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  Holly Bagshaw
Holly Bagshaw

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
London, England

High School:
Dame Alice Owens Secondary School

Height:
5-7

Experience:
1L

2007 MWC all-academic selection

AS A JUNIOR (FALL 2007)
Singles - Posted an 8-3 record in the fall tournament season ... Won the Flight 1 singles at the second SDSU Fall Classic ... Kicked off the weekend with a 7-5, 15-30 ret., victory over USD's Samantha Mouly ... Posted a comeback win the next day, defeating Venise Chan of Washington, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 ... Went on to dispatch TCU's Idunn Hertzberg, 6-3, 7-5, in the finals ... Also picked up three wins en route to an appearance in the title match at the SDSU Fall Classic I ... Cruised past Dominique Karas of Rice, 6-3, 6-3, before disposing of Denver's Kyla Iwinski, 6-2, 6-4, to open the tournament ... Came back the next day to defeat USD's Helene Lindstrand, 6-2, 6-3, before her title run was cut short by Anamika Bhargava of Pepperdine ... Dropped her first match at the ITA West Regionals, but bounced back to pick up a pair of victories before falling in the consolation quarterfinals.
Doubles - Picked up six wins with two different partners ... Opened the season by teaming with Milana Yusupov at the SDSU Fall Classic I ... The duo defeated Liles/Braverman of Pepperdine, 8-6, but fell to another Wave tandem, Bhargava/Rice, 8-1 in the semifinals ... Paired with Eliska Krausova at the ITA West Regionals and advanced to the quarterfinals ... Defeated Wiesener/Litchfield of Cal State Fullerton, 8-3, and UCSB's Damion/Onaga, 8-2, before falling to No. 1 seed Zalameda/Schnack of UCLA ... The pair also went 2-1 at the second SDSU Fall Classic ... Began the weekend by dispatching Huh/Todorova of Arizona, 8-3 ... Went on to record a 9-7 triumph over Oklahoma's Orr/Kalashnikova, but were unable to complete their title run, dropping a 9-7 decision to Ardies/Simpson of Washington in the finals.

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.