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Lenka Broosova

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

High School:
Osemrocne Sportove Gymnazium

Height:
5-7

Birthdate:
07/23/1987

Experience:
1L

Fall 2007 (Sophomore) - Began the season ranked No. 54 nationally... Opened her fall campaign with a nine-match winning streak and went 16-3 overall... Earned tournament titles at the Baylor Invitational on Sept. 30 and at the ITA Southwest Regional in Lubbock, Texas, on Oct. 23... Both tournament victories came against fellow Baylor teammates... Posted an 8-1 record against ranked opponents, collecting wins against No. 11 Fani Chifchieva (Auburn), No. 23 Kirsten Flower (Georgia Tech), No. 37 Adriana Solarova (South Alabama), No. 69 Whitney Deason (Stanford), No. 74 Anastasia Revzena (Florida), No. 78 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU), No. 103 Maria Mizyuk (Nevada)... All 19 matches played were straight-sets... Last three-set match was played on April 7, 2007, against Pepperdine's Eva Dickes... Dating back to March 14, 2007, Broosova collected 25 consecutive victories, needing a third set just twice.

2006-2007 (Freshman) - Named to the All-Big 12 Singles first team and won the conference singles title at the No. 3 position... Finished the season with a 37-8 record which included a perfect 11-0 mark in Big 12 action and a 16-match winning streak to end the season... Won Midland's Invitational Tournament with five-straight wins, including victories over no. 64 Iva Gersic of New Mexico in the quarterfinals and No. 46 Sylvia Kosakowski of Pepperdine in the finals... The tournament's success sparked a fall season team-best eight-match winning streak... Played primarily at the No. 3 position where she posted a 20-2 record in the spring; also saw action at No. 2 singles (3-2) and No. 4 singles (1-0)... Led Baylor with 37 singles victories and 25 doubles victories... Reach as high as No. 37 in the individual ITA singles ranking and teamed with Klara Zrustova to garner a No. 53 ranking at season's end... Tied for Baylor's second-best singles winning percentage for the fall semester at .765 ... Tallied a singles record of 13-4 and a doubles record of 6-3... Finished the season with a win against No. 92 Anastasia Revzena in the NCAA Tournament's team competition... Was named the ITA Southwest Region's Rookie of the Year marking the second time in three season's that a Baylor tennis player earned the award.

Prior to Baylor - Entered Baylor as a true freshman having graduated from the Osemrocne Sportove Gymnazium in Slovakia... Highest career ranking came in 2005 when the International Tennis Federation (ITF) under-18 singles rankings listed her at No. 76 in the world.

Personal - Born July 23, 1987, to Miroslav and Zora Broosova in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia... Enjoys watching the NBA and lists the 76ers her favorite team... Lists listening to music, hip hop, and dance as favorite interests... Communications Specialist major.