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2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster

Jim Agnew
Jim Agnew
Jim Agnew
Jim Agnew

Maria Groener

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Oslo, Norway
  • High School Ullern

Biography

Honors
Second Team All-CAA in doubles (2015, 2016)
Two-time CAA All-Academic Team (2016, 2017)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2015, 2016, 2017)
Two-time CAA Doubles Team of the Week
W&M Provost Award (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)

Senior Season (2017-18)
A W&M Provost Award winner … Competed at the Kitty Harrison Invitational during the fall … Teamed with Deepa Dhore in the Tribe’s regular-season dual-match against Towson.

Junior Season (2016-17)
Named to the CAA All-Academic Team for the second-straight year … An ITA Scholar-Athlete selection … Tallied 11 singels wins, including a 7-6 dual-match mark … Posted four wins at No. 6 singles and was 2-1 at No. 5 … Knocked off her first nationally-ranked opponent, upsetting No. 106 Amanda Rebol of N.C. State in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 … Went 3-0 against CAA competition in dual-match play … Tallied a win over Anastasia Palaska of Charleston at the No. 4 spot, 6-1, 6-4 … Posted a 6-2, 6-3 win over Racquel Lyn at No. 5 to clinch the Tribe’s 6-1 win over Dartmouth … Advanced to the second round of the ITA Atlantic Region Singles Championship … Notched a 7-5 doubles record, including a 2-2 dual-match record … Teamed with Rosie Cheng to cement the doubles point in the CAA Quarterfinal win over Drexel … Compiled a 3-3 mark in doubles with Cheng… W&M Provost Award winner.

Sophomore Season (2015-16)
Named Second Team All-CAA in doubles with Lauren Goodman … Tied for second on the team in singles wins with 18 and tied for the team lead in doubles victories, racking up a 15-9 mark … Tied for the team lead with four match-clinching singles wins … Closed the season strong, winning her final 10 matches at No. 6 singles, including vital victories over the final weeks of the season … Clicked the Tribe’s regular season finale win at Old Dominion, downing Natalya Malenko, 6-0, 6-4 … Claimed straight set wins in the CAA semifinals vs. Charleston’s Sarah Jane Jones and in the title match against JMU … Her straight-sets win over the Dukes’ Rebecca Harris, 6-1, 6-4, clinched the program’s 24th CAA title … Ended the season with in impressive fashion, downing Texas’ Lana Groenvynck, 6-3, 6-2, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Played as high as No. 3 in the singles, picking up a 6-4, 6-3 win over Elon’s Kirsten Ward in the Tribe’s victory over the Phoenix … Posted a 14-7 dual-match singles mark … Compiled an 11-6 doubles ledger in duals, including a 9-5 ledger at No. 2 … With Goodman in doubles, posted an 8-5 record, including six wins at the No. 2 position … The duo played as high as No. 1, picking up a 6-1 win over Elon’s top pair of Ward and Janowicz, in helping W&M to the doubles point … Garnered a trio of academic awards for her efforts in the classroom, being named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, to the CAA All-Academic Team and a W&M Provost Award winner.

Freshman Season (2014-15)
Earned Second Team All-CAA in doubles with Olivia Thaler … An ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree … Posted a 20-11 in singles record, including a 13-7 dual-match mark … Played primarily at the No. 5 singles position, racking up an 11-7 record … Went 2-0 in her matches at No. 4 singles … Tallied a win at No. 5 singles in the CAA Quarterfinal victory over Delaware … Recorded singles victories in her first four dual matches, including wins over Duke’s Annie Mulholland in three sets and Penn State Samantha Tutleman, 6-1, 6-3 … Clinched Tribe victories over Morgan State and Penn State … Won two of her three singles matches at bot the Yale and Kitty Harrison Invitationals … Produced a doubles mark at 17-12, teaming mainly with classmate Olivia Thaler … The pair combined to go 16-9 overall, including a 14-6 dual-match mark … Groener and Thaler won doubles matches in the CAA quarterfinals and championship match to help the Tribe to the doubles point … Twice earned CAA Doubles Team of the Week with Thaler.

Prep
Won the Norwegian U18 singles championship in 2013 … A four-time Norwegian doubles champion … Ranked No. 3 in women’s singles in Norway in 2013 … Runner-up finish at an ITF doubles grade 4 tournament in 2012 … Won a pair of U16 tournaments in Europe on clay courts in 2011 … Claimed the singles crown at the Kystmesterskaberne event in Denmark and at the Frogner Tennis Europe Tournament in Norway … During 2011, advanced to the semifinals of the LBS Cup Waiblingen in Germany … Placed third at the Norwegian women’s championships in 2011 … Ranked as high as No. 848 in the World ITF Combined rankings in 2013 … Advanced to the round of 16 at the Stabekk Autumn Open, a grade 5 event, in November of 2013 … Garnered a spot in the Danish Junior Cup quarterfinals in 2012.

Personal
Daughter of Hans Christian Groener and Tone Lorentzen … Earned her degree in finance.
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Athlete
    5'6"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'6"