Samantha Galainena

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-6
High School:
Hinsdale South
Hometown:
Burr Ridge, Ill.

2010-11: Closed out senior year with four singles wins and five doubles wins ... split time between No. 3-5 singles positions ... scored a pair of wins each at No. 4 and 5 ... opened the year with three straight wins to push her win streak to 12 in a row dating back to the end of the 2010 season ... the three wins to open the year came in straight sets, giving up just four games in the three matches vs. North Carolina A&T, Radford and UNC Asheville ... teamed up with six different players in doubles matches ... won two of last three doubles matches, teaming with Katharine Dicconson at No. 3 ... one of those wins came against Elon at the Southern Conference Tournament ... Fall of 2010 took second in the flight four singles at the Davidson Fall Classic II ... tallied a fifth-place finish in B1 singles bracket at the CofC Invite.

2009-10: Had a breakout junior campaign, recording a team-best 16 singles wins and matching Stephani Synn with eight conference wins, both were career highs ... went 10-4 (third-best in SoCon) at No. 6 slot, while also going 4-1 at No. 5 ... finished the year on a nine-match win streak, getting eight of those against league foes ... opened the season with three straight singles wins over South Carolina State, Wingate and North Carolina A&T, blanking Wingate and NC A&T, 6-0, 6-0 ... help Davidson nearly upset #61 Virginia Tech with a 6-1, 6-1 decision at No. 6 ... added seven doubles wins, three of them coming in SoCon play ... took part in three of the five Wildcat Fall events ... scored first Fall singles win at CofC Invitational, a 6-4, 6-1 win over a player from cross-county rival Charlotte ... netted a singles win at Davidson Invite, while also teaming up with Ali Gores for an 8-5 doubles win over a duo from Elon.

2008-09: Became a regular in the starting lineup, playing the No. 6 position for Davidson as a sophomore ... sported a 9-9 overall mark and had a 5-2 league mark, second-best on the team ... eight of the wins came at the No. 6 spot, while the ninth win was at No. 4 in a straight set victory over Wingate ... from Mar. 25-Apr. 1, netted four straight singles wins, picking up victories over Wofford, CSU Bakersfield, Chattanooga and UNC Greensboro ... closed the year winning six of last eight singles matches ... twice shut out opponent in straight-set, 6-0, 6-0 wins over Western Carolina and Chattanooga ... registered another five wins in doubles action, playing mainly No. 3 ... took home wins in two of last three doubles matches, including an 8-3 win over Georgia Southern in quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament ... matched up with Alison Rauh at the 2008 Fall CofC Invitational for a 2-1 doubles mark, reaching the finals in the "B1" bracket.

2007-08: Sported a 3-0 mark in freshman campaign in singles and doubles combined … both singles wins came at No. 5 and were straight-set 6-0, 6-0 wins over Wingate and Queens … teamed with Skeeters for first collegiate doubles win at No. 3 with an 8-6 decision over Radford … in second collegiate fall event in 2007, captured her first singles flight bracket with a convincing 6-1, 6-0 win over a player from Louisville in the finals … took home second singles title of the fall at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships at South Carolina.

Prep and Personal: Three-year letterwinner at Hinsdale South … freshman prep season was No. 1 doubles … was top-eight as a sophomore in singles action.

Year	Singles	SoCon	Doubles	SoCon
2008	2-0	0-0	1-0	0-0
2009	9-9	5-2	5-5	1-1
2010	16-5	8-2	7-16	3-7
2011	4-20	0-10	5-18	1-8
Totals	31-34	13-14	18-39	5-16