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  Valerie Espinosa

Valerie Espinosa

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Panama City, Panama

High School:
St. Mary's School

Height:
5-4

Experience:
4VL

2007-08: Awarded Player of the Year at the Sam Bennion Athletic Award Banquet...Missed the first half of the season due to a neck injury but still achieved the best singles record for the season...Gained her first victory of the season over Sara Mijwel of CSU Bakersfield 7-5, 6-2 at the number five spot (3/24) then improved her scores the next day when Espinosa defeated Mijwel 6-1, 6-1 at the number five spot (3/25) the following day...Defeated Keya Adamson of Weber State 7-6, 7-5 at the number five spot (4/5)...Earned final victory of the season in a super ten-point tiebreaker over Marie Livingston of Utah State 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), (10-5) at the number five spot (4/15)...Posted a 4-4 doubles record for the season with partner Sophie Dang...Started at the number three spot then worked her way to the number one doubles spot....Defeated Kelli Lindley and Elsje Beneke of Weber State 8-5 at the number three spot (4/5)...Overcame Northern Colorado's Jodi Ciarvella and Karen Groll 8-4 at the number two spot (4/13)...Gained a victory over Britney Watts and Taylor Perry of Utah State 8-2 at the number two spot (4/15).

2006-07: Played at the number three and two spots during the season...Posted a singles record of 2-10..Won a tough match against Shanna Docherty of Southern Utah decided by a third set tie breaker, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(6) at the number three spot (3/9)...Defeated Lelia Kanuha of Southern Utah in a super ten-point tie breaker 6-1, 1-6 (10-6) at the number two spot (4/9)...Posted a 2-10 doubles record with partner Katherine Zigars at the number one spot...Defeated Kanuha and Docherty of Southern Utah 8-5 at the number one spot (3/9)...Gained another victory against Southern Utah's Kanuha and Jenson 8-4 at the number one spot (4/9).

2005-06: Posted a 3-14 singles record ...Won her first singles match of the season against Stanislow of Valapariso 6-1, 6-1 at number 4 (3/14)...Defeated Moldenhauer of Gonzaga 6-2, 3-6, (10-3) at number 4 (4/9)...Dominated Lisa Clark of Montana State 6-1, 6-1 at number 4 (4/15)...Had a doubles record of 3-12 with partner Katherine Zigars...Started at number 3 doubles and moved to number 2 doubles...Lost a tough battle against Nelson and Anderson of Utah State 9-8 (7-2) at number 3 (2/7)...Lost a close match against Pretorius and Ennenga of Weber State 9-7 at number 3 (2/9)... Won their first doubles match of the season against Dierberg and Stanislow of Valparaiso 8-1 at number 3 (3/14)...Defeated Vasileva and Clarke of Montana State 9-7 at number 2 (4/15).

2004-05: Posted a 4-11 singles record...First Collegiate win against Wood of Bradley 6-3, 6-0 at number 3 (3/15)...Defeated Jennifer Tan of Wisconsin Green Bay 7-5, 6-1 at number 3 (3/16)...Lost tough match to Katie Tomkie of Air Force 3-6, 6-0, (10-5) at number 3 (3/21)...Beat Jennifer Jolley of Eastern Washington 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 at number 3 (4/8)...Posted a doubles record of 3-11 with partner Courtney Bennion...First doubles victory against Hoyos and Brooks of Southern Utah 8-4 at number 3 (3/12)...Defeated Murdoch and Meissner of Wisconsin Green Bay 8-3 at number 3 (3/16)...Gained victory in tough match against Cabiling and Liedell of Eastern Washington 9-7 at number 3 (4/8).

High School: Ranked number 1 player in Panama.

Personal: Parents are Edwin and Alma Espinosa... Has three sisters Anabelle, Adriana, and Alma...Anabelle Espinosa played tennis for Marquette University...Majoring in Finance.

Espinosa's Career Record

Year Singles Doubles Total

2004-05 4-11 3-12 7-23
2005-06 3-14 3-12 6-26
2006-07 2-10 2-10 4-20
2007-08 5-4 4-4 9-8 Totals 14-39 12-38 16-77


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