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Ioana Alecsiu
Year: Junior
Hometown: Bucharest, Romania
High School: German Goethe College
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Fall 2012: Reached the flight 'B' draw finals at the Columbia Invitational (9/14-16/12) ... Won two matches in the qualifying bracket at the ITA Northeast Regional (10/19-23/12). 

Spring 2012: Played her way to a 12-9 record in the spring, playing primarily as the No. 3 ...  Knocked off Alyssa Gleason from Army and Jillian Santos from Binghamton in straight sets at the Cornell Winter Invitational (1/27-29/12) ... Helped Columbia shutout Hofstra with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Sonia Tsay (2/3/12) ... Topped Binghamton's Jennifer Fridman in straight sets (2/10/12) ... Defeated Ivy League foe Jessica Harrow from Brown at the ECAC Team Tournament (2/17/12) ... Notched four consecutive road wins from March 15 through March 24, defeating opponents from Southern Miss (3/15/12), FIU (3/18/12), William & Mary (3/23/12) and Old Dominion (3/24/12) ... In a 4-3 Columbia win, she rallied to beat Melissa Matsuoka from Dartmouth in three sets (4/6/12) ... Ended the season with Ivy League wins over Katherine Flanigan from Princeton (4/20/12) and Alex Ion from Penn (4/22/12) ... Partnered with Nicole Bartnik for 12 doubles wins, including four in the Ivy League. 

Fall 2011: Won the E singles draw at the 2011 USTA National Tennis Center Women’s Collegiate Invitational, beating athletes from Charleston Southern, Harvard, Brown and the No.1 seed from Brown, Elle Caldwell … had two wins in the back draw of the C singles bracket at the William & Mary Invitational, beating athletes from William & Mary and Old Dominion … had a win over a player from Temple at the Cissie Leary Invitational … had a first round win over a player from Providence at the ITA Northeast Regionals. 

Spring 2011: Went 11-7 overall in singles, playing mostly in the Nos.5-6 spots, including a 4-3 record in the Ivy League … Went 2-5 in doubles with partner Katarina Kovacevic, including 2-4 in the Ivy League playing at No.2 doubles … Had non-league wins over athletes from Fairleigh Dickinson, Temple, Colorado State, Cal State-Northridge and Long Island … Had Ivy League wins over Cornell, Harvard, Princeton and Penn. 

Fall 2010: Advanced to the finals of the A singles bracket back draw at the Columbia Invitational … Had a first-round win at the Cissie Leary Invitational with a win over Penn … Advanced to the finals of the E singles bracket at the USTA National Tennis Center Invitational, beating players from Army, the No.1 seed from NC State, and Fairleigh Dickinson, before falling in the finals … Also competed at the ITA Northeast Regionals.

At German Goethe College: National Junior U14 Team champion (2005) … Two-time National Junior Team Champion ('07, '08) … National Senior Team Champion (1008) … Two-time ITF doubles champion.

Personal: Economics major ... Daughter of Stela and Stefan Alecsiu … Father, Stefan, was a member of the Romanian national water polo team … Speaks five languages.

Getting to Know Ioana:
What do you like best about Columbia? The study rooms in Butler and the lovely team.
What is your favorite thing to do in New York City? Run in Central Park and walk down on Broadway.
Who's your favorite professional tennis player? Marat Safin and Kim Clijsters.
People would be surprised to know that I: Know 5 languages.
If I were to have a dinner party, I would invite: My closest friends and anyone who is full of joy.
Song you never get sick of: David Guetta -Memories and Eddy Grant- Gimme hope Joanna
Favorite season and why: Summer, because it's my birthday!!! And because we have holiday, and because it is beautiful, warm weather. Did I convince you?
Favorite Disney movie: 101 Dalmatians
What is your favorite ice cream topping? Caramel, but Oreo sounds even better.
What song would you sing at karaoke? Ozone- Dragostea din tei, but I am afraid that everyone will run away during my show
What is your dream vacation? Going around the world for weeks without bothering that it will ever end.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? NYC or Paris
If you could stay one age for your entire life, how old would you chose to be? 19
Your most over-used word/phrase is: Really?
What's the best advice you've ever recieved? Always challenge yourself!
If you could attend any sporting event in the world, what would it be and why? The Olympics, because I could see the best athletes in the world competing for their nations.