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KINTZEL AND THE FALCONS
After just two seasons in the Brown and Orange, already has 78 total wins ... her 78-31 career record includes a 37-18 singles mark and a stellar 41-13 doubles ledger ... is on pace to finish among the top-five players in BGSU history in singles, doubles and overall wins ... won her final 13 doubles matches of the 2007-08 season.
2007-08
Had an overall record of 41-10 on the year ... missed the final four regular-season matches and the MAC Championships matches due to injury ... was leading the team in overall wins prior to the injury, before winding up third on the Falcons ... went 18-6 in singles and 23-4 in doubles ... her total of 23 doubles wins ties her for seventh on the BGSU single-season list ... in singles play, had a 10-3 mark at the fourth flight in dual matches ... went 3-1 in the MAC ... teamed with classmate Katia Babina for a 15-1 doubles record, including a 4-0 MAC mark ... that duo was 13-1 at the third flight in dual-match action ... won 15 consecutive matches (seven singles, eight doubles) from Feb. 16 to April 4 ... her doubles winning streak currently stands at 13 matches, heading into the 2008-09 season ... did not lost in doubles play after the Butler match of Jan. 20 ... had a 13-5 overall mark in the fall portion of the schedule ... tied for the team lead in singles (seven) wins, and led the Falcons in both doubles (six) and overall victories during the fall semester ... her 7-3 singles mark included six consecutive wins ... won her final two singles matches in the BGSU Invitational to capture the back draw, then was a perfect 4-0 at Cincinnati's Queen City Invitational, winning the fourth-flight singles crown at the latter tourney ... lost a combined total of only three games over her final three matches at Cincinnati ... had an overall doubles record of 6-2 in the fall ... teamed with Christine Chiricosta to go 5-1 in doubles play, including a perfect 3-0 weekend and a title at the second flight at the BGSU Invite ... played two matches with a Western Michigan player at Ball State's tournament, as BGSU sent five players to Muncie that weekend.
2006-07
Had a total of 37 wins in her initial season in the Brown and Orange, good for the second-highest total on the team ... went 19-12 in singles and 18-9 in doubles ... played primarily at the second singles flight during the dual-match portion of the season ... went 10-9 at flight number two, including a 4-4 record in MAC regular-season play and a 1-1 mark in the league tournament ... MAC tourney victory was against Miami's Leda Pesatova in the quarterfinal round ... that win came when any loss would have meant the end of the Falcons' season, as BG rallied from a 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 win ... doubles record included a 5-1 mark with Ashley Jakupcin, all in MAC regular-season action ... had a 13-8 record with Stefanie Menoff ... the Kintzel/Jakupcin duo saw both of their MAC tourney matches abandoned ... that tandem's 5-1 mark was the highest by a doubles team in MAC regular-season play since 2000-01, and was the best winning pct. (.833) by a duo in league action since the 1981-82 campaign ... won seven of her last eight doubles matches to close the regular season ... Kintzel/Menoff duo was 8-4 during the dual-match portion of the season ... had an 11-7 overall record during the fall schedule, for the second-highest win total on the team ... competed in both singles and doubles at the ITA Midwest Regional ... won the #7 singles flight, and teamed up with Menoff to capture the #3 doubles crown, at the BGSU Invitational, in her first weekend of collegiate competition.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for Libertyville H.S. ... a three-time state qualifier for coaches Dan Kieren and Craig Hunter.
PERSONAL
Samantha Ann Kintzel was born March 18, 1988, in Oak Park, Ill. ... majoring in tourism/event planning at BGSU ... daughter of Ken and Laura Kintzel ... has two younger sisters ... father played baseball at Morton College.
SAMANTHA KINTZEL -- YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
