2009-10 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Chelsea Davis
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Hometown:
- San Francisco, Calif.
Spring 2012: Went 6-4 overall, seeing action at both the No. 5 and 6 positions ... Swept Becky Silvers from Colgate and Kari Pope from Army at the Cornell Winter Invitiational (1/27-29/12) ... Won consecutive matches over Hofstra's Brooke Sailer (2/3/12), UMass' Chantal Swiszcz (2/4/12) and Binghamton's Emma Leibowicz (2/10/12) ... Downed Old Dominion's Faith Atiso, 6-1, 6-0 (3/24/12) ... Notched two doubles wins at the Cornell Winter Invitational with Amy Li.
Fall 2011: Had a win over Amanda Halstrom of Delaware in the first round of the main draw singles at the Cissie Leary Invitational … Was the No.1 seed in the G singles bracket at the USTA National Tennis Center Invitational … Also participated in the William & Mary Invitational and the Columbia Invitational.
Spring 2011: Went 7-9 in singles, playing almost entirely in the No.4 spot, including a 1-2 Ivy League record … had non-league wins over Fairleigh Dickinson, St. Johns, Stony Brook, Eastern Tennessee State, Rutgers and Colorado State … had Ivy League singles win over Alexa Krakaris of Princeton, 6-2, 6-1.
Fall 2010: Earned the No.3 seed in the D singles bracket at the William & Mary Invitational, notching a first-round win over an opponent from EMU … Also had a first-round doubles win with partner Nicole Bartnik over a duo from Old Dominion …Advanced to the finals of the B singles back draw at the Cissie Leary Invitational with three wins … Participated in the USTA National Tennis Center Invitational, beating a player from Rutgers in the first round of the C singles draw … Also participated in ITA Northeast Regionals.
Spring 2010: Went 11-11 in singles, playing in the Nos. 2 and 3 positions … Went 6-8 in doubles with partner Natasha Makarova … Had Ivy League wins over players from Penn and Cornell … Had non-league wins over opponents from Stony Brook, Fairleigh Dickinson, Buffalo, Long Island, George Washington, NJIT, Florida Atlantic, Nova Southeastern and Fordham.
At Laurel Springs: Has held ranking as high as No. 2 in the USTA Northern California region … trained full-time with Jose Higueras in Palm Springs, California
… Trained at Rick Macci Tennis Academy and the Solomon International Tennis Institute … Held national USTA ranking of No. 46, No. 6 in the Northern California region … Played in the USTA National Team Championships … Placed third in the Level 2 National Open.
Personal: Political science major ... Daughter of Chris and Ross Davis … Father, Ross, played tennis at Montgomery Junior College.
| Getting to Know Chelsea: | |
| What do you like best about Columbia? | The awesome education, the tennis team, John Jay brunch, living in the same place as all my friends |
| What is your favorite thing to do in New York City? | Explore |
| Who's your favorite professional tennis player? | Kim Clijsters and James Blake |
| People would be surprised to know that I: | Am terrible at ping-pong |
| If I were to have a dinner party, I would invite: | My family and closest friends |
| Song you never get sick of: | Buddy Holly, Weezer |
| Favorite season and why: | Winter, because I love celebrating the holidays |
| Favorite Disney movie: | Lion King |
| What is your favorite ice cream topping? | Anything chocolaty and fruity |
| What song would you sing at karaoke? | Wannabe, Spice Girls |
| What is your dream vacation? | Somewhere warm and exotic, possibly remote |
| If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? | Australia |
| If you could stay one age for your entire life, how old would you chose to be? | 21 |
| Your most over-used word/phrase is: | "I know, right?" |
| What's the best advice you've ever recieved? | Having faith in God and working hard will always pay off. |
| If you could attend any sporting event in the world, what would it be and why? | NBA Finals or the Olympics |
