University of Georgia Athletics
2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster
Mariana Gould
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Smith Stearns Academy
- Hometown:
- Boise, Idaho
SENIOR SEASON (2017-18)
Contributed on the team finishing No. 7 in the final rankings with a 18-7 record, advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals in the program's 32-consecutive NCAA Championships
*Earned All-SEC Second Team Honors, going an SEC-best 7-0 at No. 5 singles in SEC play
*Received an at-large bid into the NCAA Doubles Championships with Katarina Jokic
*Finished the season ranked No. 110 in ITA Singles and No. 21 with Jokic
*Career-best year in doubles and singles, going 31-9, and 25-5, respectively
*Led the team in doubles wins (31), dual wins (17), and SEC wins (11)
*Named to the National Team Indoor All-Tournament Team - No. 2 Doubles with Jokic; went undefeated in doubles with the duo's highest ranked win of the season, vs. then-No. 2 Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitylin McCarthy of Duke
*Gould and Jokic held a team-best 29-9 mark and went 8-5 against ranked doubles teams, including going 5-2 versus top-25 opponents
*Gould/Jokic clinched a team-high nine doubles points
*Recipient of the Barbara Hartman Howell Women's Tennis Scholarship Endowment
JUNIOR SEASON (2016-17)
Helped team go 19-6 with a final ITA Ranking of No. 6, advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, the ITA National Team Indoor semifinals, and second in the SEC
*Tallied a 19-11 record in singles including 13-5 at No. 6 in the lineup, also went 22-8 in doubles including 14-6 with Marta Gonzalez at No. 3
*Clinched team win over No. 1 Florida with a win over 32nd-ranked Kourtney Keegan
*The Gould/Gonzalez duo advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA SE Regional Championships
*Recipient of the McMullan Women's Tennis Scholarship Endowment
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015-16)
Part of a Georgia team that went 22-5 and advanced to the program’s 30th-consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships
*Named an ITA All-American after finishing ranked 10th along side Ellen Perez in doubles
*Named to the SEC All-Tournament team after going 2-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles in Baton Rouge
*Held a 14-2 singles record in dual play in the spring with three match clinchers
*Went 14-6 in doubles along side Perez in dual action
*Ran her singles record up to 9-0 in 16 matches before suffering her first loss of the spring
*Finished with six doubles point clinchers on the year, including clinching the doubles point in Georgia’s first three matches of the spring
*Finished the year with a 21-7 singles record and 21-11 doubles mark overall
*Went 7-5 in fall play with a win over a ranked opponent
*Partnered with Ellen Perez en route to a 3-1 record against ranked opponents, and 5-2 mark overall, in the fall slate
*Advanced to the semifinal of the ITA All-American Championships in doubles with Perez.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15)
*Helped the Bulldogs advance to the NCAA Final Four, the ITA National Team Indoor Finals and the SEC Tournament Championship Final to end the season 24-7 and nationally ranked No. 5
*Earned final national singles ranking of No. 123
*Posted a 17-6 singles record and an 11-7 doubles record
*Went 4-1 in SEC singles matches from the No. 4 court
*Recorded a 1-1 record against nationally-ranked singles opponents
*Clinched two matches for the Bulldogs
*Played to an 11-4 record in doubles and a 12-5 record in singles
*Advanced to the singles final at the Bulldog Tennis Classic
*Claimed the C Flight doubles title at the College of Charleston Classic
*Went undefeated at the Wilmington Invitational in singles and doubles
*Was a perfect 3-0 in doubles play at the Bulldog Tennis Classic.
JUNIORS/HIGH SCHOOL
*Trained at Smith Stearns Tennis Academy under the direction of B.J. Stearns and Jolene Watanabe
*Won a total of eight USTA balls--two gold, two silver, and four bronze--during her juniors career
*Won gold balls in doubles at the U-16 USTA National Championship for two years in a row
*Rated as high as No. 5 in her recruiting class’s rankings...Was a five-star, blue chip recruit on Tennisrecruiting.net
PERSONAL
*Born Sept. 27, 1995
*Daughter of Jay and Lucy Gould
*Family: Has an older sister, Annamaria, Her father, Jay, wrestled at Lehigh University
*Major: Psychology and Health Promotion
