2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster
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Possokhova, Dasha
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Dasha Possokhova
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- International Connections Academy
- Hometown:
- San Francisco, Calif.
Bio
AS A SENIOR (2019-20)
• Went 5-10 in singles matches
• Earned two wins in the spring season against Brown and UMass
• Was 2-1 at the Bulldog Invitational with wins over Brown and UMass
• Posted a 6-10 mark in doubles and went 1-2 in ACC play
• Beat Hannah Zhao and Summer Dvorak of Duke with Hailey Wilcox in third doubles
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Regional Championships with Wilcox
• The duo was a perfect 3-0 at the Harvard Fall Classic against Boston University, Brown and Harvard
AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
• Went 7-8 in singles matches and 2-3 in ACC play
• Defeated Dina Chaika of Louisville and Natsumi Okamoto of Pitt during ACC competition
• Won her first four singles matches of the spring in straight sets
• Went 4-13 overall in doubles play
• Defeated the 24th-ranked team of Sofya Treshcheva and Sofya Golubovskaya from No. 10 Syracuse in second doubles with Elene Tsokilauri
• Also picked up doubles victories against Bryant, Marist and Yale to open the spring with Natasha Irani
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
• Went 10-14 overall in singles, including a record of 8-11 in the No. 3 spot
• Teamed up with Kylie Wilcox in first doubles, going 8-15 overall
• Won seven of her first nine career singles matches
• Earned ACC singles victories against No. 23 Virginia, Pittsburgh, No. 31 NC State and No. 37 Miami
• Added ACC doubles wins with Wilcox against No. 27 Notre Dame, No. 37 Miami and Florida State
• Won two singles matches to advance to the Round of 32 at the ITA Northeast Regionals
• Also won two doubles matches with Lexi Borr to advance to the Round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regionals
• Went 1-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles at the Brown Invitational
• Went 2-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at the Harvard Fall Classic
BEFORE BC
• Rated among the nation's top-60 recruits
• Had multiple wins over blue-chip players and excelled in doubles with two tournament championships
• In 2015, played in the first position in both singles and doubles on Team Northern California's Under-18 team
• Earned Northern California's No. 1 ranking at the Girls 12, 16 and 18 levels and ranked as high as No. 52 nationally in Girls 18s
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Anna and Yuri Possokhova
• Has an older brother, Danila
• Father, Yuri, was a professional ballet dancer who was a member of the Bolshoi Theater (Moscow, Russia), the Royal Danish Ballet (Copenhagen, Denmark), and the San Francisco Ballet
• He is now in retirement as a choreographer, staging ballets for different companies
• Grandmother, Valeria Kuzmenko Titova, was a professional tennis player who advanced to the doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1961
• Grandfather, Yuri Titov, was a professional gymnast who was a four-time world champion (nine-time medalist) and won nine Olympic medals (1956 in Melbourne, 1960 in Rome, 1964 in Tokyo)
• He was later the president of the International Gymnastics Federation and a member of the International Olympic Committee
• Recipient of the Daniel E. Lyons Athletic Scholarship Fund
• Enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
• Interested in art in her spare time
• Went 5-10 in singles matches
• Earned two wins in the spring season against Brown and UMass
• Was 2-1 at the Bulldog Invitational with wins over Brown and UMass
• Posted a 6-10 mark in doubles and went 1-2 in ACC play
• Beat Hannah Zhao and Summer Dvorak of Duke with Hailey Wilcox in third doubles
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Regional Championships with Wilcox
• The duo was a perfect 3-0 at the Harvard Fall Classic against Boston University, Brown and Harvard
AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
• Went 7-8 in singles matches and 2-3 in ACC play
• Defeated Dina Chaika of Louisville and Natsumi Okamoto of Pitt during ACC competition
• Won her first four singles matches of the spring in straight sets
• Went 4-13 overall in doubles play
• Defeated the 24th-ranked team of Sofya Treshcheva and Sofya Golubovskaya from No. 10 Syracuse in second doubles with Elene Tsokilauri
• Also picked up doubles victories against Bryant, Marist and Yale to open the spring with Natasha Irani
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
• Went 10-14 overall in singles, including a record of 8-11 in the No. 3 spot
• Teamed up with Kylie Wilcox in first doubles, going 8-15 overall
• Won seven of her first nine career singles matches
• Earned ACC singles victories against No. 23 Virginia, Pittsburgh, No. 31 NC State and No. 37 Miami
• Added ACC doubles wins with Wilcox against No. 27 Notre Dame, No. 37 Miami and Florida State
• Won two singles matches to advance to the Round of 32 at the ITA Northeast Regionals
• Also won two doubles matches with Lexi Borr to advance to the Round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regionals
• Went 1-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles at the Brown Invitational
• Went 2-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at the Harvard Fall Classic
BEFORE BC
• Rated among the nation's top-60 recruits
• Had multiple wins over blue-chip players and excelled in doubles with two tournament championships
• In 2015, played in the first position in both singles and doubles on Team Northern California's Under-18 team
• Earned Northern California's No. 1 ranking at the Girls 12, 16 and 18 levels and ranked as high as No. 52 nationally in Girls 18s
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Anna and Yuri Possokhova
• Has an older brother, Danila
• Father, Yuri, was a professional ballet dancer who was a member of the Bolshoi Theater (Moscow, Russia), the Royal Danish Ballet (Copenhagen, Denmark), and the San Francisco Ballet
• He is now in retirement as a choreographer, staging ballets for different companies
• Grandmother, Valeria Kuzmenko Titova, was a professional tennis player who advanced to the doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1961
• Grandfather, Yuri Titov, was a professional gymnast who was a four-time world champion (nine-time medalist) and won nine Olympic medals (1956 in Melbourne, 1960 in Rome, 1964 in Tokyo)
• He was later the president of the International Gymnastics Federation and a member of the International Olympic Committee
• Recipient of the Daniel E. Lyons Athletic Scholarship Fund
• Enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
• Interested in art in her spare time
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