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    Plamena Kurteva

    Player Profile

    Class:
    Junior

    Hometown:
    Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    High School:
    Schiller International

    Height:
    5-7

    04/19/2012

    No. 69 Women's Tennis Falls to No. 20 Tennessee, 4-2

    Auburn awaits call on at-large bid.

    04/14/2012

    Women's Tennis Suffers Narrow 4-3 Loss to Rival Alabama

    Next match is against Tennessee on Thursday in Oxford.

    04/08/2012

    No. 63 Women's Tennis Falls to No. 3 Georgia, 6-1

    Auburn closes regular season on Saturday against Alabama.

    04/06/2012

    No. 63 Women's Tennis Narrowly Defeated By No. 22 Tennessee, 4-3

    Tigers Claim Singles Wins at Spots 4, 5 and 6

    04/01/2012

    No. 62 Women's Tennis Drops Marathon Match to USC, 4-3

    Auburn drops five-hour match to South Carolina

    04/14/2012

    4-14-12 Alabama vs Auburn Women's Tennis

    4-14-12 Alabama vs Auburn Women's Tennis Anthony Hall

    04/01/2012

    4-1-12 South Carolina vs Auburn Women's Tennis

    4-1-12 South Carolina vs Auburn Women's Tennis Anthony Hall

    03/04/2012

    3-4-12 Miss State vs Auburn Women's Tennis

    3-4-12 Miss State vs Auburn Women's Tennis Anthony Hall

    01/29/2012

    1-29-12 Southern Miss vs Auburn Tennis

    Southern Miss vs Auburn Tennis on Sunday, January 29, 2012 in Auburn, AL. Missy Hazeldine

    As a Junior
    Fall 2011: Finished 7-5 in singles ... Made it to the consolation final four at the USTA/ITA Regional after defeating Mississippi State's Roseline Dion, 6-3, 6-3 ... Was runner up in her flight at the Cougar Fall Draw after topping Rice's Ana Guzman, 6-3, 6-1 ... Compiled a 2-1 record in doubles with Emily Flickinger and a 2-2 record with Paulina Schippers ... Was runner-up at the Roberta Allison Classic with Flickinger.

    Spring 2012: Finished 8-12 in singles while competing in the No. 2, 3, 4 and 5 positions... Compiled a 4-9 record in the No. 3 spot...Went 1-5 against ranked teams...Finished 1-3 against ranked opponents...Compiled a 3-7 record against SEC opponents...Finished 8-11 in doubles competing with Emily Flickinger, Paulina Schippers, Taylor Schreimann and Olivia Bennett... Compiled a 4-5 record in SEC play...Went 0-1 against ranked opponents...Finished 0-2 on court No. 1, 3-3 on court No. 2 and 4-6 on court No. 3.

    As a Sophomore
    Spring 2011: Finished with a 7-12 record in singles while competing in the No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 positions ... Compiled a 4-3 record in the No. 4 spot ... Went 0-2 against ranked opponents ... Finished 8-12 in doubles while competing with Taylor Schriemann, Paulina Schippers, and Jacqueline Kasler ... Compiled a 5-6 record with Kasler while playing in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions ... Secured the doubles point in the 4-1 win over Mississippi State by defeating Alexandra Perper and Olesya Tsigvintseva, 4-1 with Kasler ... Was named SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 23.

    Fall 2010: Had a team-best 11-4 record in singles competition during the fall season ... Went 2-1 during the SEC Fall Coaches' Classic and at the Brown Invitational ... Won all three matches at the Seminoles Quad Tournament ... Competed with Taylor Schriemann in doubles and recorded a 6-4 record ... The duo tallied a pair of victories at the SEC Coaches' Classic ... Had a five-match win streak ... Picked up wins at the Brown Invitational, Seminole Quad Tournament and ITA Southern Regional Championships during the streak.

    As a Freshman
    Competed twice in singles and tallied a 1-1 overall mark ... Picked up a SEC victory as she defeated Brittany Borsanyi of Florida 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6) ... Competed primarily in the No. 3 spot in doubles with partners Paulina Schippers and Caroline Thornton ... Compiled a 10-3 record with Schippers, winning their first seven matches of the year... Went 2-3 with Caroline Thornton in the No. 3 spot.

    Prior to Auburn
    Graduated from the Schiller International School of Barcelona ... Finalist at the Catalunia Teams Championship in 2006 ... Finalist at the Bulgarian Teams Championship in the under 14 and 16 divisions.

    Personal
    Daughter of Sevdalina Kurteva and Yordan Kurteva ... Has a brother, Georgi ... Majoring in agricultural economics.

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