2021 GEORGIA SOUTHERN WOMEN’S TENNIS POSTSEASON GUIDE 2021 SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2021 Georgia Southern Women’s Tennis. Kneeling (l-r) Nadja Meier, Sonja Keranen. Standing (l-r) Sophie Wagemaker, Sara Barriendo, Hannah Daniel, Paula Boixader, Charlotte van Diemen, Elizabeth Goines, Paula Hijos, Mila Hartig. 2020-21 GEORGIA SOUTHERN WOMEN’S TENNIS ROSTER NAME YEAR HOMETOWN Sara Barriendo Freshman Santander, Spain Paula Boixader 5th Year Barcelona, Spain Hannah Daniel Junior Watkinsville, Ga. Elizabeth Goines Junior Atlanta, Ga. Mila Hartig Senior Pretoria, South Africa Paula Hijos Sophomore Jaca, Spain Sonja Keranen Freshman Nurmijarvi, Finland Nadja Meier Sophomore Potsdam, Germany Olivia Rothfeld Freshman Boca Raton, Fla. Charlotte van Diemen Senior Berkel and Rodenrijs, Netherlands Sophie Wagemaker Freshman Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands Head Coach: Sean McCaffrey (4th Season) Graduate Assistant Coach: Lena Lutzeier (First Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Elena Tendero (First Season) Location ......................................................................Statesboro, Ga. Head Coach ............................................................................Sean McCaffrey Founded ..................................................................................... 1906 Record at Georgia Southern................................................ 56-32 / 4 Years Enrollment ............................................................................. 27,459 Overall Record ..................................................................259-150 / 18 Years Nickname .................................................................................Eagles 2021 Record ............................................................................................19-8 Colors ..........................................................................Blue and White 2021 Sun Belt Record (Finish) ...............................................7-3 (2nd East) Affiliation ...................................................................NCAA Division I 2021 Sun Belt Tournament .....................................................................1st Conference............................................................................Sun Belt Tennis Contact ............................................................. Chad Jackson President .................................................................Dr. Kyle Marrero Cell Phone ................................................................. (912) 713-7399 Athletic Director .........................................................Jared Benko 2021 GEORGIA SOUTHERN WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER CAPSULES SARA BARRIENDO PAULA BOIXADER FRESHMAN 5TH YEAR SantanDER, SPAIN BARCELONA, SPAIN 2021 Dual Match Singles: 2-0 2021 Dual Match Singles: 8-10 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 3-0 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 11-11 Freshman who has seen limited action for the Eagles Fifth-year who has collected 60 singles wins and this season ... Won her first collegiate singles match on 67 doubles wins in her career ... Joined Georgia Feb. 21, defeating Jessica Lindsey of ABAC, 6-1, 6-2 ... Southern in 2018 after playing her freshman year Teamed with Hannah Daniel for a pair of doubles wins at Armstrong State ... Earned 2017-18 All-Sun Belt over ABAC and with Elizabeth Goines for a doubles win second team doubles honors ... Won a key 6-7 (9), over Albany State. 6-4, 6-3 singles match against South Alabama’s All-Conference player Nikola Kohoutova to help the Eagles clinch the 2021 Sun Belt Championship ... Graduated from Georgia Southern in May 2020 with her bachelor’s degree in Marketing and will graduate this summer with her master’s degree in Professional Communication. HANNAH DANIEL JUNIOR LIZABETH OINES WatKINSVILLE, GA. E G 2021 Dual Match Singles: 1-0 JUNIOR 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 6-7 ATLanta, GA. Doubles specialist who has won 16 doubles matches 2021 Dual Match Singles: 13-7 in her three seasons with the Eagles ... Picked up her 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 11-9 singles win in 2021 vs. Albany State on March 11 ... The “match clincher” who has secured the deciding Went 2-0 with partner Mila Hartig ... Notched a 6-3 point in all three of Georgia Southern’s 4-3 wins this doubles win with partner Sonja Keranen over No. 3 season, including the 2021 Sun Belt Championship (DIII) Emory on April 3 ... Has played with six different match vs. South Alabama on 4/18 ... Won the decid- doubles partners during the 2021 season. ing match in the Eagles’ 4-3 win at Troy on March 21 and the 4-3 win vs. South Alabama on April 10 ... Went 11-5 at the No. 6 singles spot, including 5-2 in Sun Belt action ... Was 4-2 in three-set singles matches, but 4-0 in matches not decided by a MILA HartIG 10-point tie breaker ... Went 8-3 in doubles with SENIOR partner Sonja Kernanen at No. 3 doubles. PretorIA, SOUTH AFRICA PAULA HIJOS 2021 Dual Match Singles: 14-4 SOPHOMORE 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 3-2 ACA PAIN Solid singles player who has collected 48 wins in her J , S 2021 Dual Match Singles: 13-6 four seasons as an Eagle ... Led the team as a freshman 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 