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  Holly Bagshaw
Holly Bagshaw

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
London, England

High School:
Dame Alice Owens Secondary School

Height:
5-7

Experience:
2L

2007 MWC all-academic selection

AS A SENIOR (FALL 2008)
Singles - Defeated Maja Sujica of San Diego and Denise Muresan of Michigan in the SDSU Fall Classic I ... Emerged from the ITA West Regionals with two victories over Alexandra Demidova of USD and Ariane Masschelein of Arizona ... Posted two wins during the SDSU Fall Classic II over Brooke Bartlett of UC Irvine and Kristina Radan of Oklahoma.
Doubles-Paired with Julia Trunk during the SDSU Fall Classic I ... The duo earned two victories over Masschelein/Castany, 8-3, of Arizona and Howard/Muresan, 8-4, of Michigan ... During the SDSU Fall Classic II was paired with Olivia Colman.

AS A JUNIOR (2007-08)
Singles - Posted an overall record of 20-15 ... Opened the tournament season with three straight wins to advance to the finals of the SDSU Fall Classic ... Title run was cut short as she fell to Pepperdine's Anamika Bhargava, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, in the championship match ... Picked up a pair of victories at the Wilson/ITA West Regionals ... Claimed the second SDSU Fall Classic by downing Idunn Hertzberg of TCU, 6-3, 7-5, in the finals ... Played most of the spring season at the top of the ladder ... Downed Donna McCullough of UC Riverside, Erin Weisener of Cal State Fullerton and Aglaya Kokurina of Gonzaga in straight sets to open dual-match play ... Handed Loyola Marymount's Tamara Tanner a 6-3, 6-4 loss at the No. 2 spot to clinch the win for the Aztecs ... Put together a five-match unbeaten streak to close out the season ... Started with a 6-0, 6-1 thrashing of Air Force's Christine Abayan ... Cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Corina Lazar of Wyoming and a 6-4, 6-2 win against Colorado State's Hilary Tyler ... Outlasted Monica Wiesener of San Diego, 7-5, 6-4 ... With SDSU trailing New Mexico 3-0 at the MWC tournament, she kept the Aztecs' hopes alive with a 0-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Ola Abou-Zekry.
Doubles - Posted a 14-11 overall mark with three different partners ... Kicked off the campaign alongside Milana Yusupov at the SDSU Fall Classic ... Downed Pepperdine's Liles/Braverman and Denver's Bauregger/Iwinski by identical 8-6 scores ... Teamed with Eliska Krausova to advance to the quarterfinals of the Wilson/ITA West Regionals ... Cruised to an 8-3 victory over Wiesner/Litchfield of Cal State Fullerton before dispatching UC Santa Barbara's Damion/Onaga, 8-2 ... Title run was cut short by No. 1 seed Zalameda/Schnack of UCLA ... Went on to pick up two more wins at the second SDSU Fall Classic ... Opened the dual-match season with an 8-2 thrashing of UC Riverside's Oki/McCullough ... Put together a four-match winning streak from Feb. 23-March 8, highlighted by a 9-8(3) decision over Penn's Anisimova/Tansill to clinch the doubles point in the Aztecs' 4-3 victory ... Paired with Sisse Nielsen five times in the spring ... Defeated Gonzaga's Anderson/Kokurina, 8-2, in their first match together ... Also earned an 8-5 victory over Lindstrand/Demidova of San Diego ... Led White/Ryba of New Mexico, 7-6, at the Mountain West Conference tournament before the match was abandoned.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2006-07)
Singles - Finished the season with a 16-16 overall record ... Tied Eliska Krausova for the team lead with seven victories during the fall tournament season ... Enjoyed a successful run at the Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships when she became the only unseeded player to reach the main draw quarterfinals ... Opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-0 demolition of Pepperdine's Alicia Poladian and then rallied for a three-set triumph over Kanykey Koichumanova of Cal State Northridge, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, in the round of 64 ... Upset a pair of seeded players the following day, cruising past USC's Anca Anastasiu, 6-0, 6-2, before prevailing in the round of 16 over Danielle Steinberg of Arizona, 6-7(5), 7-6(5), ret. ... Could not advance to the semifinals, however, after suffering a narrow 7-5, 7-5 loss at the hands of UCLA's Yasmin Schnack ... Played most of the spring season at the No. 3 position while also seeing some action at the No. 1 and 2 spots ... Opened MWC play with three consecutive straight-set victories en route to a 6-2 league record ... Captured the match clinching point with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory over Carmen Seremeta of Oregon ... Fell to New Mexico's Sandra Zmak, 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the MWC tournament ... Trailed Anya Rynarzewska of Florida State 5-7, 1-2 at the NCAA Tournament before the match was abandoned.
Doubles - Played with four different partners posting an overall record of 16-16 ... Teamed with Kathryn Kitts in the fall picking up her first doubles win at the SDSU Fall Classic I with an 8-6 decision over Lindstrand/Demidova of San Diego ... Combined with Eliska Krausova in the second SDSU Fall Classic, making an appearance in the quarterfinals ... The duo defeated Quintal/White of New Mexico, 8-5, before disposing of UC Irvine's Broadfoot/Kaloi, 8-4 ... Dropped an 8-6 decision to New Mexico's Gersic/Abou-Zekry in the quarterfinals, but came back the next day to defeat another New Mexico tandem of Scott/Sotirchos, 8-5, in a compass draw ... Teamed with Sisse Nielsen at the No. 2 position for most of the spring season, compiling a 6-6 dual-match record ... The tandem put together a string of four victories, defeating MWC foes Walker/Wilson of Air Force and Brown/Lazar of Wyoming during that span ... Rejoined with Kitts in the MWC tournament quarterfinals, falling to New Mexico's Obu-Zekry/Ryba, 8-2 ... The pair was trailing Foley/Wente of Florida State, 4-7, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before the match was abandoned.

AS A FRESHMAN (2005-06)
Sat out to fulfill NCAA residency requirements.

PRIOR TO SDSU
Attended Dame Alice Owens Secondary School in England... Played British Junior Tennis... Also enjoys playing soccer... Played senior national tennis and attained a ranking of No. 490... Had a junior national ranking of No. 580... Played for her country in junior and senior events, including Junior Wimbledon... A member of the Great Britain team that participated in the Maureen Connolly Brinker Cup and the Summer Cup in the under-18 division.

PERSONAL
Born Jan. 22, 1986, in Enfield, England ... Daughter of Ann and Phil Bagshaw ... Mother is a teacher and her father is a police officer ... Brother is a soccer and cricket player, while her sister graduated with a drama degree and plays tennis ... Lists her favorite athlete as Lleyton Hewitt ... Hobbies include music, hanging out with friends, reading and traveling ... Chose SDSU over UCLA, Florida State, Arizona State and Pepperdine ... Studying kinesiology at San Diego State with plans to go into athletic training or a sports-related field.