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Preseason ranking of No. 2 in the South Region and No. 17 nationally with fall doubles partner Liset Brito by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

     2006-07 (Junior): Solidified the No. 2 position in the singles order with a 17-4 dual season mark at that flight...finished the spring with 18 dual singles wins?tops on the team and tied for 17^th all-time in FIU women’s tennis history...ranked as the No. 95 nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in its Jan. 9, 2007 rating...playing unranked, recorded a pair of victories against South Florida’s No. 45 Courtney Vernon and Florida State’s No. 52 Ania Rynarzewska, both in straight sets...won 12-straight matches, all at the No. 2 position, from March 4 through April 20 and finished the year winning eight-of-her-last-nine decisions, which included a second victory over USF’s No. 61-ranked Vernon in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Gainesville...picked up a win at No. 1 in her only appearance there against Elena Gantcheva from No. 39-ranked UNLV...two time Sun Belt Player of the Week on Feb. 7 and April 5...compiled a 16-6 dual doubles record including an 11-1 mark at No. 2 with Priscilla Castillo, which ranked best in the Sun Belt Conference...that duo won its last eight decided matches including a 9-8 victory over USF’s Shadisha Robinson and Vernon, which clinched the doubles point in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Gainesville...48 career dual singles wins ranks 14^th and 46 career dual doubles victories ranks tied for fifth all-time in FIU women’s tennis history.

     2005-06 (Sophomore): Missed the first three weeks of the season with a severe ankle sprain before returning to the starting lineup and working her way up to the No. 2 position where she won 12-of-14 dual decisions...reeled off 13 straight dual singles wins from March 3-April 8...won all four singles matches that played into a third set...picked up all-important wins against opponents from five ranked teams including a straight-sets decision versus No. 31 Iowa’s Hillary Mintz in the opening round of the NCAA Championships...selected as a member of the All-Sun Belt Conference singles team...fashioned a 16-3 spring doubles mark playing mostly with Shilla D’Armas and all at the No. 2 position...won her first 13 doubles matches of the season, which included an 8-0 shutout over Dartmouth’s Ann Scott and Katie Jaxheimer...also beat  No. 58-ranked Marisa Mechem and Kyla Iwinski of Denver, 8-4, in the championship game of the SBC Tournament.

     2004-05 (Freshman): Came in and immediately contributed in both singles and doubles...played mostly out of the No. 2 singles position where she recorded a 13-5 mark including a win in FIU’s first round NCAA Championship match against Florida State and a pair of victories at the Sun Belt Conference Championships...beat South Alabama’s Andrea Kurekova at the SBC finals in straight sets...recorded a five-match singles win streak from March 23-April 3...with partner Desanka Jovanovic, ended the year winning eight-straight doubles matches and ranked as high as No. 31 in the nation at the beginning of the spring season...among their more notable victories was a tie-break win over Jenna Long and Caitlin Collins of No. 11-ranked North Carolina...also won matches in the semifinals and finals of the Sun Belt Conference Championships and beat Florida State’s Roxanne Clarke and Amberly Tantee in the opening round of the NCAA Championships...ended the year ranked No. 13 in the ITA South Regional rankings...also won a pair of doubles matches partnering with Shilla D’Armas.
 

     Prior to FIU: Veteran ITF European amateur player who won the Girls-18 doubles at the Kaunas Open in July and the Altea Junior Cup in Minsk in August 2003...was a singles semifinalist at the 2001 Kaunas Open...singles winner and doubles quarterfinalist at the 2002 Kaunas Open...singles and doubles semifinalist at the 2000 Estonian Open...coached as an amateur by Henrikas Sotovskis.

     Personal: International business major... member of the 2005-06 and ’07 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll...daughter of Jovaras Petrauskas and Luiza Trilikauskiene.