Samantha Kintzel

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Libertyville
Hometown:
Libertyville, Ill.

KINTZEL AND THE FALCONS
A 2009-10 BGSU co-captain ... finished her career with a total of 142 wins, ranking sixth in BGSU history ... her stellar overall record of 142-82 included a 72-41 singles mark and a doubles record of 70-41 ... tied for eighth on the BG doubles wins list ... ranked 11th in career singles victories at the University ... had at least 32 total wins in each of her four seasons at BG.

2009-10
A team co-captain ... had a record of 32-27 on the year ... went 17-13 in singles play and 15-14 in doubles action ... had an 11-10 singles mark in dual-match play, with 20 of those 21 matches coming at the third flight ... played the final regular-season match and the MAC Championships quarterfinal match at the number-two flight (latter match was unfinished) ... in doubles, was 7-5 at the third flight with Katie Grubb in dual-match play, including a 3-1 MAC mark ... teamed with classmate and fellow co-captain Katia Babina for the final five matches of the year, going 2-3 at the second flight ... in the fall, had an overall mark of 10-7 (6-3 in singles, 4-4 in doubles) ... went 2-1 in singles at all three of the Falcons’ fall invitationals ... also was 2-1 in doubles action at the Belmont Invitational ... advanced to the championship match of her singles flight at the BGSU Invitational, before losing in three sets in the final.

2008-09
Had an overall record of 32-24 on the year ... went 18-10 in singles play and 14-14 in doubles action ... played primarily at the third singles flight in dual-match action ... her 11-8 dual-match record included a 9-5 mark at the #3 flight ... went 4-4 in MAC regular-season play ... in doubles, teamed with Babina for all 28 matches ... that duo played mainly at the second flight in the spring, going 9-7 at that level ... the tandem played at all three flights, going 1-0 at the #1 flight and 1-1 at the third level ... Babina and Kintzel went 4-4 in MAC regular-season action, and won their lone match in the MAC Championships ... that duo won four consecutive doubles matches to end the year ... became the 21st player in school history to reach 100 career wins when she picked up victories at both singles and doubles vs. IUPUI on March 15 ... picked up her 50th career doubles win in her home state, as the Falcons downed UIC on March 20 ... teamed with Babina, another Illinois native, for that win ... had a 10-8 overall mark in the fall, including a 7-2 singles record ... went a perfect 3-0 in singles action at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing ... was a co-winner of the #4 singles flight in that tournament.

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 tied 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 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 ... in fact, won her final 13 doubles matches of the season... did not lose 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 wins (seven), 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 team 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 her 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. ... a tourism/event planning major at BGSU ... daughter of Ken and Laura Kintzel ... has two younger sisters ... father played baseball at Morton College.