Katarina Lingl Class: Sophomore Hometown: Rochester Hills, Mich. High School: Rochester High School Birthdate: 03/11/1992

Meet the Spartans: Katarina Lingl

2012: Sophomore Spring: Singles-Compiled an 11-12 singles record playing on both court four and five... Defeated Jogasuria of Akron, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2... Blanked Oakland's Georgakopoulos, 6-0, 6-0... Recorded a 6-4, 2-6, 11-9 win over Friedrichs of Eastern Michigan... Topped Grubb of Bowling Green, 6-3, 6-4... Edged Pitt of Toledo, 6-2, 5-7, 11-9... Won the match against Cornwell of Detroit by a score of 6-2, 7-6... Notched a 6-4, 6-2 win over Hawkins of Western Michigan... Defeated Haraldson of Central Florida, 6-4, 6-1... Downed Hebble of Ball State, 6-4, 6-0... Recorded a conference victory over Minnesota's Courter, 6-1, 7-6... Defeated Sertic of No. 50 Penn State, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Doubles- Competed on all three courts for doubles play, going 7-15 this dual season... Partnered up with Herzog to top Young and Keating of Oakland, 8-2, Hawkins and Sujahull of Western Michigan 8-1, and Wild and Sanders of Ball State, 8-2... Won two matches alongside Olga Chernova, defeating Janek and Sherwood of Cleveland State, 8-5 , and Coffman and Rygh of Toledo, 9-7... Dropped two Big Ten opponents partnered with Julianne Gruber ... Defeated Falkin and Kedzierski of No. 19 Illinois, 8-6 and Majerick and Zordani of Iowa, 8-5

Fall: Singles- Lead the team in singles tournament play with a record of 7-6... Recorded a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Forsyth of IPFW in the Spartan Invitational... Won against Knoppe of the University of Illinois-Chicago, 6-2, 6-4, in the Wildcat Invitational... Won the Singles Black bracket at the ITA Second Chance tournament by defeating Aleck of Western Michigan, 6-3, 6-1, Kurer or Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 6-1,6-1, and Pacheco of Northern Illinois, 6-0, 6-0... Tallied two wins in the Green and White Invite over Rang of Ball State, 6-2, 6-2 and Karoub of Detroit, 6-4, 6-3... Doubles- Paired up with Gruber to drop McCulloch and Zordani of Iowa 8-1, at the Wildcat Invitational and Emeralda and Grinvalde of Chicago State at the ITA Second Chance tournament... Was paired Herzog at the Green and White Invite where the duo recorded two wins over Strakhova and Halabi of Detroit, 8-3, and de'Lisle-Tarr of Toncheva, 9-7

2011- Freshman
Spring: Recorded a singles victory over Forsyth of IPFW, 6-3, 6-2 ... Defeated Fernades of Detroit at the No. 5 spot, 6-4, 6-0 ... Saw action in doubles play with a variety of partners ... Recorded two victories with Nicole Herzog against Kobayashi and Vescovi of IPFW, 8-7, and Grubb and Hill of Bowling Green, 8-5 ... Dropped Strakhova and Halabi of Detroit, 8-2, in the No. 2 position with Valentina Rusakova ... Competed with Jennifer Yen in doubles at the No. 3 spot against Dayton and Ball State ... Notched a 8-3 victory over O'Connel and McNulty of Dayton ... Defeated Hubble and Pickriel of Ball State, 8-6 ... Edged Junuskova and Xobeidh, 8-5, alongside Olga Chernova.

Fall:Defeated Sammi Schoen of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at the ITA Regional Second Chance ... Beat Natalie Edell of Northwestern at the Wildcat Invitational, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 ... Competed at the Wolverine Invitational and defeated Miloslava Shustova of Western Michigan, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1, and Remi Martin of Purdue University, 6-0, 6-2 ... Defeated Amanda Border of Toledo at the Spartan Invitational, 6-4, 6-2 ... Competed with Olga Chernova in doubles play at the Spartan Invitational ... Defeated Cornwell and Strakhova from the University of Detroit, 8-4 ... Topped Coffman and Carrvajal of the University of Toledo, 8-6 ... Played with Dana Guentert at the ITA Regional Second Chance where the tandem topped Dekkinga and Phillips of Northern Illinois, 8-5, and C. Chiricosta and Eccleston of Bowling Green, 8-6.

High School
Competed on the varsity tennis team her freshman and sophomore years... was named MVP her freshman year... was a district and regional champion her freshman and sophomore years... competed in the state finals as a sophomore... named all-conference, all-district and all-state her freshman and sophomore years... represented the Midwest section in the Marian Wood Baird Cup Tournament in 2009 hosted by Ball State University where she helped lead her team to a second place finish... Won the Ann Arbor Junior Open in 2006 where she was also a finalist in 2007 and 2008... was a Semta Qualifier Tournament finalist in 2008... won a total of five sportsmanship awards.

Personal Born March 11, 1992... Daughter of Gottlieb and Rosemary Lingl... Mother played women's tennis at Oakland University... graduated high school in the National Honors Society... plans on majoring in kinesiology.

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