Women's Tennis
Kirsten Leikem
| Height: | 5-10 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Tucson, Ariz. |
| High School: | Tucson Flowing Wells |
| CAREER SINGLES RESULTS | |||||||||
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Other | Overall | |
| 2008-09 | 4-7 | 5-3 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 15-12 | |
| 2009-10 | 11-10 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 15-13 | |
| 2010-11 | 0-0 |
0-0 | 1-0 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
15-11 | |
| TOTAL | 15-17 | 7-5 | 6-0 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 45-36 | |
| CAREER DOUBLES RESULTS | ||||||
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | Other | Overall | |
| 2008-09 | 14-7 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 18-8 | |
| 2009-10 | 8-2 | 5-6 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 14-9 | |
| 2010-11 | 1-4 |
7-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 13-9 |
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| TOTAL | 23-13 | 13-9 | 1-0 | 6-4 | 45-26 | |
2010-11 (Junior): Was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team... Turned in a combined record of 28-20... Was 15-11 in singles, playing the majority of her matches at No. 4... Teamed with Pam Emery and twin sister Tristany Leikem to post a 13-9 record at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles.
2009-10 (Sophomore): Turned in a combined record of 29-22... Was 15-13 in singles, playing the majority of her matches at No. 1... Teamed with Brooke Hoover and twin sister Tristany Leikem to post a 14-9 record in doubles, splitting time between No. 1 and No. 2... Captured the Flight A Doubles title at the Quinnipiac Invitational... Posted a 1-1 singles record and was 0-1 in doubles at the ITA Regionals.
2008-09 (Freshman): Was an Atlantic 10 Second Team selection... Turned in a combined record of 33-20... Was 15-12 in singles, playing at No. 1, 2 and 3... Teamed with twin sister Tristany Leikem to post an 18-8 record in doubles, playing mostly at No. 1... Captured the No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles titles at the New England Championship... Claimed the Flight 1 doubles title at the Brown Invitational.
High School:
Played four years of varsity tennis and was a three-year member of the cross country team at Tucson Flowing Wells... Was ranked as high as #2 in the Southwest in girls 18's... Paired with twin sister Tristany to earn a #19 national ranking in doubles... Also teamed with Tristany to become the only duo in state history to win four-straight state doubles titles... Was part of the 2004 state champion cross country team... Tennis team finished runner-up twice... Graduated fourth in her class... Was a member of the National Honor Society and served as co-editor of the yearbook... Also earned the National Hispanic Leadership Award and Senior Social Studies Award.
Personal:
Born September 7, 1989... Daughter of Melanie and Ken Leikem... Has a twin sister, Tristany - who also plays tennis at URI - and a younger sister, Lyndsay... Majoring in Political Science.
