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2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster

Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson

Sally Partington

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Albany, Australia
  • Highschool Penrhos College

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Awards:
- Academic All-Big Sky (2017)
- ITA All-Academic Team Award (2017)
Career Records - Singles:
- Ranks T-6th all-time in wins at No. 4 (6)
- Ranks T-4th all-time in win percentage at No. 4 (.429)

2016-17 SEASON (Freshman):
Swept her singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' regular-season finale against Bellevue College (4/16), and only dropped one game between both matches...Did not drop a game while beating Sacramento State's Karina Vyrlan and Andie Mouzes 6-0 at line two doubles with partner Sabina-Elena Preda...Helped the Vikings to a doubles sweep with her win against the Hornets, which in turn helped the Vikings record their first-ever win over the Hornets, 4-3, on April 15...Won 7-5 at line three doubles with Sabina-Elena Preda in the Vikings' match against Air Force (4/8), beating the Falcons' Lily Forlini and Meredith Laskey...Swept her singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' 5-2 win at Southern Utah (4/1)...Won an epic, three-set match against Eastern Washington's Rachel Swindell, coming back from a 5-2 deficit in the third set to win 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6)...Beat Idaho State's Melissa Coburn 6-4, 6-3 at line four in the Vikings' 6-1 loss to the Bengals (3/2)...Swept her singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' match against UC Irvine (2/20)...Won her second straight singles match in the Vikings' match against UC Irvine, beating Ashlynn Hall 6-0, 6-4...Broke through for her first collegiate dual-season singles win with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 win over Montana State's Angelina Philippova at line four...Took Portland's Anna Oberg to a match tiebreaker in her dual-season debut, losing 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4) at line five...Went 2-5 in singles and 5-3 in doubles during the fall...Beat two Eastern Washington players for her two singles wins in the fall...Won with three different doubles partners in Georgia Dobell, Tracy Dong and Taylor Rees...Went 3-0 against teams from Eastern Washington in doubles during the fall.

PENRHOS COLLEGE:
Played tennis, volleyball, netball, basketball and water polo at Penrhos College…Captained her tennis and netball teams…Won three straight IGSSA Senior A team championships (2013-15)…Led her tennis team to a 2014 state title…Named the Maureen Smith Best Team player on her state title-winning tennis team in 2014…Named her school’s best tennis player in her final year in 2015…Named her school’s most consistent tennis player in 2013…Also earned emblem awards for tennis and basketball, and was named her school’s most outstanding junior basketball player in 2013…Placed third in cross country in year 11, and earned emblem awards in cross country and athletics/track & field…Earned emblem awards in netball and cross country in 2015…Academic Endeavor Award Winner in French (2013, 2014)…Won the Language Perfect World Championships – Gold Award in 2014…Australian Maths Competition – Credit (2014)…Alliance Francaise Examination – Distinction Certificate (2014, 2015).
 
JUNIOR CAREER:
WA Pizzey Cup state team in 2015…State league player in 2014 and 2015.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Daughter of Jane and Andrew…Has a brother, Robert, and a sister, Kate…Lists music, surfing, reading and stand-up paddle boarding as hobbies/interests…Plans on majoring in health studies: physical activity/exercise.
 


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