2003-04 Competed in four singles matches this season, all coming at the Cissie Leary Memorial Invitational ? Pirsu won first three matches, including a straight-set victory over Ohio State?s Jackie Leskovar, to advance to the semifinals as the top seed before falling to eventual back-to-back champion No. 23 Julie Smekodub of Tulane ? Pirsu finishes her career at Penn with 54 singles victories and 26 doubles wins, going 1-1 this season ?
2002-03 Earned All-America honors ... Named Ivy League Women?s Tennis Player of the Year ... Named unanimous first-team All-Ivy League in singles and doubles ... Earned Academic All-Ivy League accolades ... Became the second Ivy League women?s tennis player to advance to the Round of 8 at the 2003 NCAA Singles Championships ... Finished the year ranked No. 23 in the nation ... Ranked No. 1 in East Region in singles and doubles with partner Shelah Chao in the fall ... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Omni Hotels/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the farthest-ever for a Penn player ... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Omni Hotels Eastern Regionals ... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Riveria/ITA Women?s All-American Championships ... Fell in the Final Round of the Cissie Leary Invitational to Julie Smekodub of Tulane ... Won the 10th Annual William & Mary Invitational with defeat of No. 11 Nataly Cahana of Old Dominion ... Named Penn?s Team MVP.
2001-02 Earned All-America honors after advancing to the Round of 16 at the 2002 NCAA Singles Championships ... Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy selections ... Received Bernstein Award for team?s MVP ... Ranked third in East Region in singles ... First Quaker to ever be invited to Indoor All-America Championships, advancing to Round of 16, falling to No. 2 Jessica Lenhoff of Florida ... Invited to compete at Riviera All-American Championships ... Went undefeated at No. 1 singles (7-0) against Ivy League foes ... Had overall regular season record of 30-10 ... Defeated No. 10 Sara Walker of UCLA, No. 19 Maja Mlakar of Arizona, No. 20 Janet Bergman of Wake Forest ... Advanced to Finals of Eastern Regionals ... Advanced to Semifinals of Ninth Annual W&M Invitational ... Named Academic All-Ivy League.
Prior to Penn At age 16 was ranked No. 24 in the junior world rankings, playing in Wimbledon, and both the French and US Opens ... Played Fed Cup for the Romanian National Team from 1996-98.
Personal Born May 16, 1979 in Bucharest, Romania ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Science as an economics major.
Career Statistics
Year Singles Doubles
2003-04 3-1 1-1
2002-03 29-7 14-10
2001-02 22-8 11-9
Totals 54-16 26-20
