Luiza Sonnervig
Height: 5-7
Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Previous School: Ateneu HS
Eligibility: Sr.
Major: Marketing
ITA South Region Senior Player of the Year - Details
ITA South Region Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award - Details
2013 All-GSC First Team - Details
2012 All-GSC First Team - Details
Spring 2013: ITA South Region Senior Player of the Year ... ITA South Region Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship award recipient ... All-GSC First Team ... Singles: Ranked No. 38 nationally and No. 12 regionall in April ITA rankings ... Went 16-6 overall and 15-4 at No. 2 ... Went 8-2 against regionally-ranked opponents ... Finished her senior career on an 11-match winning streak ... Defeated national No. 5 Hawaii Pacific's No. 40-ranked Celina Goetti 6-3, 6-4 and No. 26 Florida Southern's No. 30 Sabine Goge 6-4, 6-6, retired ... Doubles: Entered the season ranked No. 6 regionally with Mariana Sonnervig ... Went 21-8 overall, 9-0 GSC and 18-7 at No. 2... The pair went on a six-match postseason winning streak until falling to national No. 5 Abilene Christian's No. 15-ranked Hermsdorf/Kelley 8-3 in the NCAA Quarterfinals ... Won eight of their last ten matches
Fall 2012: Singles: Went 1-1 in the fall at the USTA/ITA South Regional...Was eliminated by the No. 6 seed in the round of 32... Doubles: Went 2-1 in doubles with teammate Mariana Sonnervig, advancing the quarterfinal before being eliminated by the No. 3 seed
Spring 2012: GSC Academic Honor Roll … Singles: Complied a 14-5 record … Went 10-2 at the No. 3 line and was 6-0 against conference competition … Won her last nine singles matches … Doubles: Went 10-3 … Was 6-0 at the No. 2 line with sister and teammate Mariana Sonnervig … Was 3-3 when teamed with Hannah Durham .. With Jacqueline March, fell in the round of 64 of the ITA South Regional, 6-8, to Manuela Gomez and Andrea Martin of New Orleans.
Fall 2011: Singles: Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA South Regional ... Ranked No. 11 nationally in singles in the preseason edition of the Campbell’s/ITA College Tennis Rankings
Spring 2011: First Team All-GSC … Singles: Posted a 28-10 record … Was the lone Argonaut to achieve a 5-0 GSC regular-season record … Won three matches by 6-0, 6-0 scores … Went 3-0 in the GSC Tournament, including a 6-0, 6-3 victory over North Alabama’s Mackenzie Bishop in the championship match … Added a 6-2, 7-5 win over Veronika Kovacikova of Florida Southern in the NCAA Division II South Regional tournament … Doubles: Was 22-11, and again was the only Argo with a 5-0 GSC regular season record … Led the team with 50 combined victories … Went 3-0 in the GSC Tournament … Was 17-6 in the second flight and 20-10 when teaming with Jacqueline March.
Fall 2010: Singles: Went 3-1 at the Thomasville Invitational (9/10) … Advanced to the finals of the singles open bracket after defeating Katerina Gresoca of Georgia State, 7-6 (2), 6-1, Deke Olabegi of Florida A&M, 6-4, 6-1, and Kathline Durden of Florida A&M, 6-3, 6-0 … Fell in the finals to Tereza Lerova of Georgia State, 0-6, 0-6 … Defeated Nina Schmied of Southeastern Louisiana, 6-2, 6-3, in the first round of the UWF Fall Fling (10/22-23) … Trailing 6-2, 4-0 to Nicholls State’s Natalia Zamora, retired in the second round of the tournament … Doubles: Teamed with Jacqueline March at the Thomasville Invitational (9/12) as the duo went 1-1 … Defeated Florida A&M’s Britney Dean and Kathline Durden, 8-6.
Spring 2010: Singles: Went 10-9 in singles, mostly at No. 5 … Went on a four match winning streak (03/28-04/2), including a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Salina Aranda from No. 3 BYU-Hawaii at the No. 6 spot … Doubles: Went 13-10 in the spring, teaming mostly with Paulina Ojeda … The duo had UWF’s only point in the GSC Championships final match against Valdosta State with a 8-3 victory over Dominique Rothlaende and Sonya Haggstrom at No. 3.
Fall 2009: Singles: Reached the quarterfinals of the UWF Fall Fling, eventually falling to teammate Barbara Oliveira … Doubles: Teamed with Oliveira to reach the finals of the UWF Fall Fling, falling to teammates Taylor Brewster and Caitlyn Baines.
Previous Tennis Experience: Helped the Paineiras Morumby club win six different titles and four runner-up titles in the competition among clubs in Sao Paulo … Picked to represent Sao Paulo state in the competition among state federations of Brazil, helping Sao Paulo reach the semifinals … Singles: Finished her junior career ranked in the top five in Brazil … Once ranked in the top three in the country of Brazil … Won two national junior events in Brazil, reaching the finals of 13 other events … Was a two-time regional champion, and a runner-up once … Doubles: Won five national events in Brazil, reaching the finals of four other events.
Awards: Was named the 2008 Athlete of the Year of Paineiras Morumby Club.
Personal: Daughter of Alfredo and Renata ... Her twin sister, Mariana, is also on the UWF women's tennis team ... Her older sister, Carolina, also attends UWF… Majoring in marketing and working toward a certificate in logistics ... Enjoys watching movies, baking, going to the beach and playing all types of sports … Wants to open her own business after graduation.
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