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  Olivia Colman
Olivia Colman

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.

High School:
Laurel Springs HS

Height:
5-6

Birthdate:
05/27/1989

Experience:
2L

AS A SOPHOMORE (2008-09)
Singles - Won a team-best 20 matches against 14 losses during the fall and spring seasons ... Finished with a 12-9 dual record while seeing action at Nos. 4-6 ... Went 9-6 at No. 5 ... Posted two wins in the SDSU Fall Classic I, one against Justine Perl of San Diego and the other vs. Lindsey Howard of Michigan ... During the ITA West Regionals, earned three victories over Jasmine Heckel of LMU, Erynne Oki of UC Riverside and Alyssa Natarette of Hawai'i ... Despite falling in the first round of Singles B in the SDSU Fall Classic II, she bounced back to reach the consolation final ... Opened the dual-match season with four straight victories and wins in five of her first seven matches ... Following a pair of losses to Arizona and USC, she bounced back to win four in a row vs. opposition from Sacramento State (Milica Zivanovic), LMU (Shauna Morgan), Nebraska (Ashley Finnegan) and Purdue (Remi Martin) ... Split six of her Mountain West Conference matches ... Logged victories over Wyoming's Jaime Nelson (6-3, 6-4), Colorado State's Caitlin Fluegge (6-4, 6-2) and BYU's Elle Carney (6-4, 7-5) ... Was a part of the NCAA Tournament lineup vs. Washington and played against Joyce Ardies at No. 5.
Doubles - Finished with a record of 2-4 and a dual-match mark of 1-1 ... Paired with Kathryn Kitts to post a 8-2 win over Heitzner/Rosen of UCLA during the ITA West Regionals in the fall ... During the SDSU Fall Classic II, she was paired with Holly Bagshaw ... Played both of her matches during the spring at No. 3 ... Teamed with Esther Cadua vs. Wyoming and earned the victory by default in SDSU's 6-1 win.

AS A FRESHMAN (2007-08)
Singles - Tied classmate Julia Trunk for the team lead with nine victories in the fall ... Won her first match as an Aztec against Marigrace Marshall of Pepperdine, 6-1, 6-0, at the SDSU Fall Classic ... Defeated Milou Teeling of San Diego at the Wilson/ITA West Regionals before falling to Long Beach State's 13th-seeded Hannah Grady ... Bounced back to pick up three wins and advance to the quarterfinals in the consolation bracket ... Went 3-0 at the second SDSU Fall Classic ... Recorded a 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 comeback victory over Washington's Melinda Wong to claim the Flight 4 singles title.
Doubles-Combined with Ozge Atalay to post a 4-3 record in the fall tournament season ... The duo picked up their first win at the SDSU Fall Classic, defeating Lindstrand/Teeling of San Diego, 8-3 ... Added two victories at the second SDSU Fall Classic, reaching the Flight 2 finals ... Defeated Bartlett/Borowicz of UC Irvine, 9-8(5), and Teeling/Wiesener of San Diego, 8-6, before falling to Oklahoma's Eckel/Baxley in the title match.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, Calif. ... Ranked among the top-20 high school players in southern California ... Competed at Pacific Palisades High School as a freshman ... Played in the No. 1 spot and led her team to the city finals ... Earned the sportsmanship award four years in a row.

PERSONAL
Olivia Colman was born on May 27, 1989 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Daughter of Jonathan and Danna Colman ... Hobbies include spending time with family and friends ... Lists professional tennis players James Blake and Kim Clijsters as her favorite athletes ... Plans to major in Kinesiology at SDSU.