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WSU CAREER
JUNIOR (2003-04): Defeated 17 singles opponents, second best on the team for the season playing mostly in the No. 3 position...faced five ranked opponents and posted her best win of the season against California's No. 26 Sasha Podkolzina, March 26...lost to teammate Lorena Arias in the Championship at the Cougar Classic at the No. 2 singles slot...joined with Amy Toth to capture seven doubles victories...received the coach's award for giving maximum effort during practice and matches...earned 2004 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
SOPHOMORE (2002-03): Captured 18 single match wins, including 11 in tournament play...beat Erin Polowski of Boise State to earn the championship in the Cougar Classic at No. 3 singles...paired with Zsofia Fodor to win 17 doubles matches placing seventh on the WSU list for career victories and fifth on the Cougar single season list...doubles champion at the Cougar Classic by defeating Stoops and Curtolo of Boise State...named 2003 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
FRESHMAN (2001-02): Went 20-11 in her singles matches...singles winning percentage of 64.5 was second on the team...clinched 4-3 win over nationally-ranked BYU with 6-4, 6-2 victory over Nicole Schneider...played most of her matches at the No. 5 singles position...won first five singles matches of the season...played No. 3 doubles with four different partners (Fodor, Martinez, Roganovic and Sallai).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER:
During her FRESHMAN season, took third place the Hungarian regional junior championship... as a SOPHOMORE again took third place in the Hungarian regional junior championship...took second in the league championship ...during JUNIOR year, played in the first class Hungarian adult division ...as a SENIOR, teamed with fellow-Cougar Zsofia Fodor to earn third place in the Hungarian Nationals.
PERSONAL:
Nora Gaal...born May 20, 1982 in Szekesfehervar, Hungary...parents Zoltan Gaal and Agota Blum...father is an engineer, mother an insurance agent...older brother Peter is also a tennis player in Hungary...enjoys playing other sports, cinema and theater...working towards International Business and Management degrees.
CAREER SUMMARY W L %
2001-02 FR 20 11 .645
2002-03 SO 18 18 .500
2003-04 JR 17 13 .566
WSU CAREER 3 Years 55 42 .567
