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BABINA AND THE FALCONS
After just two seasons as a Falcon, already has 65 career wins ... is 30-21 in singles and 35-18 in doubles ... her 27 doubles wins in 2007-08 ranks third on the BGSU single-season list ... her 44 overall victories ties her for seventh on that school seasonal chart.
2007-08
Named to the MAC All-Tournament Team ... had an overall record of 44-16 this year to date ... ranked second on the team in wins ... had a 17-11 singles record and a stellar 27-5 doubles mark ... her total of 27 doubles wins ranks third on the BGSU single-season list ... went 13-7 in dual-match singles play, all at the third flight ... in doubles, teamed with classmate Samantha Kintzel for an eye-popping 15-1 record, including a 13-1 mark in dual-match action ... that duo went 4-0 in MAC play ... finished with an overall mark of 6-1 in MAC doubles action, teaming with Libby Harrison for two conference matches and Stefanie Menoff for one match following an injury to Kintzel ... was instrumental in the Falcons' win over Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Championships ... teamed with Menoff for an 8-4 win at the third doubles flight, then rebounded after a first-set loss in singles action ... won a second-set tiebreaker vs. EMU's Tina Bestehorn, then captured the third set to clinch the match and a trip to the semifinals for the Falcons ... began the spring portion of the schedule by going a perfect 5-0 at the Indiana Doubles Invitational, competing with four different teammates ... lost her doubles match in the Jan. 20 dual-match opener at Butler, then won 16-straight doubles contests before a loss in the regular-season WMU match (April 19) ... in the fall, won the back draw at the fourth flight of the BGSU Invitational ... had a 2-1 weekend at Cincinnati's Queen City Invitational, competing at the second flight ... in doubles, went 5-2 in the fall, competing with Menoff in all seven matches ... that duo won their first four matches of the season, including a 3-0 weekend and a flight championship at the BGSU Invitational.
2006-07
Had a total of 21 wins in her initial season in the Brown and Orange ... went 13-10 in singles, playing in six of the eight MAC regular-season matches ... in MAC Tournament action, posted a three-set win over Miami's Victoria Pulido at the fifth flight in the quarterfinals ... that win helped the Falcons rally from a 3-0 deficit -- when a loss in any singles match would have ended BGSU's season -- for a 4-3 win over the RedHawks ... in the semifinal round of the MAC Championships, was the lone Falcon to win her opening set, against Western Michigan's Ashley Moccia, before the match was abandoned ... primarily played at the fifth singles flight during MAC play, moving up to the fourth flight for the final weekend of the regular season ... all 14 of her doubles matches during dual-match play came at the second flight ... had doubles marks of 5-5 with Andrea Volle and 3-8 when teaming with Ashley Jakupcin ... had an overall record of 7-7 in the fall season ... went 5-2 in singles play in the fall, tying for second on the Falcons in singles victories.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time all-conference and all-state selection at Glenbrook South H.S. ... earned four letters ... teamed up with current Falcon teammate Jenna Nussbaum to earn the Illinois state doubles title in her sophomore year ... state qualifier in all four years.
PERSONAL
Katia Babina was born Nov. 27, 1987, in the Ukraine ... interpersonal communication (IPC) promotions major at BGSU ... daughter of Audrey and Irina Babina ... has a younger sister.
KATIA BABINA -- YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
