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 | Class:
Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Hostetter, Pa.
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| High School:
Greater Latrobe
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| Height:
5-8
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| Experience:
1L
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| Dominant Hand:
Right
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Fall 2008...
Began the year ranked No. 49 in the preseason rankings by the ITA ... Posted a 10-5 record throughout the fall, including winning her last three matches--all at the UM Women's Tennis Fall Invitational ... Also won seven of her last 10 matches overall ... Played doubles with a few different teammates to earn a record of 9-7 on the fall ... Along with partner Laura Vallverdu, began the preseason ranked No. 15 in doubles play by the ITA ... Had two wins over ranked opponents in singles play on the campaign ... Fell in her first match of the year to Boston College's Lana Krasnopolsky in a thrilling three-set match, 6-7, 6-2, 9-11 ... Had back-to-back straight-set wins in the consolation round of the 16th Annual William & Mary Invitational, including a 6-4, 6-0 win in her very next match against Ohio State's Christina Keesey ... Had back-to-back wins with doubles partner Lauren Greco in Virginia while defeating Penn State's duo of Lauren Holzberg and Sarah Lotto by a count of 8-1 ... Defeated her first ranked opponent during the qualifying stages of the ITA/Riviera All-American Championships ... Held off UCLA's Yasmin Schnack (No. 35) in a three-set match, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 in the second round ... Lost to Duke's Tara Iyer (No. 60) in the next round, 5-7, 7-6, 1-6 ... Alongside Vallverdu, helped to beat No. 4 Alex Haney and Melissa Koning (Auburn) in the quarterfinals, 8-1 in doubles action ... The Miami team then knocked off the No. 10 duo of Arkansas' Aurelija Miseviciute and Ela Kaluder, 8-6 ... The UM duo ended their run in the semifinals to No. 8 Renata Kuverkova and Anastasia Petukhova (Fresno State), 3-6, 2-6 ... Partnered with Vallverdu again at the ITA national Indoor Championships to claim a 1-2 record in doubles play ... Collected their only win against the third-ranked (No. 3) duo from Duke in the form of Amanda Granson and Melissa Mang, 8-1 ... Posted three big wins in the ITA South Regional in Athens, Ga. ... Defeated Florida State's Jessica Wente in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0 ... Also downed Georgia State's Diana Nakic, 6-4, 6-0 ... Only loss came to Florida's Marrit Boonstra (No. 67) in the quarterfinals, 0-6, 5-7 ... After losing to No. 29 Andrea Remynse (UCLA) in the opening round of the Palm desert Classic, recorded consecutive wins ... Wins included a 6-1, 6-2 straight-set victory over North Carolina's Katrina Tsang (No. 23) ... Teamed with Vallverdu to post an impressive 8-1 win in doubles play over No. 3 Amanda Granson and Melissa Mang in the consolation round ... Held back FIU's Priscilla Castillo, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, in her only match of the UM Women's Tennis Fall Invitational ... Had a doubles win also with Gabriela Mejia against FSU's Jessica Wente and Bonny Davidson.
Freshman (2007-08)...
Shared time at the No. 2 and No. 3 position for the Hurricanes in singles play ... Ranked as high as No. 49 throughout her first year ... Tallied a record of 18-10 in her freshman campaign, including a 12-7 mark in dual matches ... Went 7-4 at the No. 3 spot, while grabbing a record of 4-3 at No. 2 ... Went 4-6 against Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents ... Posted a doubles record of 12-16 overall, and an 8-13 record in dual matches ... Teamed with partner Gina Sabatino for a mark of 6-7, including a record of 2-4 at the No. 2 doubles position for the Hurricanes ... Had a record of 5-4 with teammate Jenna Osborne ... Went 2-0 with Osborne at the No. 2 position ... Ended the year the playing her last 15 matches within the top 75 ITA national poll ... After beginning her career dropping three of her first five matches, bounced back to win a phenomenal 12 consecutive matches ... Earned her first ranking following a straight-set win (6-1, 6-4) at the No. 3 position against #7 California's Cristina Visico (No. 54) ... Defeated her first ranked opponent with a 6-2, 6-1 score over No. 55 Ragini Acharya (William & Mary) ... Dropped her first spring match with a 1-6, 2-6 decision against Carolin Walter and #20 Florida State ... Had a 6-1, 6-1 win in her only appearance at No. 4 against FAU's Pia Terol ... Dropped a tough three-set affair with Duke's No. 14 Ella Nze, 7-6, 2-6, 0-6 ... Defeated Wake Forest's Christian Tara in the regular season finale, 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 ... Won four straight doubles matches to start the spring season with partners Osborne and Sabatino ... Collected a win in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Quinnipiac with partner Osborne picking up a 7-0 decision ... Had back-to-back wins with 8-5 scores against Boston College at the No. 2 position, as well as Maryland at No. 3 ... Went 3-3 in singles play and 0-3 in doubles action in her first fall season in Coral Gables ... Ranked as the No. 24 doubles team in the country with Laura Vallverdu prior to the start of the fall season ... Opened her UM career with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 win over UT-Arlington's Monika Hadvigerova in the first round of the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational before falling to TCU's Kewa Nichols in the second round in a close battle, 6-7, 6-7 ... Split a pair of consolation matches at the event to a pair of opponents from Baylor, beating Zuzana Chmelarova before falling to Taylor Ormond ... Lost to Melissa Koning of Auburn in the first round of the ITA South Regional but rebounded with a 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast's Maria Maggiorini in the consolation bracket ... Teamed with Vallverdu at the Racquet Club Invite and lost in the opening round to the North Texas duo of Madura Ranaganathan and Amy Joubert ... Also fell in the opening round of the ITA South Regional first round to Auburn's Whitney Chappell and Gaby Beelen ... Posted a 9-8 (8-6) victory with Osborne at the No. 2 doubles position against #31 Florida International.
High School/Prep...
Was a three-time state singles champion in Pennsylvania ... During her prep career, she won five National Open singles titles including three at the 18 and under level and two at the 16 and under level ... She also teamed with her sister, Joelle, to win a national doubles title at the 18 and under level ... While attending Greater Latrobe High School, she did not lose a single match in her first three seasons before missing her senior campaign with an injury ... Won the 25K Professional Wildcard Tournament in Allentown, Pa. on three different occasions ... Also won two ITA college circuit tournaments.
