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Sammy Struyf

Player Profile

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Waregem, Belgium
Height / Weight:
6-2 / 177
Experience:
3L

COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:
2007 (SENIOR): Earned "MVP" of the team... Finished the season with a team-high 26 singles victories... Posted a 26-10 singles mark and a 20-8 doubles mark for the spring campaign... Went 18-7 in dual matches from No. 3 singles... Earned wins over two ranked opponents (#46 Robbye Poole of Ole Miss and #51 Alex Lacroix of Florida)... Recorded a team-high nine consecutive victories during the spring... Earned a team-high seven conference wins... Posted a 7-2 singles record and a 4-3 doubles record... Recorded a 3-1 singles record at the Olympia Fields Invitational... Tallied a perfect 4-0 record at the Crimson Tide Fall Championships en route to the Stabler singles bracket final where he defeated Troy's Bastian Maucher, 6-2, 6-2... Posted two doubles wins with partner Saketh Myneni at the ITA Regional Championships over Florida's Ouellette and Hochwalt and Middle Tennessee State's Rocafort and Richard... Earned one doubles win at the Crimson Tide Fall Championships with partner Javier Bes

2006 (JUNIOR): Contributed 18 singles victories and 11 doubles victories during the spring season... Ended the season with an 11-7 doubles recordwith Javier Bes posting a 7-1 mark from the No. 3 slot... Defeated No. 81 Eric Claesson from the No. 2 slot during the team's upset over No. 7 Ole Miss... Clinched both matches on opening weekend against Troy and Jacksonville State from the No. 2 singles slot... Posted a singles record of 5-3 during the fall season and was 3-2 in doubles... Won two singles contests at the Thomasville Collegiate Invitational... Advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA Southeast Regional... Warned two doubles wins with partner Saketh Myneni at the ITA Southeast Regionals.

2005 (SOPHOMORE): One of four Alabama players with 15 or more singles victories... Posted a 6-2 record at the No. 4 position and a 4-2 ledger at the No. 5 slot... Won five straight singles contests from March 17-24... Ended the year with five wins in his last six singles matches... Completed the fall season with a 5-6 singles record and a 4-4 doubles mark

2004 (FRESHMAN): Earned first career match-clinching victory vs. UAB... Started 14 times in singles and 23 times in doubles during dual-match play

PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS: Advanced to the doubles quarterfinals of futures event... Qualified and advanced to the Round of 16 at Grade 3 ITF event in Belgium in 2003

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born: Nov. 11, 1986... Parents are Walter and Marie-Claire...One sibling, Sarah (20)