2012 Memphis Spring Sports Memphis Collegiate Invite, running through the Blue flight with four wins, including three in straight sets ... Began the tournament with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, victory over Tulsa’s Davidson before taking her play to the next level with solid wins over Alabama’s Lindsey (6-4, 6-4) and No. 105 Smyth (6-2, 6-1) of Arizona ... Defeated Arizona’s Stubbe in the title match, scoring a 7-5, 6-1, win ... Also went 3-1 with Gray in the doubles draw, reaching the semifinals ... Reached the championship match of the Dick Vitale Clay Court Classic before falling to teammate Mariya Slupska, 3-6, 2-6 ... Posted victories of 6-2, 6-1, over Mississippi State’s Ferancova, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, over Tennessee’s Toti and 6-3, 6-3 over Oklahoma State’s Blevins before the title showdown ... Paired with teammate Alyssa Hibberd to reach the semifinals of the doubles draw.
Fall 2010: One of five collegiate women’s tennis players named to Team USA roster for World University Games in August 2011 ... Complied a 10-5 mark overall ... Won main draw title at Memphis Invitational to open sophomore season ... Produced big wins against No. 118 Alex Clay of Alabama, 6-2, 6-3, and Megan Broderick of Kentucky, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., at the Roberta Alison Classic ... Became first Lady Tiger in program history to receive a bid to the ITA All-American Championships ... Also competed in prequalifying doubles with partner Mikesz. Went 2-1 at ITA Ohio Valley Regionals ... Won the tiebreak in the third set over Lou-
2009-10 - Freshman spring 2010: Earned All-C-USA second team honors as a freshman for the Lady Tigers ... Tied fellow all-conference selection Ashley Murdock for the most singles wins on the team with 17 ... Posted an overall mark of 17-9 at the No. 2 singles position ... Took 106th ranked Sarah Landsman of Arizona to three sets ... Went 5-1 against Conference USA foes, including wins over opponents from Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB and UCF ... Ended the season with a seven match winning streak ... Teamed with fellow freshman Kelly Gray to post the most doubles victories on the team with 15 ... Duo went 15-8 at the No. 2 doubles spot ... Collins and Gray went 9-2 at the No. 2 slot ... Picked up conference victories over Southern Miss, Tulane and UAB ... Had big wins against No. 44 Yale and No. 56 William & Mary, as well as Boston College and Missouri. Fall 2009: Finished her first fall with Memphis putting up an 8-6 mark overall ... Opened the fall with a 1-2 mark at the Memphis Invitational ... Upended Kansas State’s Karla Bonacic, 6-1, 6-4 ... Also picked up win over Kansas State’s Ana Gomez Aleman, 6-1, 6-2 ... Only loss of Hoosier Classic came at hands of Mississippi State’s Natalia Mayuk, 7-6(4), 6-1 ... Went 3-1 at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Only loss of tournament came to Tennessee’s Kata Szekely, 6-1, 6-2 ... In doubles, teamed with Ashley Murdock to go 6-6 in the fall ... Murdock and Collins went 2-2 at Hoosier Classic ... Picked up wins over opponents from LSU and Mississippi State. Prep Collins was rated as the No. 1 tennis recruit coming out of Mississippi according to tennisrecruiting.net ... Rated as the 49th-best recruit in the nation according to the same outlet ... Tennisrecruiting.net also rated her as the 17th best prep player in the Southeast Region ... Was a highly recruited talent and
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chose Memphis over Missouri, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Murray State, Tennessee, Louisville, Mississippi State and others ... Was the state singles champion in Mississippi the during all four years of high school ... She was also her division’s champion for the last four years ... Helped lead the Itawamba Indians to the division championship and the state semi-finals. Personal Is the daughter of Buddy and Sungja Collins ... Has one sister, Lindsey. C o l l i n s ’ C a r e e r S i n g l e s S tat s Year Overall 2010 17-9 2011 18-6 TOTAL 35-15
Conf. 3-1 4-1 7-2
No. 1 - 14-6 14-6
No. 2 17-9 4-0 21-9
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No. 4 - - -
No. 5 - - -
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C o l l i n s ’ C a r e e r D o u b l e s S tat s Year 2010 2011 TOTAL
Overall 15-11 12-11 27-22
No. 1 0-3 9-8 9-11
No. 2 9-2 3-3 12-5
No. 3 6-6 6-6
Kelly Gray Junior 5-6 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Siegel HS Major: Logistics/ Supply Chain Management
2011-12 - Junior FALL 2011: Went 2-1 at the MT Shootout with a dominating 6-0, 6-0, win over Austin Peay’s Kurka and a 6-2, 6-2, victory over WKU’s Mason in the consolation match ... Also competed in doubles at the event, going 3-0 with teammate Courtney Collins ... Competed in the Pre-Qualifying Doubles Draw of the ITA/ Riviera All-American Championships with teammate Collins, recording an 8-2 openinground victory before falling, 3-8, to a team from the University of Texas ... Helped the Tigers achieve the program’s best-ever showing at the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regionals, reaching the championship matches of both the singles and doubles back draws ... Lost a tough match against the sixth seed in the singles main draw opening round but advanced all the way to the championship match of the back draw, going 4-1 overall ... Also lost her main draw opening-round doubles match alongside Collins but tore through the back
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2010-11 - Sophomore spring 2011: Named All-Conference USA First Team after posting an 18-6 singles record and a 12-11 doubles mark ... Finished the year ranked No. 125 nationally in singles play ... Became the first nationally ranked Memphis tennis player in program history when she burst into the rankings at No. 107 on Feb. 14 ... Played 20 singles matches at the No. 1 position and four contests at No. 2 ... Went 12-9 in doubles with Kelly Gray ... Had a streak of eight-straight singles victories during the season and finished the year on a five-match win streak ... Played four nationally-ranked singles players and two nationally-ranked doubles teams ... Defeated No. 37 Princeton’s Hilary Barlett (6-2, 6-1) ... Pushed No. 15 Georgia’s Chelsey Gullickson to three sets before falling 6-3, 5-7, 3-6 ... Bested No. 63 Auburn’s Paulina Schippers (6-2, 6-2) ... Recorded a dominating 6-2, 6-0 win over No. 20 Tulsa’s Ewa Szatkowska playing in the No. 2 spot.
isville’s Mandy Brown, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), and defeated Eastern Kentucky’s Mhirit, 6-2, 6-2 at June Stewart Invitational ... Took down No. 123 Tomic of Austin Peay, 6-0, 6-0…In doubles, tallied two wins with Sarah Witkowski in the Memphis Invitational against opponents from Austin Peay and Lipscomb before falling to a Georgia State pair in the draw finals ... Partnered with Mikesz, the tandem recorded wins against duos from Samford, Xavier, Belmont and Vanderbilt.
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