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2009-10 Tennis-W Roster

Yumi Matsuto

Yumi Matsuto

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Shukugawa Gakuin HS
  • Hometown:
    Kobeshi, Japan

Summary

Biography

2009-10

  • WMU Amy Yeast Most Valuable Player
  • Placed on All-MAC Tournament Team after going 3-2, including the match-clinching victory at No. 3 singles (7-6, 3-6, 6-3) over Akron in the semifinals
  • Led the team with 21 total doubles wins and 18 dual match doubles wins at No. 1 (1-1), No. 2 (8-3) and No. 3 (9-5)
  • Went 6-2 in the MAC in doubles and 2-1 in the MAC Tournament
  • Held top two dual match doubles winning percentages (at least five matches) with April Kerr at 4-1 (.800) and Maria Nivia 10-3 (.769)
  • Teamed with Jill Pastunink in the fall to defeat No. 50 Tania Mahtani/Mimi Nguyen of Michigan for WMU's only victory against nationally-ranked individual during the season
  • Played at least three singles matches at every position except for No. 1 with 11 wins, three in the MAC
  • Earned third letter

2008-09

  • Second on the team with 30-11 doubles record
  • Went 14-7 at No. 1 doubles, including 7-1 in the MAC
  • Went 6-1 in dual match singles, including 2-0 in the MAC, 14-9 overall in singles
  • Won the clinching match at No. 6 singles vs. Buffalo in the MAC Tournament as the final match on the court and clinched the doubles point at No. 1
  • Won singles and doubles flight at Fall MAC Invitational
  • Won two matches over Eastern Illinois and Detroit in qualifying singles at the ITA Midwest Regional
  • Earned second letter

2007-08

  • Won a team-high 28 doubles matches, including a 17-4 dual match mark with Emily Dudzik
  • Ended the season on a 12-match winning streak in doubles with Dudzik
  • Went a perfect 11-0 in MAC regular season and conference tournament doubles
  • Won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4 singles to help WMU win, 4-3, at Illinois (1/21), which finished the year ranked No. 37 in the country
  • Earned first letter

California (Pa.)

  • Earned NCAA Division II All-America honors in doubles with Inga Chilingaryan after finishing 10th in the country in the final poll with a 33-4 record
  • Tandem won the ITA East Regional doubles championship and placed fourth in the National Small-College Championships
  • Helped the No. 6 Vulcans finish the year 28-2 and advance to the final eight of the NCAA Division II Tournament
  • Helped Cal win its third conference championship in school history and first since 1993
  • Won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Doubles Championship with Lisa Santoro to improve her overall doubles record to 36-4
  • Named a PSAC doubles all-star
  • Finished fourth in singles at the ITA East Regional

High School

  • Ranked No. 15 in Japan in doubles in 2005
  • Ranked No. 3 in her state in doubles in 2004
  • Finished second in the country at the All-Japan High School Tennis Championships in 2003
  • Played at the same high school that produced former Bronco standout, Noriko Saruta

Personal

  • Daughter of Lindsey Noel Winston and Midori Matsuto
  • Has one older brother, Koichi Matsuto
  • Born Jan. 30, 1987

Matsuto's Career Statistics

Year Singles Doubles Overall
2007-08 11-16 25-19 36-35
2008-09 14-9 30-11 44-20
2009-10 14-19 21-13 35-32
Overall 39-44 76-43 115-87

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Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2008-09Junior

    5'5"
  • 2009-10Senior

    5'5"