Bio

As a senior: Made her final season as a Bulldog a special one, going 13-9 as the ace of the pitching staff en route to capping off a record-setting season and finishing as one of the all-time great hurlers in program history ... Logged a team-high 146.0 IP, striking out 90 batters (ranking seventh in single-season history) while posting a 2.78 ERA ... Her 13 victories ranked tied for third in single-season history, while her 146 innings pitched ranked sixth most ... Capped off her career with 35 victories, good for third-most on the all-time leader board ... Finished as the program leader in innings pitched with 647.0 over four seasons ... Also ranked second in strikeouts over a career with 427 ... Averaged 4.32 strikeouts per game while only surrendering five home runs all season ... Tossed 15 complete games over the span of the year ... Did not lose a game from March 23 to April 10, going 7-0 in that span with a 1.48 ERA ... Struck out a season-high nine batters in a victory over Yale on March 19 ... Nearly matched that mark during a seven-strikeout performance against Albany on March 29.

As a junior: Appeared in 24 games, making 21 starts on the mound as the Bulldogs’ primary pitcher and captain her junior season ... Finished the season with a 1-18 overall record ... Threw a team-high nine complete-games ... Struck out 75 in 108.2 total innings and finished the year with a team-best 4.06 ERA ... Picked up lone win of the 2010 season with a complete-game shutout over Saint Francis (PA) ... Threw a season-high 8.1 innings, allowing just one earned run and striking out seven at Quinnipiac ... Also appeared as a pinch runner on two occasions, scoring runs against Central Connecticut and Fairleigh Dickinson.

As a sophomore: Enjoyed a record-breaking season for the Bulldogs as a sophomore in 2009 in the school’s first year competing in Division I ... Set the record for most strikeouts (180) and innings pitched (249.2) in a single season ... Finished with 11 victories and a 3.03 ERA ... Threw 29 complete games and four shutouts ... Ranks third all-time in strikeouts (259), third in innings pitched (386.1) and sixth in wins (21) ... Ranked first in strikeouts, games started and innings pitched amongst DI Independent teams ... Struck out 10-plus batters three times ... Set a career-high with 13 strikeouts in a win over IPFW on March 10 ... Allowed two earned runs or less in each of her last five starts ... Threw complete game shutout against UConn to lift the team to upset victory ... Threw a one-hit shutout against Central Connecticut, striking out nine batters.

As a freshman: Starting pitcher for the Bulldogs in 21 games in first season ... Went 10-9 on the year with a 2.56 ERA ... Threw 16 complete games and recorded one shutout ... Saved one game ... Struck out 79 batters and walked just 49 ... Held opponents to a .298 batting average in 136.2 innings. 

Before Bryant: A 2007 graduate of Donegal High School in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania ... Played four years of varsity softball ... Led her team to a state championship as a junior ... Won two sectional championships in the Lancaster-Lebanon League ... Named league co-MVP ... Played four years of basketball and field hockey ... Team captain and Coaches' Award winner on the basketball team her junior and senior seasons ... An Academic All-State honoree in field hockey ... Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Julie Houseal, Samantha Jo (Sami) Houseal was born April 7, 1989 ... Majors in finance and marketing at Bryant.