Chelsea Preeg Season 2009-10
2010-11 (Junior): Named to the SEC Second Team after posting a team-best 7-3 record in conference matches … Ended the season ranked 99th in the nation … Went 14-9 in dual matches, which included a 12-3 mark at the No. 3 singles position … Posted an 11-match win streak from Jan. 29 to March 19 … Defeated two ranked opponents during that time … Clinched Vanderbilt[apos]s wins over Yale and Princeton … Avenged a loss from the fall by defeating Tennessee[apos]s Brynn Boren in a tiebreaker … Went 2-1 at the Furman Fall Classic … Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional before falling to Tennessee[apos]s Brynn Boren … Defeated teammate Alex Leatu in the finals of the June Stewart Invitational.
2009-10 (Sophomore): Finished the season ranked No. 42 in doubles and No. 84 in singles … earned second-team All-SEC honors … finished with a team-best 28-12 record in singles … went 13-8 in dual play, including 7-4 in the SEC … played most of the year at No. 2 and No. 3 singles positions … defeated three ranked opponents in singles, including No. 47 Maria Sorbello (Tennessee) and No. 86 Sasha Krupina (Georgia Tech) … earned SEC Player of the Week honors for the week of Mar. 18-24 after posting a pair of key wins over nationally-ranked Notre Dame and Georgia Tech … won 17 of her first 21 singles matches and 21 of her first 25 doubles matches (w/ Jackie Wu) … ranked the entire year in both singles and doubles … was listed as an alternate with Wu for the NCAA Doubles Championship … paired with Wu at No. 1 doubles to finish a team-best 11-6 in dual play, including 4-3 in the SEC at No. 1 … also paired with Keilly Ulery in doubles, going a perfect 3-0 at the No. 3 position including 2-0 in the SEC … won a team-high 13 singles matches during the fall season, finishing with a 13-4 mark … teamed with Jackie Wu to go a team-best 14-4 in doubles during the fall.
2008-09 (Freshman): Posted a strong freshman campaign on West End after going a combined 25-11 in singles … Preeg[apos]s 25 wins ranked second on the team … Went 11-6 in singles play during the dual season, including 7-2 in conference play … ranked as high as No. 80 in singles by the ITA … Won six of her first seven singles matches to start the dual season … posted two wins over ranked opponents in the fall … recorded undefeated singles weekends at Hoosier Classic and June Stewart Invitational, including a three-set win over Kentucky[apos]s 55th-ranked Megan Broderick to capture the ‘Tom Black’ Draw at the June Stewart Invitational … started her collegiate career by winning eight of her first nine matches in the fall … paired with Catherine Newman at No. 2 doubles in the spring, going 8-8 in dual play and 5-5 in the SEC.
Prep/Juniors: Established herself as one of the top-ranked junior players in the United States for the past eight years … ranked No. 6 nationally in Girls 18s and as high as No. 1 … won the Florida State Girls 18-and-under Championship at the age of 14 … ranked as a five-star, blue-chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net … chose Vanderbilt over Clemson, Duke, North Carolina and Northwestern …
Personal: Chelsea Marie Preeg … born December 11, 1989 … daughter of John and Lisa Preeg … has one sister, Jessica (21) who is senior tennis player at Furman … both parents played professional tennis and mother was ranked as high as 60th in the world … majoring in Human and Organizational Development … chose Vanderbilt for it[apos]s excellent coaching staff and historic tennis program.