1-2 with 16 singles wins ... Is an unbeaten 4-0 in three-set Sophomore who has been a solid performer in singles matches this season ... Has won nine of her last the singles lineup during her two seasons as an 11 singles matches heading into the NCAAs ... Notched Eagle ... Led the team with 10 singles wins in the a huge straight-set singles win over Milka Pasanen at abbreviated 2020 campaign ... Is 13-6 this Spring, No. 4 singles in the 2021 Sun Belt Championship match including an 8-5 mark at No. 5 singles ... Earned the win over South Alabama on April 18 ... Also won a 4-6, Eagles’ lone point at No. 5 Georgia on Feb. 17 with 6-3, 6-0 victory over Carla Pons of UTA in the semifinals. a 6-2, 6-4 win over Ariana Arsenault ... Defeated the College of Charleston’s Victoria Waller, 7-6, 7-5, helping the Eagles earn their first win over the Cougars in 21 years. 2021 GEORGIA SOUTHERN WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER CAPSULES SONJA KERANEN NADJA MEIER FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE NURMIJARVI, FINLAND PotsDAM, GERMANY 2021 Dual Match Singles: 3-0 2021 Dual Match Singles: 15-9 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 13-11 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 10-11 True freshman who has found a spot at No. 3 doubles 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team Singles ... in her first season with the Eagles ... Is 10-4 at the No. 2x Sun Belt Player of the Week (2/12/20, 3/31/21) 3 doubles spot this season, including 8-3 at the spot ... First Georgia Southern player to earn Sun Belt with partner Elizabeth Goines ... Helped the Eagles weekly honors and first-team singles honors ... Has clinch the pivotal doubles point in the 2021 Sun Belt won 14 of her 15 singles matches in straight sets Championship match with a 6-3 win over Otoha and ... Defeated Yu Fujioka of South Alabama, 6-4, 6-3, Bernabeu of South Alabama on April 18 ... Picked up on April 10, handing the Sun Belt Player of the Year her first collegiate singles wins with a 6-0, 6-0 victory her only in-conference singles loss ... Went 9-2 in over Kaden Walker of ABAC on Feb. 21. singles as a freshman in the shortened 2020 season ... Is 11-4 this season at No. 2 singles and 4-3 at No. 1 singles, including going 2-1 at No. 1 singles during the Eagles’ run to the 2021 Sun Belt Tournament OLIVIA RothfeLD title. FRESHMAN HARLotte VAN IEMEN BOCA Raton, FLA. C D True freshman who has yet to see action for the Eagles SENIOR this season ... Played at Boca Prep International in Boca BERKEL AND RODENRIJS, THE NETHERLANDS Raton, Florida ... Reached the semifinals of the Broward 2021 Dual Match Singles: 8-5 Prize Money Open, Age Category and National Tennis 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 12-10 Rating Program Championship in 2019. 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference Doubles First Team, part of the first doubles duo to earn first-team honors from the Sun Belt ... Teamed with Sophie Wagemaker to go 9-8 at No. 1 doubles this season ... Defeated No. 6 duo from UCF on January 30 ... Went 3-0 at No. 1 doubles with Wagemaker to help the Eagles capture the 2021 Sun Belt Tournament Championship ... Went 8-1 in singles and 6-4 in doubles during the truncated 2020 season ... Has SOPHIE WagemaKER collected 25 singles and 30 doubles wins over her FRESHMAN four-year career ... Three-time Sun Belt Conference ZUID-SCHARWOUDE, THE NETHERLANDS Commissioner’s Academic List honoree. 2021 Dual Match Singles: 11-7 2021 Dual Match Doubles: 10-11 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference Doubles First Team, part of the first doubles duo to earn first-team honors from the Sun Belt ... True freshman who has locked down the No. 3 singles spot for the Eagles, going 10-3 at the position this season ... Teamed with Charlotte van Die- men to go 9-8 at No. 1 doubles this season ... Defeated No. 6 duo from UCF on January 30 ... Went 3-0 at No. 1 doubles with Wagemaker to help the Eagles capture the 2021 Sun Belt Tournament Championship ... Picked up a key 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 win over Polina Akimova of UTA in the Sun Belt semifinals to help the Eagles clinch the match. 2021 GEORGIA SOUTHERN WOMEN’S TENNIS SEASON RESULTS 2021 GEORGIA SOUTHERN WOMEN’S TENNIS BULLET POINTS • Georgia Southern’s 19 wins in 2021 is a single-season school record, surpassing the 17 wins collected by the 1980 and 1982 teams • The NCAA Championships berth is the first in program history. Georgia Southern previously com- peted in the AIAW DII National Championships in four straight years from 1980-83 • The Eagles ended the 2021 season on an 11-match win streak, the longest for Georgia Southern since the 1996 team ended the season on a 12-match win streak • The Sun Belt Conference tournament title is the first conference tournament title for Georgia Southern women’s tennis in a team format. The Eagles previously won the 1995 and 1996 SoCon tournaments in a flighted format • Head Coach Sean McCaffrey is the first conference Coach of the Year for Georgia Southern since Cathy Beene was the SoCon Coach of the Year in 1998 • Georgia Southern started the 2021 season 1-12 against DI opponents in the doubles point. The Eagles finished the season 6-3 in the doubles point, including winning all three doubles points in the 2021 Sun Belt Tournament.