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Three-time MWC all-academic selection
AS A SENIOR (FALL 2007)
Singles - Picked up three victories in the fall tournament season ... Opened the ITA West Regionals with a 7-5, 6-1 triumph over Cal State Fullerton's Erin Wiesener ... Also posted a 6-1, 6-2 win over Ellie Faulkner of USD in a consolation match ... Advanced to the quarterfinals in Flight 2 at the second SDSU Fall Classic by coming back to defeat Saint Mary's Erin Young, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles - Teamed with Kathryn Kitts to post two wins in the fall season ... Advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA West Regionals after disposing of Sandborn/Tanaka of Hawai'i, 8-3 ... Was unable to continue through the bracket after suffering a straight-set loss at the hands of Pepperdine's Bhargava/Bandere ... Rejoined forces with Kitts at the SDSU Fall Classic II to record an 8-6 victory over Wong/Krsljanin of Washington in a compass draw.
AS A JUNIOR (2006-07)
Singles - Finished the season with a 10-14 overall record ... Alternated between the No. 5 and 6 spots for most of the spring, compiling a 10-10 dual-match record ... Put together a seven-match winning streak beginning with a 6-0, 6-3 decision over Audrey Bulkley of Loyola Marymount ... Began MWC play with a 4-0 record during that span, including a convincing 6-1, 6-1 decision over Colorado State's Kirsten Stople and a 6-0, 6-0 demolition of TCU's Amy Beck ... Also disposed of Oregon's Tina Snodgrass and San Diego's Zoe Taylor before the streak ended with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Dolly Chang of BYU ... Trailed Florida State's Tapiwa Marobela 6-3, 3-3 at the NCAA Tournament before the match was abandoned.
Doubles - Posted an overall record of 19-18 playing with four different partners ... Teamed with Eliska Krausova to kick off the fall season with a pair of wins at the first SDSU Fall Classic ... Also competed at the Riviera/ITA All-American Tournament posting an 8-6 win over Purdue's Voelker/Vaez and a 9-7 win over Georgia's Dancevic/Hyndman in the consolation bracket ... Teamed with Kathryn Kitts at the No.3 spot to kick off dual-match play ... Defeated Cal State Fullerton's Andrews/Domela, 8-4 and UC Riverside's Khoury/Simonsen by a similar score ... The duo also defeated Bihag/Wasko of Hawai'i, 8-2 ... Went on to pair with Holly Bagshaw at the No. 2 spot for the rest of the season ... The twosome started MWC play with a pair of wins including an 8-5 decision over Walker/Wilson of Air Force and an 8-2 victory over Brown/Lazar of Wyoming ... Combined with Esther Cadua at the MWC tournament and were trailing New Mexico's Sotirchos/Quintal, 7-6 before the match was abandoned ... Rejoined forces with Eliska Krausova at the NCAA Tournament dropping an 8-3 decision to Macfarlane/Walter of Florida State.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005-06)
Teamed with Dita Hauerlandova to earn all-MWC honors in doubles... Also received MWC all-academic recognition.
Singles - Led the team with 23 victories for the season and was tops in dual-match competition with 16... Finished the fall portion of the schedule with five wins, including a pair at the Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships. Advanced to the round of 32 by defeating Cheyenne Inglis of Cal State Fullerton, 6-0, 6-2, and Krystina Katayama of Long Beach State, 6-1, 6-4... Reached the finals of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational after knocking off Erin Katayama of Hawai'i, 6-1, 6-0, and BYU-Hawaii's Petra Teller, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2... Fell short in the title match against Tina Razloznik of Arizona, 6-2, 6-4... Alternated between Nos. 4 and 5 for most of the spring, compiling a six-match winning streak during one stretch... Sixth consecutive victory came against Dolly Chang in the Aztecs' upset of BYU in the MWC opener... After streak was snapped at UNLV, she strung together five more wins, including a three-set triumph over Preethi Mukundan of 19th-ranked Harvard... Defeated San Diego's Brittany Reitz on Senior Day... Dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision to No. 94 Ashley Joelson of UCLA at the NCAA Tournament.
