Mary Hill

Katie Brozovich and Mary Hill were named to 2013 MAC Tournament Team

Photo by: John Huffer, Ball State photography

2012-13 BGSU Tennis - Michael Nemeth photo

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Munster
Hometown:
Munster, Ind.

HILL AND THE FALCONS
Finished her career with a total of 131 wins with the Falcons ... had an overall record of 131-69 in three years at BG ... posted a 60-40 singles record with the Brown and Orange, and had a stellar 71-29 doubles mark ... her overall winning percentage of .655 at BGSU included a .600 singles winning pct. and a .710 success rate in doubles ... ended her career tied for 15th in BGSU history in overall wins ... is 21st in singles wins at BG, and ended her Falcon tenure tied for 11th on the school's doubles wins list ... had a 20-4 record in doubles in MAC regular-season matches, going 7-1 as both a sophomore and senior and 6-2 in her junior year ... was 15-9 in singles matches during the MAC regular season ... in overall dual matches, had a 40-13 record at the third doubles flight during her three years at BGSU ... when her wins at Coastal Carolina are factored in, she had an overall mark of 172-87 (81-49 singles, 91-38 doubles) in her four years of collegiate tennis ... she won at least 38 matches in each of her four seasons, including at least 40 wins on three occasions.

2012-13
A 2012-13 team co-captain ... was named to the MAC's All-Tournament Team ... earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team for the second-straight season ... had an overall record of 38-23 (.623) as the Falcons won a school-record 17 matches and recorded the best conference regular-season and tournament finishes in program history ... overall record included a 22-9 doubles mark along with a 16-14 singles ledger ... won 71 percent of her doubles matches on the year ... teamed with fellow senior Jade Johnson for a 16-4 record on the season, with all but one of those matches coming in duals ... that duo went a stellar 7-1 at the third flight in MAC dual matches, and posted a 2-0 record during the MAC Championships ... Hill and Johnson won their first seven conference confrontations before losing a narrow 8-5 decision at Western Michigan in the final regular-season match ... but, as mentioned, they bounced back with a pair of victories in the league tournament ... went 4-0 in the MAC Championships en route to the all-tourney-team honors ... in singles, downed Akron's Madison Cohen (April 27) and Miami's Ramona Costea (April 28), both in straight sets, in the league championships ... Hill and Johnson's doubles win vs. the RedHawks was the third and final match to finish, giving BGSU the doubles point -- the first point by the Brown and Orange in the league tourney's championship round in school history ... soon after, her victory vs. Costea was the first-ever singles win by a BGSU player in the conference tourney title tilt ... lost only three total games in that match vs. Costea, winning the second set by a 6-0 score ... in addition to Johnson, also played doubles matches with freshmen Katie Brozovich (4-4) and Drew Fillis (1-1) and fellow senior Katie Grubb (1-0) during the season ... in singles play, won the last five matches of her career, with three coming down the stretch during the MAC regular season and the last two in the conference championships ... all five of those wins came in straight sets, including a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Miami's Ramona Costea in the championship round of the league tournament ... picked up a straight-sets singles win at the sixth flight, giving the Falcons the match-clinching point in an historic victory at Western Michigan (April 20) ... it marked BGSU's first-ever win against the Broncos ... had a 9-4 overall record in the fall, with a 4-2 singles ledger and a 5-2 doubles mark ... all but one of her fall doubles matches came with Brozovich ... ended her fall season by winning a singles title at the WMU Super Challenge in Kalamazoo ... defeated players from Marquette, Notre Dame and Penn State en route to that fourth-flight crown ... teamed with Brozovich for an 8-1 doubles win over a PSU duo at that invite ... split two overall matches at the Rocket Invitational, and was leading a third when the match was abandoned due to rain ... combined with Brozovich for a 3-0 mark and a fourth-flight doubles title at the BGSU Invitational.

2011-12

Earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... had an overall record of 42-26 on the year, ranking third on the Falcons in wins ... also was third on the team in singles victories, going 20-14, and tied for second on the Brown and Orange in doubles wins, with a 22-12 ledger ... in doubles play, teamed up with Jade Johnson during the conference schedule ... that duo went 6-2 in MAC regular-season action, 1-1 in the league championships and 8-4 overall on the year ... the Hill/Johnson team picked up an 8-0 win over an Eastern Michigan team in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Championships, after losing to that same duo just seven days earlier in the teams' regular-season meeting ... in the EMU tourney match, was just one game away from a singles victory ... had a 6-2, 5-2 lead over Daphne Friedrichs when the match was abandoned ... on the year, had a 10-6 doubles mark when competing with Nikki Chiricosta, and also played with Jessica Easdale (1-0), Katie Grubb (2-1) and Emily Reuland (1-1) ... posted a dominant 6-0, 6-0 result against Valparaiso's Kristin Zakiewicz in early April, three days after a win over Ball State's Ashlyn Rang in which she won the second set by a 6-0 result ... won in doubles in both of those matches as well ... it marked the third time that she had won in both singles and doubles in back-to-back matches in the dual-match season (Duquesne-Cincinnati and Northern Illinois-Buffalo) ... had a 20-9 overall record in the fall, good for the third-highest win total on the team ... had a 10-5 singles record and a 10-4 doubles mark ... teamed with Chiricosta for a 6-2 doubles mark in the fall ... went 7-1 in singles play to begin the year, at one point winning four consecutive matches in third-set tiebreakers ... capped her fall singles schedule with a win over a Michigan State player in straight sets at MSU's Green and White Invite ... teamed with Chiricosta for a doubles win over an MSU team that weekend as well, in the semifinals of the top flight ... competed in both singles and doubles at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships ... won her opening match in the singles qualifying draw ... in doubles, teamed with Reuland for a consolation-round victory ... was unbeaten in doubles action at the Rocket Invite, partnering with Chiricosta for two matches and Easdale for one ... captured a singles crown at the Fall MAC Invite in Kalamazoo, Mich. ... went a perfect 3-0 at Flight C that weekend.

