2021 (Redshirt Senior Year): Member of the AD Honor Roll both semesters … Also named an ITA Scholar-Athlete … Posted a 6-5 overall singles record, 2-0 in the MEAC … Finished 0-2 at No. 3 singles, 3-0 at the No. 4 position, and 3-3 at the No. 5 spot … In a win over Howard on April 2, earned a hard-fought, 7-6(6), 1-6, 1-0 (10-3) victory at No. 5 singles against Kendall Addison … Later defeated Cassandra Boltman of Delaware State at the fifth position, 7-6, 6-0 on April 10, also in conference play … Was ahead, 4-6, 6-1, 2-0 over Florida A&M’s Adrienne Clayton at the fifth position on April 24 in the MEAC Tournament when the match was abandoned … Carded a 7-5 doubles mark, 2-1 in the MEAC, all with Zoe Fraser … Went 5-4 at No. 1 doubles and 2-1 at the second position … Grabbed No. 1 wins in conference play against Howard on April 2, 6-3, and Coppin State on April 3, 6-3 … Posted a 6-2 win over Florida A&M at the top spot in the lineup on April 24 in the MEAC Tournament … Won 6-3 against UNCG on Feb. 25, also at the No. 1 position.
2020 (Senior Year): Recognized on the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Went 1-4 at the No. 3 spot in the lineup before the season was shut down due to COVID-19 … Earned a 6-0, 6-0 win over Savannah State’s Carlissa Stewart on March 10 … Posted a 2-2 doubles record at the No. 1 position with Zoe Fraser … Won 8-2 over Berry College on March 8 and 6-0 over Savannah State.
2019 (Junior Year): Inducted into the Eta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society … Recognized on the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters … Also a member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Earned a spot on the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Academic All-State Team … Posted a 5-5 singles record playing mostly at the No. 5 position and was 4-0 in conference action … Went 3-6 in doubles competition and 2-2 in the MEAC … Collected a non-conference victory over Savannah State and won each of her first four conference matches as the Spartans earned their first-ever MEAC Northern Division regular season championship … Picked up doubles victories over Bethune-Cookman, Maryland Eastern Shore and Delaware State.
2018 (Sophomore Year): Selected to the 2018 MEAC Tennis All-Academic team … Appeared on the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester … Compiled a 5-6 overall record at No. 4 singles, going 2-3 against MEAC competition … Opened the 2018 portion of the schedule with a win over Mount St. Mary’s, also scored non-conference wins against Niagara and Radford … Defeated Delaware State and Maryland Eastern Shore in conference matches … Teamed with Ana Popovic at No. 2 doubles, going 2-8 with a 2-2 record in conference play … Won two of her final three doubles matches, defeating Coppin State and Maryland Eastern Shore.
2017 (Freshman Year): Named MEAC Rookie of the Week for the week of April 10-16 … Finished the season with a 7-5 overall singles record, including 4-0 in MEAC play … Won seven of her last nine contests, including five in a row from April 1-16 … Registered victories over Mount St. Mary’s at the No. 4 position … Recorded wins against Maryland Eastern Shore, Howard, Hampton, Morgan State and Coppin State at the No. 5 … Went 2-8 in doubles play, including 2-2 in league play … Posted a 0-3 record at the top spot with Dajana Cvjetkovic … Teamed up with Ana Popovic at the No. 2 position (1-4) and the third spot (1-1) … Defeated Morgan State’s No. 2 pair and the No. 3 duo of Howard … Member of the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.
High School: Won three Brazilian national tournaments.
Personal: Full name is Bruna Silveira Goncalves … Name is pronounced BREW-na Gone-CAL-ves … Born on March 30, 1998 … Daughter of Paulo and Denise Goncalves … Has one brother, Hugo, and one sister, Paula … Majoring in electrical engineering with a minor in mathematics … Plans on owning her own business … Enjoys watching TV and movies, listening to music and cooking.
Goncavles' Career Record
| Singles |
Dual |
MEAC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 2017 |
7-5 |
4-0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2-3 |
5-2 |
-- |
| 2018 |
5-6 |
2-3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
5-6 |
-- |
-- |
| 2019 |
5-5 |
4-0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0-1 |
5-4 |
-- |
| 2020 |
1-4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1-4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2021 |
6-5 |
2-0 |
-- |
-- |
0-2 |
3-0 |
3-3 |
-- |
| Totals |
24-25 |
12-3 |
-- |
-- |
1-6 |
10-10 |
13-9 |
-- |
| Doubles |
Dual |
MEAC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 2017 |
2-8 |
2-2 |
0-3 |
1-4 |
1-1 |
| 2018 |
2-8 |
2-2 |
-- |
2-8 |
-- |
| 2019 |
3-6 |
2-2 |
-- |
1-0 |
2-6 |
| 2020 |
2-2 |
-- |
2-2 |
-- |
-- |
| 2021 |
7-5 |
2-1 |
5-4 |
2-1 |
-- |
| Totals |
16-29 |
8-7 |
7-9 |
6-13 |
3-7 |
