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2005-06 Women's Tennis

Sara Schiffman

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lower Merion
  • Hometown Wynnewood, Pa.

Biography

2005-06 - Finished the regular season 4-6 in singles, 3-3 in the spring and 2-0 in Ivy League play ... Split time playing at the Nos. 5 and 6 positions in singles ... Went 2-2 in doubles and 1-0 in the spring with Lauren Sadaka ... Advanced to the round of 16 at the William & Mary Invitational (9/16) ... Made it to the semifinal with Caroline Stanislawski at the William & Mary Invitational (9/17) and the USTA/NTC Invitational (10/21) ... Picked up consecutive wins over Brown (4/8) and Dartmouth (4/15).  

2004-05 - Had a 5-5 singles record ... With Arabella Martin, fell to Christine Kansky and Natalie Arcario of Princeton, 8-5, in the Round of 16 at the USTA Invitational ... Had three-straight wins in the spring season over opponents from Virginia Commonwealth, Temple and Princeton ... Was 2-2 in doubles play ... Earned a victory in only Ivy League doubles appearance, teaming with Kate Williams to defeat opponents from Brown, 8-2.

2003-04 - Finished sophomore season with the third-most singles wins for Penn with a 19-7 record overall and a 5-2 mark in the Ivy League ... Runner-up in the "C" Flight at the USTA Invitational, losing to teammate Raluca Ciochina ... With Amanda Jasso reached quarterfinals of the USTA Invitational (10/10-13), going 2-0 in the “B” Flight, before falling to Boston College’s Nash/Landes, 8-5, for the pair’s only doubles loss of the season ... Did a nice job rolling through the “C” Flight singles, including a win over Washington’s Stephanie Svanfeldt, 6-1, 7-6 (1) ... Won six-straight matches, spanning from a Jan. 31 win over Penn State’s Katelyn Beyard (6-0, 6-1) to a 6-3, 7-5 win over Houston’s Karine Urbine on Mar. 10 ... Fifteen of her 19 wins were straight-set victories ... Began the Ivy season with a 3-0 record, collecting wins over Christina Kim of Columbia (6-0, 7-5), Laura Trimble of Princeton (6-2, 2-6, 6-2) and Daisy Ames of Brown (6-2, 6-0) ... Compiled a 7-2 doubles record, competing with Jasso for four wins and Kate Williams for three more ... Named Most Improved Player on the Penn women’s tennis team.

2002-03 - Qualified for Omni Hotels Eastern Region Championships ... Went 2-1 at Princeton Fall Invitational in singles ... Joined Michelle Yeh and won the Doubles “B” Flight at the Princeton Fall Invitational with a 3-0 record ... Defeated Binghamton’s Alexic Brill at No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-0 ... Picked up a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Seton Hall’s Erin Burke ... Finished the spring season with a 3-1 record in dual matches.

Prior to Penn - Four-year tennis letterwinner ... Philadelphia Inquirer Central League Player of the Year in 1999 and 2000 ... Four-time first-team All-Main Line and All-State team member ... Three-time Central League team ... Pennsylvania State Finalist in singles in 2001 ... Three-time Central League singles district finalist ... Member of state finalist and district championship teams in 2000 and 2001.

Personal - Daughter of Amy and Jonathan Schiffman ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a psychology major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2002-03Freshman

  • 2003-04Sophomore

  • 2004-05Junior

  • 2005-06Senior