2010-11
Finished her first season at BGSU with an overall record of 51-20 ... win total ranked second on the team, and was the fourth highest in BGSU single-season history ... was named the MAC Player of the Week on April 20 ... had a singles mark of 24-12 and a doubles record of 27-8 ... led the Falcons in doubles wins, and tied for third on that BG seasonal list ... deadlocked for the sixth-most singles wins in a season in school history ... played at the second singles flight for most of the non-conference schedule, going 6-4 ... settled into the number-four slot for the last 12 matches of the year, including the entire MAC regular-season schedule and the conference championships ... was 8-4 in fourth-flight action, including a 6-2 mark in MAC regular-season play ... in doubles, had a 17-5 mark with fellow first-year Falcon Nikki Chiricosta ... that included a 10-2 record at the third flight in dual-match play and a 6-1 MAC regular-season mark ... the duo won their MAC Championships quarterfinal-round match, and lost in the semifinal round in a 10-8 tiebreaker ... teamed with soph Katie Grubb for an 8-3 record on the year, all at the third flight in dual-match action ... that 8-3 mark included a win at Northern Illinois in MAC play ... won nine consecutive matches (five doubles, four singles) from Feb. 19 to March 26, as part of a streak in which she won 13 of 14 matches ... in mid-April, picked up wins at both singles and doubles vs. eventual regular-season champion Miami ... then, won eight-straight matches (four doubles, four singles) as BGSU won the final three regular-season duals and captured the MAC Championships quarterfinal win as well ... named the MAC P-O-W after the first two of those four matches, 4-3 wins over both Eastern Michigan (April 15) and Toledo (April 16) ... won the clinching singles match in each of those duals, with three-set singles wins ... in the EMU match, defeated Mariya Toncheva in the last match remaining on the court ... the next day, posted a 6-1 victory in the third set for the second consecutive match ... had an 18-7 record in the fall, in her first semester at BG ... went 9-4 in singles and 9-3 in doubles ... in her first weekend as a Falcon, went a perfect 6-0 to win singles and doubles titles at the BGSU Invitational ... won the fifth singles flight, and combined with Nikki Chiricosta to capture the second-flight doubles crown ... went 3-1 in singles action at the Rocket Invitational ... three of her four singles losses came in three sets, or in a tiebreaker after she split her first two sets ... partnered with Nikki Chiricosta for all but two fall matches, going 1-0 with both Christine Chiricosta and Jade Johnson.

2009-10 at COASTAL CAROLINA UNIV.
Had an overall record of 41-18, going 21-9 in singles play and 20-9 in doubles ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... in singles, competed primarily at the sixth flight, posting an impressive 18-4 mark in dual matches ... that record included a 4-1 ledger in Big South Conference matches ... twice on the season, had three consecutive wins without losing a single game ... posted 6-0, 6-0 singles wins in back-to-back-to-back matches against foes from Appalachian State, Coker and North Carolina Central in late January-early February ... repeated that feat vs. Charlotte and Gardner-Webb (two matches vs. GWU) in mid-April ... finished the season by winning nine of her last 10 singles matches ... ended the season by going 18-4 in singles after a 3-5 start to her collegiate career ... in doubles, teamed with Paty Cortes for all 29 matches ... their 20-9 mark included a 16-6 record in duals ... competed mainly at the second flight in dual-match play ... duo advanced to the Round of 16 in the main draw of doubles at the ITA Regionals in the fall, and also won 12-straight matches in dual play from Jan. 23 to March 15 ... the Chanticleers finished the season with a 19-6 record, including a 5-2 mark in Big South action ... Coastal, seeded third for the conference tournament, advanced to the semifinal round.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Munster H.S. ... finished her career as the winningest girls singles player in Indiana High School history ... posted a 104-1 career record for the Mustangs of head coach Bob Modesto, and earned All-State First-Team honors in all four years ... led the team to four-straight state tournament appearances, including three finals berths ... the Mustangs finished second at the team state finals from 2006-08 before placing third in ‘09 ... was undefeated as a senior, going 28-0 at the number-one singles flight and becoming the first player from Northwest Indiana to win a state championship ... earned the Times Female-Athlete-of-the-Year award, and also won the Mental Attitude Award at the state tourney, as voted by the coaches ... in 2009, was rated as the #85 high-school senior in the country by the Tennis Recruiting Network ... had a 25-1 record her junior year, including a third-place finish at the state championship ... the only loss of her career came that season in three sets in a state semifinal match (a loss which she avenged the following year in the championship match of the individual state tournament) ... played at the second singles flight in her first two years, going 26-0 and 27-0, respectively ... also played individually at the National Open, winning the singles title in 2002 and ‘04 and the doubles crown in ‘05.

PERSONAL
Mary Dominique Hill was born on Jan. 4, 1991, in Munster, Ind. ... daughter of Stephen and Sheila Hill ... a community health major at BGSU ... graduated with a a 3.34 cumulative GPA ... the youngest of three children ... has a brother and a sister.