REDSHIRT SENIOR (2018-19):
Named the Missouri Valley Conference Women's tennis Player of the Year and earned MVC All-Conference at the No. 1 singles position...Was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete first team...Selected as the MVC Singles Player of the Week once...Finished the season 10-9 overall, going 10-7 in dual play, 0-2 in tournament play and 4-1 in conference play...Named the MVC Doubles Team of the Week twice with partner Tara Damnjanovic...Finished with a record of 12-10 overall and in dual play and 4-1 in conference play.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2017-18)
Named the Missouri Valley Conference women's tennis Player of the Year and was named to the MVC No. 1 Singles All-Conference team... Recipient of the Darlene A. Kluka Scholarship and was selected to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team... Finalist in the No. 1 singles spot at the MVC Individual Championships in the fall and qualified for the ITA Midwest Regionals... Selected as MVC Singles Player of the Week three times...finished the season, 20-12 overall, 13-9 in dual play, 7-3 in tournament play and 5-0 in MVC play... claimed the MVC Individual Championships title at No. 1 doubles with partner, Jelena Vuijcic... the duo also qualified for the ITA Midwest Regionals... They were selected as the MVC Doubles Team of the Week once during the 2018 dual season... Completed the season with a team best 16-5 overall record, finished 9-3 in dual play, 7-2 in tournament play and 4-1 in MVC play...Junior Kustkova saw time on the No. 1 team for 9 matches with partner Golanova...While this duo was together they were 6-3 and selected as MVC Doubles Team of the week twice...Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2016-2017)
Earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete recognition … Earned the doubles flight one championship title with partner Marcia Tere-Apisah at the Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championships … Claimed the flight one singles third-place spot at the MVC Individual Championships … Earned the doubles flight one championship title with partner Marcia Tere-Apisah at the MVC Individual Championships … Claimed third place in flight one singles at the MVC Individual Championships … Went 2-3 in singles and 4-2 in doubles during a season cut short due to injury.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015-16)
Earned the All-MVC No. 1 Doubles accolade with partner Marcia Tere-Apisah … Named to the MVC All-Select Team … Finished the season in sole possession of third all-time in single-season doubles wins, with 29 … Recorded a 29-9 overall record in doubles action … Went 13-2 overall and 6-1 in the MVC in No. 1 doubles with partner Tere-Apisah … Won the 2015 MVC Individual Championship flight two doubles title with partner Jana Kustkova … Finished 20-12 overall in singles competition.
Prior to Illinois State
As a freshman at Georgia State in 2014-15, earned a 6-3 record in No. 6 singles during the spring, finishing her season on a five-match win streak ... Faced five singles opponents from ranked schools, beating No. 61 Alzbeta Veverkova of VCU in straight sets on Feb. 28 ... Also won both of her singles matches in the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Championships ... Won five matches at No. 3 doubles ... During the Panthers’ fall season, posted a 6-5 singles record and went 7-5 in doubles play ... After a 1-3 start in singles play, finished the fall season with a 5-2 mark and strung together a six-match win streak in doubles play ... A native of Roznov Pod Radhostem, Czech Republic, won the national championship for 14-16 year-olds in 2008 and placed third in the same Czech Republic Championship for 16-18 year-olds in 2011 ... Was ranked as high as fifth in the Czech Republic amongst her age group in 2013-14 and helped TK Precolor Prerov finish third at the national championships.
Personal
Born in Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic ... Is the daughter of Milan and Jitka Golanova ... Has one sibling, Ivana … Major: Exercise Science.
