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Marta Burak

Marta Burak

  • Class
    2015
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Tennis

Career Notes
Set school record for career singles wins with 94 and doubles wins with 79...won at least 19 singles matches every year, highlighted by a high of 28 as a sophomore...four-time first-team Horizon League selection...first Youngstown State men’s or women’s tennis student-athlete to be recognized as a YSU/The Vindicator Athlete of the Year..is the youngest inductee into the YSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

2014-15 (Senior)
Horizon League Player of the Year…first-team All-HL selection for the fourth consecutive season…was an Academic All-Horizon League selection…registered 21 singles victories and 16 doubles wins during the campaign…was an impressive 18-2 during the dual season with all 20 matches played at No. 1 singles…was dominate against in Horizon League play going 8-0 going unbeaten for the third straight year…picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win over Detroit Mercy in the finals…played No. 24 Sabrina Santamaria of USC in the NCAA tournament and trailed just 3-2 in the second set…won final 10 concluded singles matches of the year…all 10 victories were in straight sets…went 9-1 in home matches…in dual play was 11-11 at No. 1 singles and 5-1 in Horizon League matches…had 20-plus singles wins in every season…named the YSU Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the first women’s tennis player to claim the award...earned her fourth letter.

2013-14 (Junior) 
First-team All-Horizon League selection...was an Academic All-Horizon League selection…posted a team-high 26 victories...was 20-5 during the dual season in the spring...was unbeaten in Horizon League play for the second straight year going 8-0 at No. 2...ended the year on a 13-match winning streak...teamed up with Margarita Sadovnikova to go 18-8 in doubles, including 11-6 in the spring...was 5-0 with Dominika Lackova at No. 1 doubles in the spring...won 12 of her final 13 matches in straight sets...won in three sets against UIC’s Mariana Palacios...did not lose a set from March 22 to April 19...was 4-2 in three-set matches...played No. 32 Danielle Collins in NCAA Tournament...dropped first set 6-3 and was trailing 2-1 in second in back-and-forth match...also had winning streaks of seven and four on the campaign...lost one set in eight Horizon League regular-season matches and won three postseason matches in straight sets...was 5-0 in matches at the Boardman Tennis Center...closed out the year winning final 12 completed doubles matches...earned her third letter.

2012-13 (Sophomore) 
First-team All-Horizon League selection...was an Academic All-Horizon League selection...set a school record with 28 singles wins...posted a 28-3 record for the year, winning her final 15 matches of the season...was 22-3 in dual play with a 21-2 mark at No. 3 singles, a 1-0 record at No. 1 and an 0-1 mark at No. 2...was 7-0 in Horizon League play at the No. 3 spot...picked up straight-set wins in her final seven matches...was 3-2 in three-set matches and 25-1 in straight sets...last loss of the season was on March 7 in three sets at Akron...picked up singles wins in Horizon League Tournament against Cleveland State and UIC...in the fall was 6-2...won Flight A Singles at St. Bonaventure...won 21 doubles matches...teamed up with Margarita Sadovnikova to post a 20-9 mark for the year...in dual matches, the duo was 13-7 with all matches at the No. 1 spot...in tournament play, they were 7-2 and in the fall they reached the ITA Midwest Regional quarterfinals...earned her second letter.

2011-12 (Freshman)
The Horizon League’s Newcomer of the Year...was a first-team All-Horizon League selection...finished the campaign with a 19-9 overall individual mark...the 19 wins are the second most in a year by a YSU freshman (Santi Nalluri had 21 in 1993-94)...played all 18 dual matches (13-5) at the No. 1 spot...was 7-1 in Horizon League play with lone loss coming against UIC...six of her seven wins were in straight sets...won a three-setter at Cleveland State...won six of her final seven matches for the campaign...12 wins in the spring came in straight sets...lost consecutive matches just once in the spring...in doubles action was 11-7 in the spring playing all 18 at No. 1...was 6-2 in Horizon League doubles matches...in the fall, won Flight A Singles title at the Bucknell Quad (4-0)...also won the doubles crown with Lauren Hankle...was 1-2 at the ITA Midwest Regional with both losses coming in three sets...won her first four matches of collegiate career...played six three-set matches during the campaign...earned her first letter.
 

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