Paula Comella

Photo by: Diane Larson

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
IES CTEIB
Hometown:
Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain

2018-19
First Team All-MAC … Opened the fall campaign in singles by winning the Orange Bracket of the BGSU Invitational … Placed first in doubles at the BGSU Invitational with partner Marharita-Sophia Tavpash, winning the Freddie Falcon Bracket … Crowned doubles champion at the Viking Invitational in Cleveland with Tavpash … Began spring season with wins in both singles and doubles propelling BGSU to it’s first 7-0 sweep to start the spring since 1996 … Defeated the No. 4 ranked Division II doubles duo with Tavpash against Indianapolis … Named MAC Doubles Team of the Week with Tavpash on Feb. 27 … Again named MAC Doubles Team of the Week with Tavpash on March 27 … Named MAC Singles Players of the Week on April 17 … Concluded spring season with an 11-7 singles record (No. 1, 8-4; No. 2, 3-3) … Finished spring with a 13-6 doubles record at No. 1 doubles with Tavpash.

2017-18
Named to First Team All-MAC honors for the second time in her career … also named to MAC All-Tournament Team accolades for her performance in the 2018 MAC Championships … named MAC Player of the Week on Feb. 28 after picking up two singles victories against both Notre Dame and Detroit in straight sets … also named to MAC Doubles Team of the Week honors with partner Marharita-Sophia Tavpash on Feb. 28 after the duo handedly downed their Notre Dame and Detroit opponents 6-3 and 6-2, respectively … earned two singles flight one titles in the fall campaign, both at the BGSU Invitational and the Wright State Invitational … also tallied two doubles flight one titles with fall partner Marta Bettinelli, at the BGSU Invitational and the Buffalo Invitational … competed in the ITA Regionals Singles Main Draw for the second consecutive season and in the ITA Regionals Doubles Main Draw with Bettinelli … registered a team-best 16-5 overall singles record at the No. 1 slot, in addition to a 5-3 mark in MAC play … tallied a 15-7 record with spring partner Tavpash in play at No. 1 doubles, including a 6-2 mark in conference competition … totaled a team-leading 31 wins in the 2018 campaign.

2016-17
Named to the All-MAC Second Team ... tied for the team lead with 32 overall wins ... finished her sophomore campaign with a 15-13 overall singles record and 2-5 record in conference play at the No. 1 spot for the Falcons … Raider Invitational Top Flight Champion (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) … was the first Falcon to be in the singles main draw at the ITA Regionals (Oct. 19-22) since Nikki Chiricosta in 2011 … earned her first victory of the season with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Valeriia Lavrenchuk of IUPUI … teamed with Marharita-Sophia Tavpash and the two earned MAC Doubles Team of the Week April 12 as well as April 19 … Comella and Tavpash picked up the only win against No. 41 Notre Dame defeating the senior pair of Jane Fennelly and Monica Robinson … helped capture the doubles point against the Toledo Rockets with a win over Sidnay Huck and DeeDee Leenabachong, 6-2 … the duo finished the conference play with a 4-4 record and went 11-8 in duals and 17-11 overall.

2015-16
MAC Freshman of the Year … became just the second player in school history to win that award, and the first since Deidee Bissinger in 1996-97 ... First-Team All MAC … Single-Season records list 23 singles wins (20th in school history) and 43 combined wins (22nd in program history) … Played at the No. 1 and No. 2 spot in singles … Finished her freshman campaign with a 23-9 overall record and a 6-2 record in conference play … BGSU Invitational Flight Two Champion (Sept. 18-19) … UIC Invitational Top Flight Champion (Oct. 2-3) … teamed with Drew Fillis and the two earned MAC Doubles Team of the Week (April 28) … the duo suffered one conference loss, finishing the season with a 4-1 record and went 20-6 overall.

PRIOR TO BGSU
Attended IES Josep Maria Quadrado and IES CTEIB ... 2013 Semifinalist in the Spanish Championship … 2014 Doubles Finalist in the Spanish Championship … Balearic Islands Champion.

PERSONAL
Paula Comella was born Oct. 10, 1997, in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain ... daughter of Jorge Comella Bosch and Yolanda Aguilo Sintes … has one sister Nuria Comella Aguilo … majoring in business.