Doubles - Achieved a No. 31 national ranking along with Dita Hauerlandova in the final ITA doubles poll... Aztec duo was selected as second alternates for the NCAA doubles championship... Posted a 19-11 overall record with Hauerlandova and a 4-0 mark with Eliska Krausova... Began the fall season by reaching the semifinals of the Wilson/ITA West Regionals with Hauerlandova... Dispatched UC Irvine's Hu/Shih, 8-3, in the opener and then crushed Long Beach State's Rocha/Williams, 8-1, in the round of 16... Downed DeVera/Anastasiu of USC, 8-4, in the quarterfinals before dropping an 8-3 decision to Pepperdine's Asimgil/Kosakowski.... Captured the doubles crown along with Krausova at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational with an 8-5 triumph over Jakowlew/Rochefort of Arizona in the final... Won five straight to open the spring, rejoining Hauerlandova in the second dual match for an 8-1 conquest of CS Fullerton's Inalpulat/Le ... Winning streak also included an 8-4 victory over Kusano/Babos of No. 6 California... Aztec tandem notched its first defeat of a ranked opponent after cruising past No. 30 Orlay/Guerra of North Carolina State, 8-2... After a loss to BYU, the pair reeled off six straight wins, which featured a huge 8-3 upset of New Mexico's third-ranked team of Kovacek/Gersic... Twosome routed No. 44 Murphy/Pearl of USD on Senior Day, 8-1, for its third victory over a ranked opponent... Led UCLA's 12th-ranked Gordon/Zalameda at the NCAA Tournament , 6-3, until the match was abandoned.
AS A FRESHMAN (2004-05)
Singles - Completed her first season on The Mesa with an 11-9 record, including an 8-7 mark in the spring... Posted her first two wins as a Aztec at the SDSU Fall Classic with a 6-1, 6-1 decision over Hillary Barnes of Alabama and a 7-6, 6-1 triumph over Houston's Sacha Gumbs... Won six of eight at one stretch during dual-match play, including a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Amy Senko of Wyoming in the MWC opener... Ended the regular season by upending Utah's Allison Hansen, 6-2, 6-4, before thrashing Jenna Anderson of San Diego, 6-0, 6-1... Fell to Arizona State's Rebecca Rankin, 6-2, 6-1, in the NCAA Tournament.
Doubles - Finished the campaign with an 11-10 record playing with four different partners... Teamed with Carla Bell to knock off Nikolic/Runge of Alabama, 8-5, at the SDSU Fall Classic... Combined with Nina Spaeth later in the tournament for an 8-6 triumph over San Diego's Anderson/Lindstrand... Enjoyed a pair of three-match winning streaks with Spaeth during the spring, including a8-5 victory over Svanfeldt/Kolbovic of Washington in the Aztecs upset of the No. 8 Huskies... Duo also outlasted Exon/Yaftali of No. 28 Michigan, 9-7... Paired with Andrea Hermansen against Air Force, dispatching Vaccaro/Morgan, 8-3, in the MWC opener... Joined forces with Eliska Krausova in the regular season finale, beating Brown/Livesay of San Diego, 8-6... Dropped an 8-4 decision with Spaeth in the NCAA Tournament to Arizona State's Burkett/Rankin.
PRIOR TO SDSU
Won the first division for tennis clubs in 2004... Claimed the national 18-and-under Danish junior singles championship in 2002... Also won the 16-and-under Danish junior doubles championship in 2000... Was a junior regional champion in Denmark numerous times in singles, doubles and mixed doubles... Participated in ITF international junior tournaments (16-18 years old) and ETA tournaments (14-16 years old).
PERSONAL
Born in Hilleroed, Denmark... Is a member of a Danish steel band group... Has played at venues all around Europe... The group has recorded its own CD as well... Lists her favorite athlete as Justine Henin-Hardenne... Three-time MWC all-academic selection ... Business management major at San Diego State.
