the NCAA tournament (6-4, 6-4) ... was on the verge of victory against Miami's Michaela Kissell but eventually dropped the match in the second round ... went 30-8 overall in doubles action, including a 21-3 mark with Colleen Rielley that set a school record for doubles winning percentage in season (.875) ... the pair played 12 matches at No. 2 doubles going 11-2 and played 11 matches No. 3 compiling an 10-1 record ... went 1-0 against ranked doubles teams defeating 40th-ranked Iciri Rai and Liz Cruz of South Florida (8-5) ... defeated the team of Egle Petrauskite and Maria Spenceley, 8-4, to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Miami's Caren Seenauth and Bianca Eickhorn (9-7).

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the season with a 36-5 record, including a 26-1 mark in dual action ... was 1-0 at No. 1 singles, 5-0 at No. 4 singles and 20-1 at No. 5 singles ... led the Irish with seven match-clinching victories ... the 36 victories not only led the entire team, but also ranked tied for the fourth-most in single-season school history ... set a new school record for dual match victories in a single-season (26) ... her .878 (36-5) overall winning percentage ranked as the fourth highest in singleseason school history ... established a new school record with a .963 (26-1) dual match winning percentage ... became just the second women's player in Notre Dame history to register 30 or more wins in both singles and doubles in the same season (Michelle Dasso, 2001) ... her 69 total combined victories ranked as the second most in single-season school history ... set a new single-season school record for combined dual match victories (49) ... dominated the Midwest Region (went 16-1 in singles and 15-1 in doubles) ... reached the finals of the ITA Midwest Regionals (lost to sophomore teammate Colleen Rielley in the final) ... opened the season with 10 victories over her first 11 matches ... suffered through a three-match losing streak, but promptly won her next 24 consecutive matches ... did not lose her first dual match until the BIG EAST final against South Florida ... went 4-4 against ranked opponents, including victories in her final three outings in those matches ... knocked off #73 Sanaz Marand of North Carolina (6-4, 7-6 [1]) ... defeated #102 Austin Smith of North Carolina (6-4, 6-3) in the round of 16 victory over the Tar Heels ... dominated #62 Christy Striplin of Georgia Tech (6-0, 6-1) in the quarterfinals loss to the Yellow Jackets ... 34 of her 36 wins came in straight sets ... also beat #81 Jenny Kuehn of Michigan (6-3, 6-2) in the second round of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships ... went 33-6 overall in doubles, including 23-5 in dual action ... second on the squad in overall doubles victories ... at No. 2 doubles,was 1-0 with fellow Kali Krisik and 1-0 with Colleen Rielley ... at No. 3 doubles, 16-5 with Krisik, 2-0 with Rielley and 3-0 with Katie Potts ... totaled 10 clinching victories in doubles action (team-high) ... climbed as high as 31st in the ITA national singles rankings and closed the season ranked 66th.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner at Troy H.S. ... attended same high school has former men's tennis player Patrick Buchanan ... captured four Freeway Conference championships ... helped Troy H.S. to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Championship in 2004 and 2005 ... reached the CIF State singles semifinal as a senior ... served as the team captain in 2005 ... named MVP as a freshman and sophomore (2002 and 2003) ... earned National High School All-American in 2004 ... captured the Southern California Sectional singles championship in 2005 and also has reached the singles final of a USTA National Open in 2006 ... ranked as high as 15th nationally in singles in 2005 ... entered college as the 18th ranked junior player in the country ... reached the finals of the singles draw at the 61st Annual Fullerton Tournament and California Bowl ... named 2005 Southern California Payer of the Year ... reached the final of the doubles draw at the 2004 Winter Super Nationals ... latest in a long line of southern California products to play tennis for the Irish, a list that includes 1982 All-American Laura Lee (Agoura, Agoura High School) ... is the 12th California native ever to play for the Irish women's tennis team ... National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America were among her extracurricular activities ... comes from athletic family, in which her mother (Camelia) was a professional tennis player ... daughter of Calin and Camelia Ciobanu ... born July 13, 1988, in Brason, Romania ... enrolled in College of Science as a preprofessional studies and anthropology double major.