2023-24 Tennis Roster

Luke Richard/ULM Athletics
Sun Belt Conference
Victoria Pederson

Giovanna Pereira

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Escola Estadual Professora Ana Letro Staacks
  • Hometown Minas Gerais, Brazil

Biography

2022-23 (JUNIOR)
Tied for the team lead with 12 singles wins and led the team with a 13-10 doubles record as a junior … Wrapped up the regular season with a 7-6 (7-1) win at No. 3 doubles with Alice Klinteby against Texas State’s Jadeh Chan and Emily Niers (April 23) … Won at No. 5 singles, 6-4, 6-2, against Olivia Elliott and teamed with Tamara Bachmann at No. 3 doubles for a 6-4 win against Maria Guirguis and Franziska Ahrend vs. Troy (April 16) … Paired with Klinteby for a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles against Coastal Carolina’s Jesse Hollins and Victoire De Samucewicz (April 6) … Earned wins in singles and doubles, winning at No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-1, vs. Sofiia Vdovychenko and worked with Klinteby for a 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles over Abigail Thurmer and Anna Borovinskaya at Arkansas State (March 26) … Picked up a win with Klinteby at No. 3 doubles, 6-1, against the Ragin’ Cajuns’ Lucie Raquin and Cristine Tchanicheve (March 18) … Collected a 1-6, 7-5, 10-4 win at No. 5 singles against Marshall’s Rieke Gillar (March 11) … Won at No. 2 doubles with Mariam Hatem against McNeese’s Luna Jokanovic and Natalia Mora Ballo, 6-4 (Feb. 25) … Downed Stephen F. Austin’s Felicia Back, 7-5, 0-6, 6-3, at No. 4 singles (Feb. 16) … Worked with Hatem to top Northwestern State’s Paige Wise and Sofia Garcia at No. 2 doubles, 6-3 (Feb. 12) … Picked up wins in singles and doubles at Nicholls (Feb. 5), winning at No. 5 singles, 6-4, 6-2, against Laura Lopez-Velez and teamed with Bachmann at No. 3 doubles for a victory over Simona Maksimovic and Sophia Sara-Safarova … Won a tight battle at No. 4 singles against New Orleans’  Tristanne Dechoux, 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 10-8 (Feb. 4) … In the home dual opener, won at No. 4 singles against Mary Houston, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0, and paired with Mackenzie King for a win at No. 3 doubles, 6-4, against Sandra Lukacova and Juliette Robinson against Missouri State (Jan. 28) … Played in three events in the fall of 2022, going 4-4 in singles and 4-1 in doubles ... Opened the fall at the Lady Demon Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 16-17), going 2-1 to place third in the orange singles draw, earning wins over SFA's Jemma Cave (6-3, 6-3) and Tyler Junior College's Yeva Kononovych (6-1, 6-1), while sweeping doubles play with Oleksandra Balaba, to win the Purple Doubles Draw ... Won both of her matches, defeating New Orleans' Kateryna Kalistratova (6-2, 6-3) and the Ragin' Cajuns' Angelique Berrat (6-4, 6-3) in singles play and won her doubles match with Klinteby over McNeese's Monlleo Sanchis and Natalia Ballo, 6-3, at the Ragin' Cajun Invitational (Nov. 4).

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
Closed the season 11-11 in singles action and 10-11 in doubles … Finished runner-up in the White Bracket at the Warhawk Invitational (Sept. 10-11), defeating Arkansas State’s Yasmine Humbert (6-3, 6-3) and Stephen F. Austin’s Ai Noa Fabre (6-3, 6-4) while teaming with Hala Badwy to go 2-1 in doubles action for fifth place … Finished third in the Grey Singles Draw at the Lady Demon Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 23-24), defeating Northwestern State’s Thitirat Kanaphuet (3-6, 6-4, 10-6) and Southeastern’s Bogi Csordas (6-2, 6-4) while teaming with Jimena Paula Garbino to go 2-1 for second place in the Orange Doubles Draw … Teamed with Brianna Gomez for a doubles win over UAB’s Enya Ratkic and Annalisa Smith (8-5) at the ITA Southern Regional (Oct. 14-19) … Earned two wins at the LA Tech Invitational (Nov. 6), defeating Grambling’s Mikaila Coleman (6-1, 6-1) and Itzel Hernandez (6-2, 6-2) …Began the dual season with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Grambling’s Claire Machisa on court five and teamed with Oleksandra Balaba for a 6-3 win over Brittney Combest and Ana Ochoa on court three (Jan. 22) … Won 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) against Louisiana Tech’s Alexia Romero on court six (Feb. 2) … Teamed with Madalina Grigoriu for a 6-2 win over Nicholls’ Morgan Forshag and Costanza Cruz on court two (Feb. 5) … Earned her first singles win of Sun Belt Conference play with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, win over UL Lafayette’s Angel Santiago on court six and teamed with Madalina Grigoriu for a 7-6 (7-4) win to earn the doubles point over Catarina Zheng and Tanisha Kashyap on court two (March 18) … Earned her second singles win in SBC play with a 6-2, 6-4, win over Arkansas State’s Yasmine Humbert on court six and teamed with Grigoriu for a 6-2 win over Humbert and Sofia Vdovychenko on court two (March 20).

2020-21 (FRESHMAN-2)
Made her 2020-21 debut as the sixth-seed in the singles match against Ai Noa Fabre (Stephen F. Austin) and closed out the match with a three-set win by scores of 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 … returned to the court on March 6, facing Stefany Grlj (Alcorn State) where she claimed a two-set victory in No. 6 singles (6-4, 6-2) … followed that victory with a 6-3, 6-0 triumph over Mikila Coleman (Grambling State) on March 7th in a meeting of No. 6 seeds … played in one doubles match during the spring slate, facing Louisiana-Lafayette (March 3), alongside Jelena Lopicic, but the match was unfinished. 

2019-20 (FRESHMAN-1)
Squared off against Natalia Molina (Lamar) in her collegiate debut, suffering a 6-3, 6-3 setback on February 2nd … posted a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Ana Ochoa (Grambling State) in a clash of No. 4 seeds … earned a 6-0, 6-1 win against Katheryne Valencia Perez (Delta State), resulting in her second singles win … opened the spring season with a 6-3 win over Bianca Vitale/Natalia Molina (Grambling State) playing alongside Madalina Grigoriu … picked up her second doubles win as she and Grigoriu took down Danna Galeano/Natalie Malone (Grambling State) by a 6-1 margin … triumphed over Fabiola Cardena/Valentine Colin (Delta State) by a score of 7-5 with Grigoriu at her side in doubles action.

PREP
Hails from Minas Gerais, Brazil … was the COSAT Bahia Juniors Cup 16s champion … finalist in the 2016 Team Federations Cup (Uberlandia MG) … doubles finalist in the 2019 Brasileirao (Uberlandia MG).

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior