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2008-09 Women's Tennis

Lauren Sadaka

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Great Neck South
  • Hometown Great Neck, N.Y.

Biography

2008-09: Honorable mention All-Ivy in singles and doubles with partner Emily Wolf ... Compiled a team-high 15-11 overall singles record, including 10-6 in dual matches and 5-2 in the Ancient Eight ... Went a perfect 5-0 at the No. 2 position ... With Wolf, had a team-high 9-3 overall doubles record and 7-2 dual record, including 6-1 in the Ivies playing at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions ... Won her singles match in Penn’s 4-3 victory over Cornell (4/19).

 

2007-08: Compiled a 10-6 record in singles matches ... Went 5-2 in the spring including 4-0 against Ivy foes ... Is 11-0 in Ancient Eight play over the last two seasons ... Played anywhere from No. 4 to No. 6 in the lineup ... Was 5-4 in the fall ... Went 4-1 at the USTA NTC College Tennis Invitational (10/6-10/8) at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, advancing to the final of her flight before falling to Texas A&M’s Tiffany Clifford ... Nine of her ten wins were in straight sets ... Went 6-3 in doubles matches ... Was 1-1 in the spring and 5-2 in the fall ... Teamed with Maria Anisimova to defeat Dana Cruite and Shayna Miller  of Cornell, 9-8 (4/18) ... Went 2-1 with partner Charlie Tansill at the Cissie Leary Invitational (9/21-9/22).

2006-07: Went 23-5 overall in singles, including an 8-4 fall record ... Playing mostly at No. 6 singles, finished with an undefeated spring season in dual matches (15-0) ... Tallied a winning streak of 30 straight sets ... Lone spring loss came in the post-season, against Christine Simpson of No. 20 Wake Forest in the NCAA Team Championship (5/11) ... Finished a perfect 7-0 in Ivy League play, never losing a set ... Went 2-3 overall in doubles, going 1-3 in the fall and 1-0 in the spring.

2005-06 - Finished the regular season 2-5 in singles ... Went 1-2 in doubles ... Picked up her first collegiate win in the round of 32 at the William and Mary Invitational (9/16) ... Teamed with Ashley Lostritto to win in the consolation round of the USTA/NTC Invitational (10/8).

High School - Ranked No. 31 in the U.S. 18 and under ... Ranked No. 19 in the U.S. 16 and under ... Won her grade MVP from eighth grade through senior year ... Was named Great Neck South Scholar Athlete.

Personal - Daughter of Joset and Selim Sadaka ... Enrolled in Wharton ... Sister, Janine, played tennis at Binghamton.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

  • 2006-07Sophomore

  • 2007-08Junior

  • 2008-09Senior