Sierra Poske

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Nease
Hometown:
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

2008 Fall Tournament Season (Senior)
Advancted to championship of Flight I doubles at USTA NTC Invite with Emilee Malvehy ... Defeated No. 118 Christine Brown of Kentucky in opening round of ITA Regionals ... Advanced to Round of 16 in Regionals ... Defeated Naoko Ueshima and Cameron Ellis of No. 8 Georgia in doubles play at UGA Invitational.

2007-08 (Junior)
Posted a spring record of 5-9 with one conference victory ... Sat out middle of the season with lingering illness ... Won three matches in straight sets against opponents from Penn State, No. 16 Tennessee, and Virginia Tech ... Also posted wins against #15 Notre Dame and #28 Indiana ... Moved between all three doubles positions throughout the spring, notching 7 wins at the No. 1 position with teammate Sasha Kulikova ... Biggest doubles victory came against No. 38 Lauren Cash/Dasha Cherkasov of #54 Boston College ... 2007 Fall Tournament Season: Had straight set wins over opponents from ETSU and Tennessee in the St. Mary[apos]s Classic.

2006-07 (Sophomore)
Had straight set wins over BC[apos]s Alina Sullivan (March 31), No. 17 William & Mary[apos]s Klaudyna Kasztelanie (March 21), Syracuse[apos]s Ashley Lipton (Feb. 2), Furman[apos]s Lauren Tomory (March 17), UM-Twin Cities[apos] Alex Seaton (Jan 28)... had a five-match win streak that included four ACC wins from March 17-April 1 ... Didn[apos]t give up one game to No. 75 Maryland[apos]s Brooke Rogers (April 1) ... Defeated No. 27 Florida State[apos]s Tapiwa Marobela 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 (March 11)... Started 2007 doubles campaign on a four-match win-streak with Alex Hirsch, defeating opponents from South Alabama (Jan. 27), Minnesota (Jan. 28), Syracuse (Feb. 2) and Kansas (Feb. 4)... Had four ACC wins with partner Christine Simpson, including Maryland (April 19), Boston College (March 31), Virginia (March 25) and Virginia Tech (March 24)... Defeated No. 23 Tennessee[apos]s Ghizel Schutte/Connor Vogel at No. 1 (Feb. 25).

2005-06 (Freshman)
Completed a successful rookie season with a 18-19 record in singles play ... Posted a four-match winning streak in April, all against ACC opponents ... Finished the season at an even 5-5 in ACC matches ... Notched postseason victories against Florida State in the ACC Tournament and North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament ... Earned ACC dual match victories against Florida State, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Boston College, Maryland ... Also earned dual match wins against Purdue, Charlotte, Illinois and Texas A&M ... Compiled a 22-14 record in doubles play ... Occupied the team[apos]s No. 3 spot in doubles for much of the season going 10-4 with teammate Christine Simpson ... Defeated No. 45 nationally ranked doubles team of Duke, 8-2, with teammate Simpson ... Lost to No. 9 nationally ranked doubles team of Clemson, 8-6 ... Went 3-0 with Blakely Offutt.

Prior to Wake Forest
Named the 2004 Bill Talbert National Sportsmanship Award winner ... The 2004 Girls 18 Winternational doubles champion... The 2004 Girls 18 Clay Court doubles champion ... earned three letters in tennis at Nease High School ... Was the 2004 2A Florida state champion in singles ... Named the most valuable player of Nease High School in 2002 and 2003 ... Was also the 2001 state singles champion, 2002, 2003 state mixed doubles champion and singles runner-up... was the 2001 Southern Open 16[apos]s singles champion and 2000 Southern Open 14[apos]s singles and doubles champion ... A member of the National Honor Society ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Personal
Born Sept. 27, 1986 ... The daughter of Carl and Vera Poske ... Selected Wake Forest over William and Mary, North Carolina, Texas A&M and Northwestern ... Has one brother Connor ... Father, Carl, played tennis for West Liberty State College.

Poske[apos]s Career Statistics
Through December 2008

Singles

Year	Dual Matches	ACC	Tourn	Total
2005-06	11-11	5-5	8-8	19-19
2006-07	11-7	5-6	10-3	21-10
2007-08	5-9	1-3	9-3	14-12
2008-09	--	--	4-6	4-6
Totals	27-27	11-14	31-20	58-47

Doubles

Year	Dual Matches	ACC	Tourn	Total
2005-06	12-11	1-3	10-3	22-14
2006-07	10-12	3-8	8-4	18-12
2007-08	7-8	3-4	5-7	12-15
2008-09	--	--	5-3	5-3
Totals	19-21	7-15	28-17	57-44