Claire Soper bio
6/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
2010-11 (Senior): She was named to the All-WCC Second Team after posting a 12-9 overall record ... went 1-2 at the No. 3 spot, 3-3 at the No. 4 spot, and 8-4 on court five ... won both of her finished matches at the 2011 WCC Championships ... went 8-4 in her final 12 matches and won five of her last seven ... won six matches against opponents from ranked teams ... went 16-5 in doubles for the year, including 14-3 with Jenny Jullien to close out the season ... Jullien and Soper were named to the All-WCC Second Team in doubles for their play at the No. 3 spot ... the duo went 7-1 against conference opponents ... Jullien/Soper won both finished matches at the 2011 WCC Championships ... the pair won nine matches against opponents from ranked teams ... they were named WCC Co-Doubles Team of the Month for February after going 4-0 that month.
2009-10 (Junior): Finished the regular season with a 17-7 overall record, going 1-1 at the No. 3 singles spot and 16-6 at the No. 4 position...named to the All-WCC Second Team in singles...earned All-WCC First Team in doubles with partner Alex Poorta...in upset win over No. 29 Fresno State on February 4, defeated Melissa McQueen, 6-1, 6-2...topped Claire Reitch of No. 59 Arizona (2/21), 6-4, 7-5...earned the Gaels' only point against No. 14 Stanford (3/4), defeating Carolyn McVeigh 7-5, 6-4...won seven matches in a row from February 12 to March 4, not dropping a set in that stretch...in team win at No. 54 Pepperdine on April 3, topped Marie Zalameda, 6-3, 6-1...won all three matches in WCC Championship, defeating LMU (6-0, 6-1), Santa Clara (6-0, 6-3), and Pepperdine (6-4, 6-4) opponents...won seven matches in a row from April 3 to April 25, only dropping one set...8-1 record against WCC opponents...teamed up with Alex Poorta for a 9-12 overall doubles record...5-8 at the No. 1 doubles spot and 4-4 at the No. 2 position...won first match of the season against Widjaja/Fisher of Pacific on January 30, 8-5...in upset win over No. 33 Long Beach State (4/11), the duo defeated Manasse/Armstrong, 8-6...went 2-1 in the WCC tournament, defeating LMU (8-4) and Santa Clara (8-4) opponents in first two rounds...5-4 record against WCC opponents on season
2008-09 (Sophomore): Named to the All-WCC Honorable Mention Team for singles and first team for doubles...compiled a team-high 13 wins on the season, playing the majority of her matches from the No. 3 spot...was 6-2 against WCC opponents...went 8-2 in the last 10 matches of the season...paired up with Alex Poorta in doubles to record a team-best 11-8 record, playing primarily at the No. 1 position...went on an impressive eight-match win-streak late in the season, defeating players from Princeton, Loyola Marymount, Portland, Gonzaga, Santa Clara, Cal Poly and San Diego...topped three opponents from ranked squads, in No. 29 Texas A&M, No. 66 Michigan State and No. 44 Virginia Commonwealth...won two singles and two doubles matches in the WCC Championships, including an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over San Diego's Tammy Kevey to help the Gaels upset the Toreros in the second round...blanked her opponent 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round of WCC Championship play, making easy work of Loyola Marymount's Elisaveta Pironkova...topped three different pairs from ranked teams in doubles, including No. 29 Texas A&M, No. 66 Michigan State and No. 60 UC Irvine.
2007-08 (Freshman): Posted an impressive 13-5 record at the No. 3 position during her freshman campaign...was even better in doubles with a 14-3 mark...named to the WCC Second Team for Doubles, along with Alex Poorta...posted a seven-match win-streak late in the season, including wins over players from No. 21 Denver and No. 65 Cal Poly...helped advance the Gaels to the WCC Championships with singles and doubles wins in the first and second rounds...paired up with Poorta to defeat No. 18 Pepperdine in the two spot for doubles...blanked Gonzaga's Rika Mehndiratta, 6-0, 6-0, in the opening round of play in the conference championships...won 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of competition against San Francisco's Emma Taylor to help the Gaels to the WCC Championship.
High School: Joined the Gaels from Tucson, AZ where she graduated from Salpointe Catholic High School...finished second in the State Championships for singles as a freshman and a sophomore...placed first place in State Championships for singles as a junior and senior...has won over 50 Junior U.S.T.A Singles titles...ended with a No. 1 18's ranking for the southwest...ranked as high as 11th in the nation for her age group.
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