2005 Preseason: With teammate Sara Anundsen, was part of the first doubles tandem to compete in the ITA National Indoors finals...Advanced to the semifinals of the Wilson/ITA Southeast Regionals...In singles at the Cal/Nike Invitational, defeated the No. 49 ranked Iva Gersic of New Mexico and the No. 12 ranked Suzi Fodor of California...Finished second in the Cal/Nike Invitational with doubles partner Anundsen...Posted an overall 10-3 singles record and a 13-6 doubles record in preseason play...Finished the preseason regionally ranked No. 5 in singles and No. 2 in doubles with partner Sara Anundsen.
2004-2005 Season: Was a strong force for the Tar Heels...Voted Best Attitude winner by her teammates...Posted an overall 36-9 singles recored and a 33-8 doubles record with teammate Sara Anundsen...Also posted a 2-1 doubles record with Caitlin Collins...Ranked as high as No. 24 in doubles and No. 82 in singles...Had a doubles win over Clemson in the NCAA Quarterfinals with Anundsen...Played mainly at the No. 3 seed in singles...Posted a nine match win streak in singles and an eight match win streak with doubles partner Anundsen...The doubles pair defeated the No. 20 ranked Vandy tandem of Bertrand and Fish.
2003-2004 Season: Valuable player for UNC in both singles and doubles...Had many clinching wins in many of the Tar Heels' 4-3 victories...Posted a 19-10 singles record playing at the No. 5 and 6 seeds...Had one of the best doubles records on the year with 23-11...With partner Anundsen, went 10-4 at the No. 3 doubles seed and 6-1 in ACC play...Also paired with Caitlin Collins in going 9-7...Played at the No. 2 and 3 doubles seeds with former Tar Heel Lee Bairos...The tandem went 12-7 during the year.
During her career at Mission San Jose High School: Ranked as high as No. 47 in the 18-and-under division...Was as high as No. 5 in the 16-and-under division in 2001...Won singles championship at the NCTA sectionals...Doubles winner at the 2001 USTA National Open...Number one player in the NorCal Girls' 16's and 18's...No. 4 in the USTA Girls' 16's...Sportmanship Award winner at Maze Cup for 14's (hard courts).
Personal: Political science major...Hobbies include music and drinking coffee...Getting to the quarterfinals of the 2005 NCAA tournament is her biggest sports thrill...Lists her family and coach Jeff Arons as the people having the greatest influence on her athletic career...Her favorite book is "The Fountainhead"...Loves pasta of any kind...Lists her favorite movie as "The Shawshank Redemption" and her favorite TV show as "Asian Extreme Challenge"...Jenna Long is the daughter of Gina and Dennis Long...Born November 26, 1985 in Fremont, Calif.
