2003-04 (Senior): Notched a 5-3 fall record … Opens the spring season ranked No. 5 in the ITA preseason rankings … Downed No. 2 Nataly Cahana of Old Dominion at the Riviera/ITA All-American Tournament before falling to top-ranked Raquel Kops-Jones of Cal in the round of 16 in three sets (7-5, 3-6, 6-3) … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships at Stanford in October.
2002-03 (Junior): Ranked tied for 15th in the fall ITA preseason rankings ... Comes in the spring season with a 7-5 overall mark ... Advanced to the consolation quarterfinals of the Riviera ITA All-American Championships, finishing with a 1-2 mark in the tournament ... Reached the Quarterfinal Round of the Omni Hotels Northwest Regional before falling to teammate Alice Barnes, going 4-1 on the weekend ... Won two consolation matches at the Omni Hotels Championships, before falling in the semifinals ... Earned a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Hawai'i's Polina Kravets at the No. 4 singles in Stanford's 7-0 blanking of Hawai'i ... Barnikow and Erin Burdette were the top doubles team for the Cardinal in the fall, finishing 9-2 overall and won the Omni Hotels Northwest Regional Championship ... The duo finished with a perfect 5-0 mark in that tournament ... Captured the consolation doubles championship with three victories after dropping their first match at the Omni Hotels Championships in November ... Rolled to a 8-0 win at the No. 1 doubles position against Hawai'i in Maui.
2001-02 (Sophomore): ITA Singles and Doubles All-American … Finished the season ranked No.20 in the nation after a preseason ranking of No. 73 … Earned Second Team All-Pac-10 honors after notching a 30-11 overall record for the Cardinal including an 19-5 mark in dual match competition … Barnikow and Erin Burdette were the No. 2 doubles team for the Cardinal throughout much of the season, finishing 33-11 overall and reaching the doubles final of the Omni Hotels Northwest Regionals … The duo finished the season No. 13 in the Final ITA Rankings, and won two matches at the NCAA Doubles Championships before falling in the quarterfinals … Reached the singles finals of the Pac-10 Indoor Championships before falling to USC's Jewel Peterson in straight sets … Went 18-5 in conference play including a string of six straight victories against nationally ranked competition in April.
2000-01 (Freshman): One of the top performers for the Card last season, finishing 34-7 overall and 24-2 in dual match play … ITA Doubles All-American … Posted a 22-0 mark in dual action before dropping a match in the final regular season match … Won 25 straight matches from Jan. 13-Apr. 21 … Claimed the consolation singles title at the Pac-10 Indoor Championships … Went 2-1 during Stanford's NCAA Championship run … Finished 13-5 against Pac-10 opponents … Enjoyed success in doubles play, teaming with Laura Kalvaria as the top-ranked duo in the nation for most of the year … The duo reached the NCAA Doubles Semifinals, falling in straight sets to Whitney Laiho andJessica Lehnhoff of Florida … Barnikow and Kalvaria were 41-5 overall and 28-3 in dual matches, good for a No. 2 final ranking … Teamed with Kalvaria to win the ITA Regional Championships doubles title, the Pac-10 Indoors doubles championship and the ITA Indoors consolation doubles title … Barnikow and Kalvaria were named the 2001 Pac-10 Doubles Team of the Year.
Prior to Stanford: Ranked No. 2 nationally in the girls 18-year-old rankings … Competed in the Junior Australian Open as well as the Junior U.S. Open and Junior Wimbeldon … Has played in tournaments throughout the world, including Costa Rica, Venezuela, Paraguay and Belgium to play in tournaments.
Personal: Born May 21, 1982 … Daughter of Janice and Larry ... International relations major.
Coach Lele Forood says: "Lauren has a big game and is capable of some tremendous tennis. We are looking for her to be more consistent at the level that she is currently playing at. She and Erin will move up to the number one doubles team this year, from playing number two last season."
