St. John's University Athletics
2008-09 Women's Tennis Roster
Joanna Zwirbulis
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Marii Sklodowskiej Curie
- Hometown:
- Tczew, Poland
Spring 2011: Registered eight singles wins, including seven at the No. 2 singles position ... helped STJ clinch a 4-2 win at the BIG EAST Conference Championship with a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win against West Virginia (April 29) ... won three-straight singles matches at the No. 2 slot against Connecticut (April 6), Seton Hall (April 3) and Army (March 30) ... topped South Dakota (March 8) and Nova Southeastern (March 7) ... earned her first conference win of the season against Pittsburgh (Jan. 29) with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 decision ... won seven doubles matches, including five with teammate Diamond Adams ... topped Cincinnati (April 30) at the conference championship ... earned a BIG EAST win with teammate Ece Firat by an 8-3 margin against Seton Hall (April 3) ... won five of eight doubles matches to open the season with teammate Diamond Adams, including victories over Nova Southeastern, Fairfield (Feb. 27), Howard (Feb. 12), Pitt and Buffalo (Jan. 28).
Fall 2010: Finished the season with a team-best 8-5 record in the No. 1 singles spot ... Zwirbulis placed second in the No. 1 singles spot at the Fall Columbia Classic (Sept. 17-19), finishing the tournament with a 3-1 record ... won the consolation draw of the No. 1 singles bracket at the West Point Eastern Invitational (Sept. 24-26), finishing the tournament with a 4-1 record ... won one match at the USTA Women[apos]s College Invitational (Oct. 9-11) and qualified for the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championships (Oct. 22-26) ... went 2-2 in doubles play, with both wins coming at the Fall Columbia Classic ... Zwirbulis and Penn[apos]s Emma Whitfield paired together to advance to the doubles bracket semifinals.
Spring 2010: Finished with a 15-6 record in the No. 1, 2, and 3 positions ... played in a trio of three-set matches on the year ... assembled a 10-match win streak mid-season with four conference victories ... defeated Connecticut (April 16) for her final BIG EAST Conference regular season win ... 10-match streak included wins over Fordham (April 10), Villanova (April 1), LIU (March 27), St. Peter[apos]s (March 27), Providence (March 20), Seton Hall (March 19), Georgetown (March 13), Howard (March 12), George Washington (March 10) and Army (Feb. 28) ... won first three matches of the season over Columbia (Feb. 1), Syracuse (Jan. 30) and Buffalo (Jan. 28) ... had an 11-9 doubles record, playing matches in each of the three spots.
Spring 2009: Ended the spring season with an 11-6 record after playing in the No. 3, 4, and 5 positions ... won nine of final 10 matches of the season, including a 2-0 record in the BIG EAST Tournament against West Virginia and Cincinnati.
Fall 2008: Compiled a 0-2 record in the Flight A singles draw at the Columbia Classic (Sept. 19-20) ... finished the season with a 2-2 mark in doubles play with partners Nakita Austin and Jenny Yonkus ... recorded a 1-1 doubles record at the Columbia Classic (Sept. 19-20) ... went 1-1 in doubles play at the Eastern Championships (Sept. 26-27).
Before St. John[apos]s: Finished in first place in seven tournaments in Poland ... placed first in the Under-16 Polish Teams Championship in Krakow in 2005 and 2006 ... won the gold in the Under-18 National Tournament in 2005 ... had two third-place finishes in the Under-18 Individual Polish Championships in July and February of 2007 ... earned a first-place finish in the Under-18 Polish Teams Championships in 2007.
Personal: Daughter of Krystian and Hanna Zwirbulis ... has one brother, Mikolaj (10) ... a management major.