Women's Tennis defeated Illinois 4 to 3 in the Eck Tennis Pavilion on February 19th.
AS A FRESHMAN: Another freshmen 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 #42 South Florida's Alessandra Bonte and Kate Parker (8-3).
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Multiple-time letter winner 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 #1 in the 14s ... considered to be as high as the 29th best recruit in her class according to tennisrecruiting.net ... daughter of Drikenneth and Diana Sabacinski ... has two siblings: brother Kenny and sister Lauren ... Lauren currently plays tennis at William & Mary ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
