Laurianne Henry
Laurianne Henry

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Anderson, SC

Height:
5-10

Experience:
4VL

Major:
Communication Studies

Graduated:
2011

Career notes:

  • Compiled 48-40 career record in singles and 36-35 mark in doubles
  • Won a singles match that sent Clemson to Sweet 16 in 2008, 2009, and 2010

Spring 2011

Singles

  • Clemson's lone senior in 2010Henry Senior Day
  • Finished 2011 with a 6-11 overall record
  • Ended her career with 48-40 overall record
  • Highest ranking of her career was #92, which came in 2008-09

Doubles

  • Tallied a 9-16 record with five different partners
  • Played eight matches with Vyskocilova going 3-5
  • Played four matches with Wong for a 3-1 record
  • Also played matches with Belaya, Ciolkowski and Magnusson
  • Compiled a 36-35 record for her career

Fall 2010

Singles

  • Finished the fall season with 2-3 record

Doubles

  • Finished 1-3 in the fall with two different partners
  • Played three matches with Vyskocilova and one with Magnusson

Spring 2010 (as a junior)

Singles

  • Known as one of Clemson's most clutch players, Henry showed her grit several times in 2010
  • The junior posted a 15-10 dual match record, primarily at #5
  • Clinched Clemson's upset win at #4 UGA with a three-set win over Naoko Ueshima
  • Later clinched Clemson's NCAA Second Round match with UGA with a three-set win over Cameron Ellis
  • Capped the Tigers' comeback against Texas A&M with a three-set win over Sheri Oliver
  • Posted 5-1 mark in tiebreak sets, and a 3-1 record in three-set matches

Doubles

  • Won a career-best 16 doubles matches in 2010
  • Posted 8-4 overall mark when paired with Wong, her most common pairing
  • With Wong, defeated #45 Virginia tandem to help Clemson advance in the ACC Tournament
  • Also played nine matches with Balda, going 6-3, including a doubles win against UGA at flight three

Fall 2009

Singles

  • Had 2-5 mark in the fall
  • Received Prequalifying round bid at Riviera/ITA All-American
  • Advanced to round of 32 with win at 2009 Wilson/ITA Carolina Regional

Doubles

  • Played in only two matches during fall season, once with Ciolkowski, and once with Balda

Spring 2009

Singles
• Played just 10 matches during the dual season due to injury and had a 5-5 record
• Was 4-2 against ACC opponents and played nine of her 10 matches at the sixth position
• After reentering the lineup in late February, fell in her first four matches
• Defeated Katie Orlestsky of Central Florida on Mar. 16 but did not play again until Apr. 4
• That victory was the first of five straight winning decisions as she defeated players from Maryland, Boston College and North Carolina in the regular season
• Matches against the Tar Heels in the ACC Championships and Winthrop in the NCAA opening round were not finished as the team score had been decided
• Downed Laura Reichert of North Carolina in the NCAA regional final as the Tigers swept the Tar Heels to advance to the round of 16
• Ended the season with a loss to Notre Dame at flight six.

Doubles

• Had a 4-1 record in her five doubles matches during the dual-match schedule
• Partnered with Keri Wong for a trio of matches a month into the season
• Duo posted a win over in-state rival South Carolina on Feb. 22 at flight two
• Then recorded an upset over Georgia Tech's 17th-ranked tandem just three days later
• Fell to Kentucky on Mar. 1 with Wong
• Paired with Alexandra Luc in April for three matches, but the team had just two decisions in the matches
• Defeated Boston College's number-three duo by an 8-1 margin on Apr. 5
• The following weekend, eked out an 8-6 victory over North Carolina's Reichert and Fanjoy to help the Tigers close out the regular season with a victory
• Rematch with the Tar Heel team ended in a no-decision at the ACC Tournament on Apr. 17.

Fall 2008

Singles
• Played in just two fall tournaments due to injuries but had a 2-2 record
• Was defeated by Renata Kucerkova of Fresno State at the Riviera/ITA All-American prequalifier in September
• Returned to action in November for the Duals in the Desert, where she defeated players from UCLA and North Carolina before falling in her bracket's finals to Keri Robison of Northwestern.

Doubles

  • Partnered with Estefania Balda for her only two doubles matches of the fall
  • The duo won their opening-round match at the Riviera/ITA All-American Pre-Qualifier before falling in the second round.

Spring 2008

Singles
• Had an 11-2 record in her first collegiate dual season
• Played just three matches in the first three months of the season due to an injury and was 2-1 in the contests
• Returned to the line-up against Virginia Tech on Apr. 5 and won her next nine matches, while dropping just one set during the stretch
• Four wins came during the ACC regular season
• Played one match at the fourth position, defeating Katharine Attwell of Boston College, 6-1, 6-2
• Then recorded victories in all three of Clemson's ACC Tournament matches
• Defeated Meg Fanjoy of North Carolina (6-1, 6-4) at no. 6 in the second round before posting an upset of 34th-ranked Maya Johansson of Georgia Tech (6-3, 6-2). Win helped the Tigers knock off the top-seeded Yellow Jackets
• Then won a crucial match against Jessi Robinson of Duke at no. 6 in the conference finals, as Clemson edged the Blue Devils, 4-3, for the title
• Clinched the Tigers' NCAA opening round win over Winthrop with a 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Larisa Berkmetova of Winthrop
• Also won the clincher against Michigan the next day in the regional final
• Season ended with a loss to Stanford in the NCAA round of 16 on May 15.

Doubles
• Played just three doubles matches during the spring season, winning all three
• Partnered with Estefania Balda against Virginia Commonwealth on Feb. 3, defeating the Ram team, 8-3, at the third position
• Then teamed with Carol Salge in mid-April to post a pair of wins over Maryland and Boston College at no. 3.

Fall 2007
Singles
• Ranked #21 in the regional poll
• Was 7-5 in her first collegiate season
• Went 2-1 at her opening tournament, the MCC Collegiate Invitational Championships
• Reached the finals of the flight three bracket of the Furman Fall Classic in September where she fell to Vanderbilt's 73rd-ranked Taka Bertrand
• Advanced to the round of 16 at the Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional
• Posted her first win over a ranked opponent at November's Duals In The Desert, defeating #81 Ashley Joelson of UCLA in three sets. Fell in her final two matches of the tournament

Doubles
• Had a 4-6 doubles record for the fall season
• Was 2-4 with Estefania Balda. Pair went 2-1 at the MCC Collegiate Invitational in mid-September and fell in the flight one finals.
• Duo teamed again at November's Duals In The Desert, but fell in all three matches in the number two bracket
• Had a 2-1 record with Ina Hadziselimovic at the Furman Fall Classic. Duo finished second at flight three
• Was 0-1 with Carol Salge at the Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional Championships in October.

Before Clemson
• Blue-Chip recruit from Anderson, SC
• Ranked seventh in the Southeast as a senior and #12 nationally
• Was also listed fourth in the TennisRPI
• Had a 55-13 record during her junior career
• Winner of numerous junior tournaments, including the Southern Bullfrog in April of 2007, the Bullfrog USTA in Feburary of 2007 and the Copper Bowl in January of 2007
• Coached by Andy Johnston, the head coach of the Clemson women's tennis program from 1983-97
• Born Oct. 18, 1988
• Majoring in communication studies.

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