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2010-11 Women's Tennis Roster

Maria Spenceley

  • Position Player
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Warsaw Poland
  • High School Sopot Tennis Academy (Germany)

Biography

2010-11 (Senior): Named an All-Sun Belt Conference selection in doubles with teammate Liset Brito...Recorded 49 overall singles victories and 55 overall doubles wins during her career...Ended Panther career ranked No. 23 in dual singles victories (36) and tied for No. 10 in dual doubles victories (45) in the FIU record books...Finished the season with an overall record of 13-16 in singles matches (10-9 dual) and 18-11 in doubles play (13-6 dual)...Won nine-straight matches in singles play during the season, including five-straight at the No. 4 position...Produced a record of 6-4 at the No. 4 position...Registered a 6-2 record in singles play versus Sun Belt competition...Defeated Troy's Rosaura Ramirez-Vega is straight sets (6-1, 6-1) during the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament (4/22)...Bested UNLV's Adrienn Hedvegi (6-3, 6-7, 7-5) as FIU defeated the No. 42 Lady Rebels, 4-3 (3/5)...Won 12 of the team's last 14 doubles matches at the No. 1 position (with Brito)...Went 13-5 at the No. 1 doubles spot, including a 3-0 mark in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament...Duo was a perfect 8-0 versus Sun Belt opponents...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (3.0-3.49 GPA).

2009-10 (Junior): Finished the season with an overall singles record of 10-14 and 7-12 in dual matches...Won singles match in three sets (6-4, 2-6, 6-2) against No. 70 Wake Forest Demon opponent, Kathryn Talbert also ranked No. 117...Won one of three sets against No. 54 Mississippi State Bulldogs opponent Natalia Mayuk (6-0)...Had four consecutive wins spanning from Feb. 28 to March 7...Won seven games at the No. 3 spot in singles...Won a total of 13 games in doubles event with a five-game win streak from Feb. 19 to March 3... Went 13-9 in overall doubles matches, including an 11-8 record in dual matches.

2008-09 (Sophomore): Won eight dual singles matches, including four wins at No. 3 singles...Notched 13 doubles victories with three different doubles partners throughout the season...Won both singles and doubles match against Florida Atlantic...Her most impressive victory was against Tan Christina of Syracuse, 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5-0)...Bested Melissa Saiontz of Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Coral Gables regional before losing to Bianca Eichkorn of Miami in the second round...Won nine consecutive doubles matches with partner Priscilla Castillo from 3/4-4/11...During that streak the duo defeated No. 67 Victoria Krook and Lauren Holton of North Florida, 8-3... Partnered with Castillo to win against Denver's No.1 doubles team Bhavani Tirumurti and Annette Aksdal, 9-8, in the finals of the Sun Belt Conference Championship...Finished season with a 10-2 doubles record.

2007-08 (Freshman): Won 11 dual singles matches, all coming at the No. 6 singles position...Finished the season strong with a 7-2 record over final 10 matches of 2008, including two wins at the Sun Belt Conference Championships and at the NCAA Coral Gables Regional...Beat Notre Dame's Katie Potts, 6-2, 7-6 (10-8) for FIU's lone point in the Regional's opening round...Also picked up the Panthers only point with her straight-sets singles victory over Bruna Paes of No. 14-ranked Fresno State...Also picked up singles points against nationally-ranked South Florida (44), twice against South Alabama (45 and 49) and Denver (28) in the championship round of the Sun Belt Conference Championships...Won the deciding point in the 4-3 SBC Tournament semifinal match against South Alabama with a marathon 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-4) decision over Jelena Krivacevic...Established herself as a regular in the spring rotation with a solid fall campaign that included a pair of wins at the Wilson/ITA Southern Regional Championships, the Seminole Invitational and the Florida Gulf Coast/Johan Kriek Classic...Found doubles success with teammate Priscilla Castillo, going 3-1 during the final stretch of the season and capturing a win over No. 28 Denver's Kyla Iwinski and Ute Schnoy... Member of the 2008 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to FIU: Experienced international amateur competitor for 10 years...Won her first tournament as an under-10 participant at the 1997 Polish Masters in 1997...After several tournament victories and runner-up showings in Germany and Poland, made a successful U.S. debut in 2000 at the Miami Plantation Super-Series (under-12) and the Hallandale Super Series (under-14)...Won the doubles crown at the 2001 Miami Prince Cup and the 2002 Biltmore Easter Challenge (under-18) singles title...Schooled at the Sopot Tennis Academy in Poland where she also competed in gymnastics...Coached by her mother Wieslaw and brother Nicolas.

Personal: Daughter of Wieslaw Calinski and Katarzyna Spenceley.

Spenceley's Career Statistics


 SINGLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
  4  
  5  
  6  
 Tour 
2007-08
19-9
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 0-3 
 12-3 
 7-3 
2008-09
12-18
 --- 
 2-4 
 4-4 
 2-5 
 1-0 
 --- 
 3-5 
2009-10
10-14
 --- 
 --- 
 7-6 
 0-6 
 --- 
 --- 
 3-2 
2010-11
13-16
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 6-4 
 3-3 
 1-2 
 3-7 
Totals
54-57
 --- 
 2-4 
 11-10 
 8-15 
 4-6 
 13-5 
 16-17 
 DOUBLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
 Tour 
2007-08
12-16
 --- 
 5-4 
 3-7 
 4-5 
2008-09
20-9
 --- 
 0-2 
 13-6 
 7-1 
2009-10
14-8
 --- 
 2-1 
 10-6 
 2-1 
2010-11
18-11
 13-5 
 --- 
 0-1 
 5-5 
Totals
64-44
 13-5 
 7-7 
 26-20 
 18-12 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Freshman

    Player
    5'3"
  • 2008-09Sophomore

    Player
    5'3"
  • 2009-10Junior

    Player
    5'3"
  • 2010-11Senior

    Player
    5'3"