Rachael Dillon - Women's Tennis - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Rachael Dillon Season 2010-11

Class Senior
Hometown Dublin, Ireland
High School California
Bio

2010-11 (Senior): Finished the season with a 19-15 record in singles … Went 12-10 in dual play, with a 6-5 mark in SEC matches … Selected to the NCAA Doubles Tournament with Alex Leatu … The duo went 19-13 over the year, including 9-1 in fall tournaments … Played at No. 1 doubles in 25 of 26 matches this season … Opened the dual season with a win over No. 76 Belinda Niu to help the Commodores defeat No. 9 Northwestern … Clinched Vanderbilt[apos]s regular season win over Kentucky with a straight-set win over Cece Witten at the No. 5 singles position … Went 2-1 in singles and doubles with Megan Gornet in the SEC Fall Coaches Classic … Won flight of the June Stewart Invitational after defeating teammate Nelly Radeva.

2009-10 (Junior): Finished 13-10 in singles … went 12-8 in dual play, including 5-6 in the SEC … played at the No. 4 and No. 5 singles position the entire spring … went 11-6 at No. 5 including 5-5 in the SEC … finished the season on a five-match winning streak, going 2-0 at SEC Tournament and 2-0 at NCAA Regionals … won last four singles matches in conference play … went 8-14 in doubles during the dual season … played most of the spring at No. 3 doubles position with Hannah Blatt, going 4-7 overall, including 3-4 in the SEC … did not compete in the fall season due to NCAA transfer rules.

2008-09 (Sophomore/California): Went 10-5 in singles and 7-4 in doubles during the fall season … did not compete during the spring season.

2007-08 (Freshman/California): Went 12-10 in singles including a 2-1 mark in dual play … made an immediate impact in doubles while teaming with Bojana Bobusic and Marina Cossou … finished the season 17-11 overall in doubles including a 9-5 mark during the dual season … opened the fall with a 7-3 singles record, garnering wins at the Cal Invitational over Arizona State[apos]s Jessica Leitch and Nevada[apos]s Audrey Bardot … claimed three victories at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships to advance to the round of 32… finished the fall season with a 4-4 record in doubles play while teaming up with Bobusic and Susie Babos on separate occasions.

Prep/Juniors: No. 1 ranked player in Ireland as a teenager … played three years for Ireland in the Federation Cup … attended Dublin Tutorial Center for high school in Dublin, Ireland.

Personal: Rachael Dillon … born December 11, 1987 … parents are Frank and Nianh Dillon … has one brother, Mark (29) and one sister Laura (26) … majoring in psychology … lists playing in the Federation Cup for Ireland for three years as her most memorable athletic experience … is fluent in French.