2016-2017 Women's Tennis Roster

Kelley Spencer

Eva Dench

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Coopers' Company School
  • Hometown London, England

Biography

As A Junior (2015-16)
2015 Fall
Singles:
Led Texas State with five wins in singles matchesduring the fall tournaments  ...  opened the year with a pair of wins over Emily Kolbow of Colorado State and Anna Battersby of Northern Colorado at the Air Force Invitational ... also posted back-to-back wins against Mia Brandt of New Mexico State and Dhanielly Quevedo of Stephen F. Austin at the Rice Invitational ... also won a three-set decision against UT Rio Grande Valley's Natacha Minc at the ITA/USTA Texas Regional Tournament.

Doubles: Also posted a pair of wins in doubles play. ... combined with Katy Collins to win a 7-5 decision against Eastern Michigan at the Air Force Invite ... also teamed with Yadira Rubio for a 6-3 victory against New Mexico State at the Rice Invitational

As A Sophomore (2014-15)
2015 Spring
Singles:
Had six dual wins this season  ...   competed as the No. 4 player  ...  two of her wins came against Sun Belt Conference opponents, including a three-set victory against UL Lafayette in the Sun Belt Tournament ... posted consecutive victories against UT Rio Grande Valley and Northwestern State during the regular season.

Doubles: Teamed with Katy Collins for a 4-3 dual record  ...   had two victories on the No. 3 court, and won one each in No. 1 and No. 2 matches ...   biggest margin of victory was an 8-1 triumph against Northwestern State  ...   won four of their first five decision in the spring  ...   played a total of three matches as No. 1 team and defeated Missouri State 6-3  ...   also won a No. 2 match against Stephen F. Austin and a No. 3 match against UT Pan American.  

2014 Fall
Singles:
Posted a pair of wins in tournament play with her first victory coming against Kylie Isaacs of Duquesne in straight sets by a score of 6-3, 6-3 ... also won a 6-0, 7-5 decision against Marta Lewandowska of Northern Arizona at Arizona’s Wildcat Invitational.

Doubles: One of two Bobcats to post seven victories in doubles play ... all seven of her doubles victories came while teaming with Shannon Beckett as they ended the fall with a 7-4 record ... they advanced to the consolation finals at the ITA/USTA Regional before falling to Natalie Beazant and Alison Ho of Rice ... posted three victories in the consolation bracket after suffering an 8-5 setback in the second round ... one of her other two losses  in doubles play was a 7-6 setback came after dropping a tiebreaker by a score of 8-6.

 
As A Freshman (2013-14)
2014 Spring
Singles:
Led Texas State with 12 victories in dual matches while compiling a 7-2 mark in No. 6 matches, a 4-2 record in No. 4  matches and a 1-2 record in No. 5 matches ... opened the season winning four of her first five matches in the No. 6 position with her lone loss coming in three sets that was decided with a tiebreaker in the third set ... also finished the season with a 7-2 mark ... was 4-2 in No. 4 matches during that stretch, including a three-set victory over  Hannah Toro of Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
 
Doubles: Led the Bobcats with 11 victories in doubles play ... combined with Katy Collins to post a 10-3 record in No. 3 doubles matches ...  team with Collins to begin the season winning six straight dual matches... they also won three straight matches with one unfinished match at the end of the season, including an 8-6 win against Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... also teamed with Bérénice Van den Bergh a match against Prairie View A&M.
 
2013 Fall
Singles:
Compiled a 3-8 tournament record  ... won her first collegiate match by the score of 6-1, 6-1 against Amy Williams of Northwestern State at the Rice Invitational ... won a pair of matches at the Texas State Play Date with a victory over Alexandria Young and Maria Lackey of Prairie View A&M.
 
Doubles: Teamed with Bérénice Van den Bergh to win her first collegiate doubles match over  Heather Borsos and Julia Perez of UT Pan American ... played in three tournaments while teaming with Jessica Kahts.
 
PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
High School
Attended Cooper’s Company School ... was named the team's Player of the Year ... in addition to playing tennis, participated in hockey, netball and rounders ... won Junior Schools Nationals in 2008 and 2009.

Personal
Born Dec. 9 … daughter of Julia and David Dench … her father is an on-line editor for Daily Mail ... mother is a banking operation specialist ... member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... was named to the Texas State’s Dean’s List in 2014 Fall semester ... enjoys spending her summers in family holiday home in Spain ... her favorite moment at Texas State was posting a winning record last spring.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013-2014Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2014-2015Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2015-2016Junior

    5'9"
  • 2016-2017Senior

    5'9"