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2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster

Bridget Lyons
Bridget Lyons
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach

Karina Goia

Karina Goia

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Arad, Romania
  • Prev School:
    Axente-Sever Media HS

Summary

Biography

SENIOR (2016-17): Member of NCAA Championship Team ... Went 13-1 in singles, including a 6-0 record at No. 5 position and 5-1 at No. 6 ... Was 1-0 vs. nationally-ranked opponents ... Won 12 straight singles matches to begin season ... Went unbeaten in first 17 singles matches of season ... Beat Keiser's No. 22-ranked Juliana Goncalves, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 2 singles (Feb. 13) ... Beat Indianapolis' Selenay Heper, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 6 singles (March 18) ... Beat Nova Southeastern's Arina Sharonova, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 5 singles (March 30) ... Beat Lynn's Carolina Cuevas, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 6 singles (April 4) ... Defeated Armstrong State's Lenka Styblova, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 6 singles in NCAA semifinals (May 12) ... Was 10-1 in doubles, including a 9-1 record with Isabel Rapisarda Calvo ... With Rapisarda Calvo, beat Hawaii Pacific's Barbora Kijasova and Bianca Schulhof, 8-2, at No. 3 doubles (March 8) ... With Rapisarda Calvo, defeated West Florida's Diana Vlad and Valeria Mantilla, 8-4, at No. 3 doubles (March 12) ... With Rapisarda Calvo, beat Palm Beach Atlantic's Michala Burns and Dezi Bowman, 8-0, at No. 3 pairs (March 21) ... In fall, paired with Sonja Larsen for an 8-6 doubles win over Troy's Sanae Ohta and Efrilya Herlina at North Florida Invite ... Named to College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District Team ... ITA Scholar All-American ... CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American. 

JUNIOR (2015-16): Did not compete after suffering injury ... President's List (4.0 GPA) in spring ... Dean's List in fall ... Sunshine State Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring ... Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar All-American.

REDSHIRT (2014-15): Suffered an injury and did not compete in spring ... Won Varner Invitational singles title in fall, beating Nova Southeastern's Sabrina Kierberg, 7-6 (7-0), 6-0, in A Bracket finals ... Won Varner doubles title with Blanka Szavay, beating Barry teammates Kimmy Twelker and Elisabeth Abanda, 8-4, in A Bracket finals ... President's List in fall ... Dean's List in spring ... Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... ITA Scholar All-American. 

SOPHOMORE (2013-14): Member of NCAA Championship team ... Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American in singles ... Finished season ranked No. 16 in country in singles ... First-Team All-SSC in singles ... Two-time SSC Player of Week (Feb. 24, March 10) ... Finished with 16-1 singles record in spring ... Won first 15 matches ... Went unbeaten in regular season in spring ... Was 5-1 in matches versus nationally-ranked opponents ... Went 23-4 in doubles, which included 20 wins at No. 3 flight ... Put together 11-2 doubles record with Elisabeth Abanda in spring, which included an 8-4 win over West Florida's Nina Bubelova and Fernanda Amaral, then No. 9-ranked in South Region ... Paired with Blanka Szavay at No. 3 doubles in postseason to go 7-1, including 9-7 win over Armstrong Atlantic's Clara Perez and Carolina Prats-Milan in NCAA Championship match ... Went 3-0 in SSC Tournament, with 8-2 win over Rollins' Mariana Salvador and Johanna Olsson being most competitive match (April 25) ... With Szavay, beat West Florida's Bubelova and Amaral, 8-2, at No. 3 pairs to win NCAA South Regional (May 4) ... Won FIU Invitational Flight 1 singles title in fall, beating three NCAA Division I players, including Florida Gulf Coast's Sarah Means, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in finals ... With Isabela Miro, went 3-0 to win Varner Invitational doubles title in fall ... Along with Miro, beat Auburn's Allie Robbins and Mai El Kamash, 8-2, at University of Miami Invite in fall ... Partnered with Abanda in fall to go 2-1 at USTA/ITA South Region Championships, advancing to semifinals ... Went 1-1 with Abanda at FIU Invitational in fall ... Dean's List in fall and spring ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring ... ITA Scholar All-American ... Capital One At-Large Third-Team Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

FRESHMAN (2013): Second-Team All-SSC in singles ... Finished season with No. 19 South Region singles ranking ... Had 17-2 singles record ... Beat No. 8 Lynn's Alina Jane, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, in Barry's South Region Finals victory ... Went 23-2 in doubles at No. 3 flight ... Teammed with Isabela Miro to go 19-1 in doubles ... Won 14 consecutive doubles matches at end of season ... Along with Miro, beat Lynn's Jane and Andrea Berkova, 9-7, in South Region Finals ... Beat No. 2 Armstrong's Clara Perez and Natasa Vukovic, 8-4, in NCAA quarters ... Dean's List in spring ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring ... ITA Scholar All-American ... Played in the ITF Arad WTA Tournament in summer of 2013. 

HIGH SCHOOL & AMATEUR: Reached a WTA singles ranking of 995 on Sept. 27, 2010 ... Had a WTA doubles ranking of 1001 ... Advanced to quarterfinals of Onesti clay court tournament in 2010, beating Chiara Mossi (Italy), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 and Dalia Zafirova (Bulgaria), 6-4, 6-2 ... Advanced to Kenana Cup on clay surface, beating Dara Chemetsova (Belarus), 6-1, 6-1 and Alexandra Mitrovska (Bulgaria), 7-6, (7-4), 6-3.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Ioan and Doina Goia ... Earned bachelor's degree in international business and marketing ... Pursuing masters in entrepreneurial management.

 

 SINGLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
  4  
  5  
  6  
 Tour 
2013
17-2
 --- 
 1-0 
 5-0 
 6-2 
 4-0 
 1-0 
 --- 
2014
16-1
 4-0 
 8-1 
 4-0 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
2017
13-1
 --- 
 1-0 
 1-0 
 --- 
 6-0 
 5-1 
 --- 
Totals
46-4
 4-0 
 10-1 
 10-0 
 6-2 
 10-0 
 6-1 
 --- 
 DOUBLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
 Tour 
2013
23-2
 --- 
 --- 
 23-2 
 --- 
2014
23-4
 1-0 
 2-0 
 20-4 
 --- 
2017
10-1
 1-0 
 3-1 
 6-0 
 --- 
Totals
56-7
 2-0 
 5-1 
 49-6 
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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Junior

    5'8"
  • 2013-14Junior

    5'8"
  • 2014-15Junior

    5'8"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'8"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'8"