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2012-13 Women's Tennis Roster

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Christine Ordway

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Waynflete School
  • Hometown Falmouth, Maine

Biography

Senior Season — 2012-13
Ordway continued to compete in the top half of the singles order for the Big Red, posting an 8-10 record in dual matches. She was 8-4 from her most familiar post at No. 2, including a season-ending 6-3, 6-0 victory over Penn's Stephanie Do on Senior Day at Reis Tennis Center. Ordway had a six-match winning streak in nonleague play from Feb. 22 to March 15. She was also 9-7 in dual-match doubles, including an impressive 7-1 mark when teamed with junior Ryann Young at the No. 2 position. ... Ordway was also 9-3 in singles and 4-4 in doubles during non-scoring tournaments. She reached the Round of 16 in singles at both the Cissie Leary Invitational and the prestigious USTA/ITA Northeast Regional. As a result, Ordway was ranked 15th in the Northeast Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Assocation in January.

Junior Season — 2011-12
Serving as the Big Red's captain, Ordway posted an 8-11 record from the top half of the order in singles — including an 8-9 mark from the No. 2 spot. She was 9-9 in doubles play, but an impressive 5-2 at the No. 1 spot when competing with classmate Sarah O'Neil. The pairing was ranked ninth in the Northeast Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in the mid-season rankings. Ordway was 10-5 in tournament singles play, winning her first six matches of the fall season in the Cornell Fall Invitational (where she won the A Bracket) and Cissie Leary Invitational. She was also 14-3 in tournament doubles play with a variety of partners, teaming with O'Neil to advance to the quarterfinals of the Women's Northeast Regional Championship in October.

Sophomore Season — 2010-11
Ordway was named the team’s Most Valuable Player after a solid sophomore season in which she achieved a singles ranking of No. 13 in the Northeast Region. She had an exceptionally strong fall, advancing to the Round of 16 in the A Flight of the USTA Collegiate Invitational and the Round of 16 at the Northeast Regional Tournament. Ordway played at the No. 1 spot throughout the spring, finishing with a 7-12 record overall. Her biggest win of the spring came against Binghamton’s Anna Edelman, who was ranked second in the region. In doubles, paired with Ryann Young, she posted a 22-9 record overall and a mark of 15-4 in the spring, including an impressive 5-2 record in the Ivy League.

Freshman Season — 2009-10
Ordway played predominantly at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the order for the Big Red during her rookie season. She posted an 11-11 record overall and went 1-6 in the Ivy League. Ordway also went 12-9 overall and 2-5 in the conference in doubles, mostly at the No. 2 and No. 3 spot.

At Waynflete School
Ordway lettered four times in tennis at Waynflete School. She was a three-time Maine high school state singles champion (2006, ’07, ’08) and was a member of the Northeast National Team those same three seasons. Ordway was ranked as high as #2 in the USTA Northeast standings and achieved a rank of #1 in doubles. In the USTA National rankings, she went as high as #130 in singles and #80 in doubles.

Personal
Christine Penelope Ordway is the daughter of David and Sigrid Ordway and she has two younger brothers. She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2011-12Junior

    5'9"
  • C

    2012-13Senior

    5'9"
    C