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Mario Samson
 Mario Samson
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Miami, Fla.

High School:
La Salle

Height:
5-10

04/20/2012

Men's Tennis Nearly Pulls Off Huge Upset at C-USA Championship

Knights nearly top No. 23 Tulsa.

04/19/2012

UCF Men's Tennis Opens C-USA Championship in Strong Fashion

Knights to host No. 23 Tulsa Friday at 8 a.m.

04/17/2012

UCF Athletics Celebrates 2011-12 Season at Black & Gold Gala

Knights honored Monday at the UCF Arena.

04/14/2012

Knights Conclude Regular Season

C-USA Championship up next for UCF.

04/13/2012

UCF Men's Tennis Set to Face No. 56 Middle Tennessee State

Knights travel to Tampa for final match of the regular season.

2012 - SPRING SEASON
• Posted an 11-11 singles mark in dual-match play
• Had three victories at No. 3, four wins at No. 4 and five victories at No. 5
• Began the spring with three-straight wins
• Opened the spring with a 6-7, 7-5, 10-8 win over Adam Lee of No. 41 Wake Forest at No. 4
• Against Forrest Edwards of No. 56 Middle Tennessee, posted a 6-4, 6-2 win
• In the Conference USA Championship quarterfinals, took a 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 win over Tristan Jackson of No. 23 Tulsa • Won eight total doubles contests during the spring
• Against No. 41 Wake Forest, topped Conner Sherwood and Alex Tsai, 8-7, with Matthew Gladstone
• Joined Jorge Blasco for an 8-5 win over Ben Davis and Christoph Lang of Middle Tennessee at No. 2

2011 - FALL SEASON
• Won five singles matches during tournament play
• Opened the fall with a 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over USF's Lucas Marin-Salcedo at the Gator Invitational
• At the State of Florida Championships, defeated Larry Condez of Jacksonville, 4-6, 6-4 (10-6)
• Went 3-2 during the fall in doubles play with Matthew Gladstone

2011 - SPRING SEASON
• Defeated Lance Lvovsky of Jacksonville 7-6, 6-0 at the No. 6
• Torched Mitch Beckert of No. 71 Iowa 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 6
• Beat Mathias Hambach of No. 52 DePaul 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6
• Won at No. 4 over Kip Jackson of Bethune-Cookman 6-1, 6-0
• Swept Angel Alvarez of No. 73 Denver at No. 6, 6-0, 6-0
• Defeated Parker Allen of South Alabama at No. 6, 6-1, 6-4
• Swept Angel Alvarez of No. 73 Denver 6-0, 6-0, at No. 6
• Won at the No. 6 over de la Bestide of Embry-Riddle, 6-2, 6-0
• Handled John Taylor of Memphis 6-4, 5-7, 2-1 at No. 6 in the Conference USA Championship quarterfinals

2010 - FALL SEASON
• Joined Matthew Gladstone to win the Black Draw doubles championship against teammates Matthew Zachary and Erik Brunskog 9-7 at the UCF Invitational
• Won three singles matches overall during the fall campaign

2010 - SPRING SEASON
• Finished the season 9-6 in singles action
• Defeated Alex Beaussart of Air Force, 6-2, 7-5
• Knocked off Justin Flynn of Georgia Southern with a 6-3, 6-2 victory
• Had two singles wins at the USF Spring Invitational, including a 6-3, 6-4 victory over John Taylor of Miami

2009 - FALL SEASON
• Took singles D crown at UCF Invitational after defeating South Carolinas Harry Menzies 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• With Beigart, defeated South Carolina's David Wolff and Chris Sheehan at the UCF Invitational, 8-5
• Had two singles wins at the USF Invitational, including a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Hector Nieto of Miami

PRIOR TO UCF
• In January 2009, participated in the USA F1 Futures tournament in Boca Raton, Fla., recording a first-round victory
• As a junior at La Salle, joined Santiago Nieto to win the Florida Class 2A doubles title
• Garnered Miami Herald All-Dade County Second Team honors
• Ranked second in Paraguay in his age group in 2004 and 2006
• Was mentored by his uncle, Ricardo Mena

PERSONAL
• Born in Asuncion, Paraguay
• Son of Bettina and Mario Samson
• Majoring in Civil Engineering

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