Carole Soubis Bio
May 25, 2016 | Women's Tennis
Senior * 5-8 * Moulins, France (Clermont-Ferrand)
Talented player who will be counted on to provide leadership... Lone senior who is very tough mentally.
Fall 2001
Recorded a team second-best .474 winning percentage (9-10) in singles... Claimed a 6-4, 6-1 victory over 80th-ranked Agnieszka Abram of UNLV in the opening round of qualifying play at the ITA Riviera All-American Championships... Posted four straight wins, including victories over Mississippi's Audra Adams and Alabama's Weyli Chang, to advance to the consolation final at the Southern Regional Indoor Championships in Mobile, Ala... Won the B Draw consolation bracket with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Florida State's Jess Balbuena... Teamed with Elaine Fagan to post a 4-7 doubles mark.
2000-01
Saw action in 21 matches, posting a 6-15 record... Played primarily at the No. 2 position before closing out the year with five straight matches on Court One... Played well in three-set matches, recording a 4-3 mark... Recorded a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win over 27th-ranked Kristi Dascoli to earn the deciding point in the team's win over Ohio State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament... Claimed back-to-back wins over Rocio Fantilli of LSU (7-6 (2), 1-6, 7-5) and Kentucky's Carolina Mayorga (6-4, 5-7, 7-5)... Teamed primarily with Claudia Oliveira at the No. 1 doubles spot... Helped the duo to a 4-9 mark, including an 8-6 win over Tennessee's 43rd-rated tandem of Vilmarie Castellvi and Kim Gates... Won the doubles point in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament with an 8-5 victory over Ohio State's Dascoli and Monica Rincon... Teamed with Camila Sagae at the No. 3 position to post a 9-8 win over Alabama's 49th-ranked duo of Weyli Chang and Selia Mathew... The pair also cruised to an 8-3 win over LSU's team of Tami Botts and Lauren Haddix... Did not participate in fall competition due to an injured shoulder... Earned SEC Aademic Honor Roll and ITA Academic All-America honors.
1999-2000 (Sophomore)
Finished second on team with 25 singles wins, tied for fifth-most in school history and second-most ever by a first-year player at MSU... Ranked second on team with a .735 winning percentage (25-9), the eighth-best, single-season mark in school history... Tied Andrea Lord for team lead in dual match singles wins with 14... Posted a .739 dual match winning percentage (14-5), best on the team... Matched Anca Vasiloaica with a team-high seven SEC victories, going 7-3 in the conference season... Defeated then-No. 28 Lori Grey of Georgia 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 during quarterfinal action of the SEC Championship Tournament... Turned in a remarkable 12-2 record in three-set matches after winning her first 10 such contests... Finished in a three-way tie for second on the team with 16 doubles victories...Played most of year with Eimear Sloan, going 14-9... Their 14 wins ranks 10th all-time at MSU by a doubles tandem... Went 8-7 during the dual match season, compiling a 6-6 mark with Sloan and a 2-1 record with Ivana Belancic... Opened spring ranked 34th nationally in doubles along with Sloan and rose as high as 24th... Joined Belancic for a 9-7 upset of Bruna Colosio and Ana Paula Mores of Louisiana State, then tied for 20th nationally, to give MSU a 6-3 win over the Tigers in Baton Rouge... Finished fall season with an 11-4 mark in singles... Captured the Flight B singles title at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic... Won the Flight 3 singles at the St. Mary's Health Systems Classic... Went 8-3 in doubles with Eimear Sloan... Tandem won first four matches of the season to win Flight A at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic.
Pre-MSU
Rating of -4/6 in France... Top junior and senior in region... Regional champion as both a junior and senior in high school.
Personal
Carole Soubis was born Nov. 14, 1978... Daughter of Claude Soubis and Dominique Chicard... Pursuing a master's degree in business administration.
