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5-6 • Senior • As a Junior: All-Northeast Conference First Team selection at No. 2 singles; Went 5-1 in conference play at No. 2 singles, including a victory over Sacred Heart’s Pam Pillo in the NEC semifinals that avenged her previous defeat... Went 15-8 overall in singles and posted the same record in doubles competition... Teamed with Krystina Bachner to advance to the quarterfinals of both the Bucknell Invitational (10/14) and the Big Green Invitational (10/31)...Went 4-1 in conference doubles action with Ashley Harvey. As a Sophomore: All-Northeast Conference Second Team selection in No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles; Completed the 2004-05 season 16-6 at No. 1 singles… Finished the spring season with a 10-5 mark at first singles… Teamed with Claudia Arteaga in the spring to go 3-0 at second doubles and 15-4 overall... Defeated Lauren Galatie of Sacred Heart, 6-3, 6-0, at first singles in the semifinals of the NEC Tournament… Was 6-1 in the fall at #1 singles and 6-0 with Ellen Anolin at the second doubles spot. As a Freshman: Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year; All-Northeast Conference Second Team selection in No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles... Finished with a combined singles and doubles record of 38-5, the best overall mark in the league ... Posted a 21-3 singles ledger while winning a league-best 87.5 percent of her top flight singles matches ... Went a perfect 14-0 during the spring season, claiming wins over opponents from George Washington, Bucknell and Fairfield ... Also went 6-0 against league opponents during regular season play .... During fall campaign, advanced to the semifinals of the Eastern Collegiate Tennis Championships at West Point, N.Y.
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Merve
Koksal
Personal: Highly recruited all-court Turkish
player with over 12 years of tournament experience... Right-handed
player with
keen shot selections and an explosive two-handed backhand...
Represented junior national team in homeland seven times as a
finalist in the girl’s 14, 16 and 18 divisions... Majoring
in media arts.