Holy Cross Athletics

Career Honors:
2014-2015 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 

2014-2015 (Junior):
Went 6-11 in singles action (6-9 dual match) and 9-12 in doubles tilts (5-11 dual match) … mainly played No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles … also saw time at No. 2 singles … picked up No. 3 singles victories over Assumption (6-3, 6-2), Stonehill, Johnson & Wales (6-1, 6-2), St. Anselm (6-2, 6-2) and New Haven (6-4, 6-2) … claimed the No. 2 singles win against Bentley (5-7, 6-4, 10-8) … earned doubles wins (w/Izzy Bagi) against Providence (8-4), Johnson & Wales (8-0), St. Anselm (8-1), Bentley (8-1) and New Haven (8-1) … named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2013-2014 (Sophomore):
Posted a 4-1 mark in singles action and a 1-1 mark in doubles matches … went 2-0 at No. 5 singles and 2-1 at No. 6 singles … earned back-to-back No. 5 singles wins over Merrimack (6-1, 6-2) and Assumption (6-2, 6-1) … picked up the No. 6 singles victory over Stonehill, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 … closed out regular season with a No. 6 singles win over Simmons, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) … played No. 3 doubles in both matches … paired with Abby Henry to earn the No. 3 doubles win over Assumption, 8-1. 

2012-2013 (Freshman):
Went 7-9 overall in singles action (7-7 dual match play and 0-2 tournament play) and 6-3 in doubles action (3-2 dual match play and 3-1 tournament play) … registered a 0-1 mark in No. 4 singles, a 3-1 record in No. 5 singles and a 4-5 mark in No. 6 singles tilt … seven overall singles wins ranked second on the team … picked up first collegiate victory at No. 5 singles versus Assumption, 6-3, 6-0 … also claimed 6-3, 6-2 win against Hartford at No. 5 singles … won three straight matches at No. 6 singles versus Curry, 6-0, 6-0, Simmons, 6-2, 6-2 and Rhode Island, 1-6, 6-3, (10-6) … won No. 5 singles match versus St. Anselm, 6-1, 6-1 … finished regular season with a 1-6, 6-4, (10-7) No. 6 singles victory over Brandeis … played No. 3 doubles all season … had 6-2 record with Jessica DeSimone and 0-1 record with Katie McKenna … earned first career doubles victory with DeSimone versus Assumption, 8-4 … claimed C Flight doubles championship at Bryant Invitational with DeSimone … won doubles match with DeSimone versus Providence, 8-4.

High School:
Played varsity tennis for three years at Eden Prairie H.S. under coach Karen Berg … competed in No. 2 singles, No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles … named honorable mention All-Conference in 2009 and 2011 … selected as the Sun Current Star of the Week in 2011 … helped team to second place Sectional finishes in 2009 and 2011 … also lettered in badminton … placed first in the Minnesota Distributive Education Clubs of America for Financial Operations Research … graduated from high school with an honors diploma.

Personal:
Daughter of Shaobo Deng and Xiaoming Dai … majoring in Accounting.