Daniella Silva
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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- Hometown:
- Vancouver, Canada
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- High School:
- Culford School
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- Major:
- Public Health Science
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013-2014: Fall Singles: Record of 3-7 in the fall season … earned first collegiate win over Anneka Watts of No. 71 Fresno State on Sept. 28 ... Fall Doubles: Playing with partner Katie Le, tallied a record of 5-4 … won the Red Final of the Saint Mary’s Invite with an 8-0 win over Aishwarya Agrawal and Claire Yang of Fresno State … the duo defeated USC’s Brynn Boren and Gabi DeSimone in a tight 8-7(3) match during the Cal Nike Invite … Spring Singles: Tallied an overall 3-11 dual record playing at the No. 3, 4, and 5 spots … defeated Cal Poly’s Mika Padmanabhan 6-3, 7-6 for her first win of the spring season on Feb. 16 … at the No. 4 position, overcame an early deficit to take down San Jose State’s Julianna Bacelar 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Mar. 8 … Spring Doubles: Boasts an 7-5 overall dual doubles record … partnered with Katie Le in first half of spring … Silva and Le tallied 6-3 dual record at the No. 1 position … defeated Sabastiani Leon Chao and Gaelle Rey of San Jose State 8-7 on March 8 … partnered with Delphine Rouvillois at No. 2 doubles and held off BYU’s Savannah Ware and Nicolette Tran to a 5-5 tie before the match was stopped … went 0-1 with Rouvillois … posted a 2-1 record with Nicolette Wolny at the No. 3 position to end the season.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Daniel and Anabela Silva … father played professional golf ... mother is a teacher … has two sisters Stephanie Silva (9) and Jessica Silva (19) ... Jessica plays tennis at the University of Tennessee at Martin … career goal is to become a physical therapist for an athletic team … chose to attend Santa Clara because of the great weather, being able to play tennis all year round, the competitive WCC conference and good academics … majoring in public health.