Women's Tennis defeated Illinois 4 to 3 in the Eck Tennis Pavilion on February 19th.
FALL 2012:Ranked No. 36 nationally in the fall Intercollegiate Tennis Association doubles poll with teammate Britney Sanders ... finished with an 8-2 doubles record in three tournament starts ... added a 6-2 slate in singles play ... won all three singles matches at the adidas Hoosier Classic, downing Kansas State's Amina St. Hill (6-1, 6-1), Indiana's Carolyn Chupa (7-5, 7-6 (7-2) and Purdue's Imogen Golder (7-6, 6-3) ... cruised to a perfect 4-0 mark at the Hoosier Classic with Sanders in doubles ... pair won first four matches at the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championships, advancing to the tournament final ... dropping a 6-8 decision to Melissa Kopinski and Rachael White of Illinois to earn runner-up honors at the USTA/ITA Midwest Regionals ... overcame University of Illinois-Chicago's Natasha Kuvakina 6-3, 6-2 to split a 1-1 effort on the singles side at the USTA/ITA Midwest Regionals ... finished with a 2-1 singles record and 0-1 doubles record at the Lakewood Ranch Dick Vitale Clay Court Classic ... captured wins over Mississippi State's Lien Van Geel (6-2, 6-4) and Tennessee's Jessica Grace (6-0, 6-2).
AS A SOPHOMORE: Participated in 52 matches for the Irish in both singles and doubles competition ... compiled a season-long three-match winning streak in singles during the fall ... reached a high doubles rank of 60th in the ITA rankings with partner Britney Sanders (13-4 record) ... team posted a 7-1 mark in the number two doubles position from No. 16 Georgia Tech (8-3 win over No. 54 Lynn Blau/Elizabeth Kilborn) all the way to the next month against No. 20 Michigan (8-6 win over Mimi Nguyen/Michelle Sulahlan) ... the pair earned an 8-5 victory over No. 54 Mary Clayton/Ester Goldfield in a home contest against No. 3 Duke ... named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.
AS A FRESHMAN: Another freshman who finished with ample playing time in first season with the Irish ... concluded with a mark of 16-14 overall in singles, including 10-10 in split time at No. 5 and 6 during the dual campaign (2-1 at No. 5, 8-9 at No. 6) ... finished the season on a four-match winning streak ... named member of BIG EAST Academic All-Star team ... earned first monogram ... finished fourth in her flight at the fall season-opening Eck Tennis Classic, claiming wins over Dayton's Claire McNulty (6-0, 6-2) and Ohio State's Noelle Malley (6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (7-5)) ... earned a pair of wins at the Midwest Blast, knocking off Illinois' Allison Falkin (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) before taming Memphis' Andrea Arques-Garcia (6-2, 6-3) ... ended year with four straight victories at No. 6 singles without dropping a set, defeating Marquette's Christina Ruiz (6-3, 6-1), DePaul's Samantha Kaneta (6-0, 6-1), Georgetown's Alexandra Landers (6-1, 6-1) and Fresno State's Abby Hayley (6-4, 6-1) in the opening round of the NCAA Team Championship ... ended with a record of 17-16 in doubles, including an 11-12 slate during the dual campaign (2-0 at No. 2, 9-12 at No. 3) ... teamed primarily with Jennifer Kellner after competing with Chrissie McGaffigan during the fall docket ... reached the semifinals at the Sarasota Clay Court Classic with McGaffigan, knocking off Abby Steinbach and Bibiana Almeidia of Florida Gulf Coast (8-0) before downing the 17th-ranked tandem of Danielle Mills and Bistra Ostashoiysila of Miami (9-8) ... much like singles, ended doubles campaign on four-match winning streak, all at the No. 3 position ... the streak included sweeping through the BIG EAST Championships with wins over Georgetown's Madeline Jaeger and Alex Sebia (8-1), Marquette's Gillian Hush and Chelsea Utting (9-7) and No. 42 South Florida's Alessandra Bonte and Kate Parker (8-3).
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Multiple-time letterwinner at American Heritage High School ... won high school tennis states as a team all four years of participation and played No. 1 singles ... won a gold ball at the girls 18s Arizona winter supernational with current Irish teammate Britney Sanders ... that pairing also won a silver and a bronze ball while competing at other circuit events ... has claimed a total of five balls in doubles play ... ranked within the top five of each of the 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s divisions, including ranking No. 1 in the 14s ... considered to be as high as the 29th best recruit in her class according to tennisrecruiting.net ... daughter of Kenneth and Diana Sabacinski ... has two siblings: brother Kenny and sister Lauren ... Lauren played tennis at William & Mary ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in accounting.
