The Eglinton tennis talent signed up with the University of South Florida Bulls in a bid to further her development in the game and though it did not come as a huge surprise that is what happened, it came in areas Schumacher had not anticipated.

"It's lot louder over there, they want you to be really loud after every point, like yelling. A really big part of it over there is getting in the other team's face," Schumacher revealed.

"Here you don't really do that, it's reserved, but over there because it's that team environment, everyone is cheering you on and they love it when you cheer for yourself.

"It just gets the whole team up and it's really fun playing with a team. Even though it's an individual sport when you're out there playing singles, it is that team environment and it's nice to play alongside all of them.

"It definitely does fire you up, I enjoyed doing that, it was really fun. It is different to here, but I really like it."

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Schumacher certainly had plenty of success to cheer about on court. She began with a star performance on debut which saw her named the University of South Florida's student-athlete of the week.

She went on to lead the Bulls with her 13-5 in singles record, beating three nationally ranked rivals during the season.

But her success was not limited to singles. While having no pre-season to work on combinations with her team-mates, she won seven doubles matches too.

"They are really big on doubles, that's really important, so we worked a lot on that too," she said.

"We didn't work as much on doubles and the net game here, but over there it's really big. My game has definitely improved because of that as well."

Schumacher's efforts for the Bulls saw her named in the American Athletic Conference Women's All-Conference Team, an honour voted on by coaches.

"I didn't really know that was an award until I got picked, but it was really nice to get that recognition," Schumacher said.

"I was surprised, I wasn't sure how I was going to go and how good the girls were, but the competition was really good and I was really happy with how I competed.

"I feel like the college environment is where I thrive most because the girls are around you cheering you on and the coaches can be on the the court as well with you.

"My game has definitely developed since being over there and I think one of the biggest parts that helped that was having the coaches on court. If you were making a mistake or the momentum had changed a little bit, they will tell you how to get back on track.

"I think when I finish college that's going to help me because I'll remember the situations I've been in."

Schumacher is currently on break in Australia, but will head back to Florida on August 17 and look to get loud once more.

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