Carla Zabaleta
| School: |
Univ. of Tulsa |
| Year: |
Junior |
| Home Town: |
Mar del Plata, Argentia |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
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| High School: |
Instituto Nicolas Avelaneda |
| Height: |
5-4 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
Thursday, August 08, 1985 |
| Dominant Hand: |
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| Major: |
Management Information Systems |
| Singles Record: |
56-35 |
| Doubles Record: |
62-39 |
TULSA - A two-year letterwinner . . . has a career singles record
of 47-26 and a doubles mark of 49-25 . . . earned third-team all-
Conference USA honors in the spring of 2007 . . . was a member
of the Outstanding Doubles Team of the C-USA Tournament along
with Kindsay Grimes, while also earning all-conference doubles
team recognition . . . was honored as Western Athletic Conference
Freshman of the Year in 2004-05 . . . was named to the all-WAC
second team in singles and all-WAC first team in doubles as a
freshman.
FALL (2007) - Posted a 3-2 singles record and 4-1 doubles mark
in the fall . . . went 1-1 in both singles and doubles at the Wilson/ITA
Central Regional, falling to the eventual runner-up . . . finished the
Rainbow Wahine Invitational with a 3-0 record in doubles competition
with partner Alexandra Kichoutkin and 2-1 in singles action . . .
was ranked 27th in the Central Regional rankings.
JUNIOR (2006-07) - Finished the season with a record of 18-11 in
singles and 20-11 in doubles play . . . was a third-team all-C-USA
selection . . . she and partner Kindsay Grimes were selected the
Outstanding Doubles Team of the Tournament following the C-USA
Championship . . . was 11-8 in duel singles matches and 16-7 in
duel doubles matches . . . advanced to the quarterfinals at the
Wilson/ITA Central Regional, but lost in the first round of doubles
to the eventual regional champions . . . finished the Kansas State
Invitational with a 2-1 record in singles and 2-2 in doubles
SOPHOMORE (2005-06) - Turned in a 5-3 singles record and 5-2
doubles mark in the fall . . . with Kindsay Grimes, advanced to the
round of 16 at the ITA Central Region Doubles Championship
. . . notched a win in the first round of the Riviera/ITA All-American
Championship . . . named Conference USA Women's Tennis Player
of the Month for September . . . earned a No. 97 ITA singles ranking, and with Grimes, earned a No. 48 ITA ranking on January 10th
. . . was a C-USA All-Academic selection and was named to the
Athletic Director's Honor Roll . . . did not play in the spring.
FRESHMAN (2004-05) - Netted a 21-10 mark in singles play,
becoming just the fifth freshman in school history to reach the
20-win plateau . . . won her first collegiate match at the Baylor
Invitational . . . was undefeated at the Hurricane Invitational . . .
was one of three Tulsa players to post over 20 wins on the season
. . . was selected the WAC's Freshman of the Year . . . selected to
the second-team all-conference squad . . . had a 20-11 record in
doubles play, including a 17-11 record with Daniela Muscolino . . .
began the season with an ITA doubles ranking of 45th . . . lost in the
doubles semifinals of the Wilson/ITA Region V Championships . . .
was selected to the first-team all-conference doubles team.
PRIOR TO TULSA - Had a World Tennis Association (WTA)
singles ranking of 870th and a 786th ranking in doubles play prior
to coming to Tulsa . . . was successful against players in both the
International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior top-50 and the WTA
top-400 . . . was ranked 240th in singles and 132nd in doubles in
the ITF.
PERSONAL - Majoring in management information systems . . .
born August 8, 1985 . . . daughter of Marcela Galvalisi and Carlos
Zabaleta.
