Fall 2008: Split 10 singles matches during fall tourney action ... Won three of four matchups at the UNC Wilmington Invitational to open the season ... Played with three partners (Rocio Cabanillas/0-3, Sheelah Iyengar/0-3 and Tamara Sachs/1-0) during doubles play. 2007-08: Won eight of 12 singles and four of six doubles matchups during rookie year in ECU program ... Turned in a perfect 5-0 singles performance during spring dual match schedule ... Was 1-0 at the No. 5 slot and 4-0 at No. 6 ... Surrendered only five points in her first four matches before outlasting Presbyterian's Cayla Reece 1-6, 7-5, 1-0 for last victory ... Participated in only two doubles battles (with Iyengar and Zandy Overcash) - winning both in convincing fashion ... Booked a 3-4 singles record during initial fall campaign ... Split a pair of matches at both the Wofford Invitational and Southern Intercollegiate Championships after dropping two of three battles at the Residence Inn North Wolfpack Invitational to open the season ... Teamed with Overcash on a 2-2 fall doubles slate. High School/Junior Tennis: A four-year letterwinner and co-captain for John Handley High School who compiled 161 combined singles and doubles victories during her prep career ... Earned a final No. 7 United States Tennis Association (USTA) 16 & Under ranking in the state of Virginia ... Posted four consecutive district singles and doubles titles for coach Terry Ewell at JHHS, and as a senior team captain in 2007, helped lead her squad to a state championship ... A two-time player-of-the-year selection by the Northern Virginia Daily and Winchester Star ... Turned in a four-year singles mark of 84-10 and a doubles record of 77-6, which included regional qualification each season ... Captured the state doubles title and was the singles runner-up as a senior ... Also excelled in the classroom, earning selection to the National Honor Society while maintaining over a 4.500 grade point average during her eight semesters of high school work. Personal: Full name is Kristin Leigh Gordon ... Born June 19, 1989 at Winchester, Va. ... Daughter of Jim and Emily Gordon ... An exercise science major ... Mother held a No. 22 and No. 4 national rank in singles and doubles, respectively ... Hobbies include reading, skiing and television. |
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