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Women's Tennis
Enters senior year with much-improved serve ... has developed into one of top Irish doubles players with 34 dual-match doubles win in last two years ... has been two-year Irish regular at No. 5 singles with a 98-35 career singles record ... only player in Irish to win at least 30 singles matches in each of first three years ... has won at least 20 dual singles match last two years. AS A JUNIOR: Finished second on team in singles wins with 34 ... gave Irish one of top No. 5 singles players in country with 22-6 dual-match record ... ended season with season-high, nine-match winning streak ... best win came against Duke’s 50th-ranked Erica Biro when she won final 12 games of match in 6-4, 6-0 win ... also posted dual-match victories against Pepperdine, Ohio State, USC, Wake Forest, Kentucky, William & Mary, Miami (Fla.) and two wins against Iowa ... had perfect 30-0 record when winning first set ... three of her singles wins clinched three of Notre Dame’s 23 wins ... won Buckeye Invitational No. 2 singles title ... beat Indiana’s No. 1 Jessica Anderson in semifinals and Kansas’ No. 3 Cheryl Mallaiah ... reached consolation semifinals at Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Singles championship ... had fourth most doubles wins on team with 26 ... half of those wins came with Lindsey Green ... that duo compiled 13-4 record, all in dual matches ... clinched 5-4 Irish win at Northwestern with win at No. 3 doubles in first match together ... also clinched 5-4 win at 18th-ranked Kentucky with win at No. 3 doubles ... other dual-match wins came against Wake Forest, Kansas, Wisconsin and Miami (Fla.) ... played most of fall season with Nina Vaughan ... that pair earned national ranking as high as 37th ... notched wins over Michigan’s eighth-ranked Brooke Hart and Danielle Lund and Purdue’s 30th-ranked Jennifer Embry and Missy Wright in fall ... reached quarterfinals of ITA Midwest doubles championship ... had dual-match wins against Oklahoma and Ohio State ... played with Becky Varnum at Eck Classic, winning three matches to reach final before falling to teammates Lindsey Green and Sarah Scaringe. AS A SOPHOMORE: : Posted another consistent and solid year with 33-11 singles record and 21-13 doubles record ... won her flight at Ohio State Invitational with 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Kansas’ Kris Sell in finals ... rallied to beat Michigan’s No. 2 singles player Danielle Lund 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in first round of ’97 Midwest Regional Rolex ... beat Minnesota’s No. 1 singles player, Nora Sauska, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Eck Classic ... also bounced the Golden Gophers’ No. 2 singles player Alice Rangsithienchai 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the Eck Classic consolation finals ... posted 21-8 dual match record ... seven of eight dual-match losses came against teams ranked in top 20 of final Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking ... clinched team’s win over 17th-ranked South Alabama at National Team Indoors with 6-0, 6-0 win over Melanie Pieterse ... was ranked as high as 81 by the ITA during the season ... also posted dual-match wins over Tennessee’s Megan Russell and William & Mary’s Annette Oosters ... teamed with Kelley Olson for 9-8 win at No. 3 doubles over Tennessee’s Whitney Dill and Erin Lowrey to clinch team’s 5-4 win over 12th-ranked Lady Vols. AS A FRESHMAN: Had an 18-8 record in dual match action and had an overall singles mark of 31-13 ... was named MVP of ’96-’97 Irish team ... .played No. 2 doubles in dual matches with Marisa Velasco ... won six of her final seven singles matches and 11 of her final 13 ... began her collegiate career by winning four straight matches to capture her flight at the William & Mary Invitational ... also won her flight at the Fripp Island Invitational ... qualified for the singles bracket at the Midwest Regional Rolex tournament. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:Attended Riverside High School in Greer, S.C., and was a four-time all-conference and all-state pick ... .was undefeated in the dual match season for four years in high school ... was ranked No. 48 in country and fifth in the South by the United States Tennis Association in her age division ... was ranked No. 51 in country and sixth in South in ’94 and No. 25 in country and first in South in ’93 ... member of Southern intersectional team for three years ... member of South Carolina Federation Cup team for three years and was the South Carolina player of the year in ’93 ... was team captain in high school in junior and senior years ... father Stephen played tennis at DePaul ... sister Courtney currently is a sophomore on North Carolina women’s tennis team ... made Dean’s List in spring and fall of ’98 with 3.467 cumulative grade-point average ... born November 21, 1977, in Skokie, Ill. ... enrolled in College of Business Administration with a major in finance and a second major in computer applications. CAREER RECORD Singles Year Dual Open Overall 1996-97 18-8 13-5 31-13 1997-98 21-8 12-3 33-11 1998-99 22-6 12-5 34-11 Career 61-22 37-13 98-35 |
    
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