Nittany Lions rebound with strong win over ranked foe
2012-2013 SEASON - SENIOR: Set a career high in singles victories with four on the spring ... Won four of her first five singles matches to begin the season ... Bested Karina Alesha of No. 49 Virginia Commonwealth University 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 ... Tied her career mark with three doubles victories, two with Carmen Sandor and one with Jacqueline Zuhse ... Knocked off Samantha Maddox and Jenny Falcone of No. 61 College of Charleston in the No. 2 spot with Zuhse winning 8-6 ... Named an ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete Award winner for the third consecutive year
2012 FALL: Set career highs in victories for the fall in singles and doubles matches ... Earned 4 singles victories ... Defeated James Madison's Megan Douglass 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the final at the Tribe Invitational ... Won five doubles matches, two with Carmen Sandor, two with Courtney Amos of Yale and one with Victoria Khanevskaya of Kansas
2011-12 SEASON - JUNIOR: Totaled three doubles victories; one with Carmen Sandor and two with Fernanda Perrotta ... Earned a decisive win over Gisella Pere and Anna Dushkina, 8-4, of No. 27 Purdue.
2011 FALL: Finished the fall on a two match win streak in singles play ... Defeated Paige Bahnsen of LSU at the Rice Invitational, 6-2, 6-0 ... Bested Indian's Ariel Beckerman, 6-3, 6-3 at the WMU Super Challenge ... Earned two doubles victories with three different partners.
2010-11 SEASON - SOPHOMORE: Won her first match she played in February after coming off an injury ... Defeated Bucknell's Daria Tuzhikova, 6-0, 6-3 ... Totaled three doubles wins, one with Amy Simidian and two with Denisa Zobeideh.
2010 FALL: Won two doubles matches against Liberty and Louisville with partners Maria Prishlyak and Carmen Sandor, respectively.
2009-10 SEASON - FRESHMAN: Earned four wins in her first year at the collegiate level ... Defeated Stacey Reich of Lehigh, 6-0, 6-1, in the third position ... Won five doubles matches, including two wins in the second spot with partner Denisa Zobeideh against Bucknell, 8-4, and Lehigh, 8-3.
JUNIOR CAREER: Played for St. Cuthbert's College ... Was a member of the New Zealand Junior Federation Cup Team in 2006 ... Ranked No. 20 in the 2007 New Zealand 18 and under rankings ... Was part of a high school team that was National Champion in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... Three-year National Finals record of 7-1 in singles and 9-0 in doubles.
