Women's Scholars

Female Scholars' photos, factfiles, profiles and BUCS career win|loss records. 

Maia Lumsden: 

Lenzie, Scotland, 10/02/1998, Right handed - double handed backhand, Undergraduate, Sport Studies, year 3

  

Ingrid Vojčináková: 

Slovakia, 5/11/1993, 175 cm, Right-handed - double-handed backhand, Postgraduate, Education, year 2, 1st Team Captain.

  

2017/2018: Ingrid graduated from Division I Old Dominion University in the USA in December 2017 and came to the University of Stirling to start her master's degree in January 2018. In her first semester, she won the  BUCS National team championships and the BUCS National doubles championships with her teammate Becky Pedrazzi. Ingrid then won the EUSA European team championships alongside Maia Lumsden and Natasha Fourouclas in Coimbra, Portugal.

2018/2019: Ingrid won her first ITF World Tour doubles title at the $15K event in Hungary which earned her her first WTA points in doubles. She won the BUCS National team championships for the second year in a row, and won the BUCS National singles title and defended her doubles title with her teammate Natasha Fourouclas.

2019/2020: Ingrid won her first WTA singles points and her second ITF World Tour pro doubles title at the $15K in Tunisia with her teammate Natasha Fourouclas. She reached the finals of the BUCS National team championships again but unfortunately, it was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Natasha Fourouclas:

South Africa, Undergraduate, Law   

  

Francesca Bullani:

Italy, 03/12/96, 1.73, Right-handed- double-handed backhand, Undergraduate, Marketing, year 1

 

2019/2020: Francesca started her university experience with a career-high WTA ranking of 857 in singles and  745 in doubles having competed in several $15k and $25k tournaments over the last few years.  Unfortunately, a foot injury didn't allow her to train or take part in any BUCS competitions in her first year. Francesca is looking forward to starting her university career next semester. 

Klara Pribylova: 

Duchcov, Czech Republic, 26/03/1995, 167cm Right handed - double handed backhand, Postgraduate,  Digital Media and Society, year 1          

 

2019/2020 - Klara arrived at University of Stirling in September after finishing her undergraduate degree in Marketing in the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Even with ongoing injuries, she played well in her first season for Stirling. Especially in doubles, having winning record 12|2. She helped the 1st team reach the BUCS National team championship final which was not played due to Covid19 and helped the 2nd team get promoted to the BUCS National Premier North league.

Charlotte Mair:

Scotland, 19, Undergraduate, Business, year 2   

     

Gabriela Lackova:

Slovakia, 22, Postgraduate, Sport Management, year 1       

  

Kirsty Robertson:

Scotland, 19, Undergraduate,  Business, year 1, 2nd Team Captain             

 

Clara Rizea: 

Timisoara, Romania, 15/09/1998, 168 cm, Right-handed - double-handed backhand, Undergraduate, Psychology, year 2.

 

2017-2019: Clara started her studies and played tennis in the United States at NCAA Division I universities: the University of Louisiana Monroe from 2017-2018 and New Mexico State from 2018-2019. She reached the semifinals in singles at the Aggie Invitational. 

2019-2020: Clara transferred to the University of Stirling to continue her studies in psychology. Wrapped up her first season at Stirling with an 11-6 overall record in singles and 9-1 in doubles. She also won two Tennis Scotland Open 500 event tournaments.         

Susanna Porter:

Scotland, 19, Undergraduate, Sport, year 2