Fall 2024: Competed in all four tournaments…Posted a singles record of 4-7 during the fall season…Opened the season at the OVC Fall tournament going 1-1 win a win against Southern Indiana’s Lily Meyer 6-2, 6-0…Defeated Torres from Blue Mountain Christian 6-0, 6-0 at the Tennessee Fall Intercollegiate Tournament…At the 2024 ITA Regional went 2-2 with wins over the university of Butler’s Katie Beavin and Warona Mdlulwa…Recorded an overall doubles record of 5-4…Went 3-4 when playing with Kristina Kozakova and 2-0 when playing with Juliette Demunck…Started the season on a five match winning streak…Took home the OVC Fall Tournament championship with Kozakova going 3-0 with a 6-4 win over Sofia Davidoff and Anais Negrail (USI), a 6-2 win over Margaux Guibal Britt and Paige Ducan (SIUE), and a 6-0 win over Antonia Ferrarini and Madison Windham…Posted a 2-0 record at the Tennessee Fall Intercollegiate Tournament with Demunck, barley won against Valerie Neumann and Neha Dandu 6-4 from Christian Brothers University. Then rolled past Blue Mountain Christian’s Torres and Madrid 6-1.
Spring 2024: Competed in all 19 matches…Named Ohio Valley Conference singles player of the week on March 6, her first of her career...Posted an overall singles record of 12-6 with an impressive 10-3 record at number six…Went 2-2 at slot five and 0-1 at position four…Garnered her first OVC weekly award with her 6-3, 6-2 win against Bradley and 6-1, 7-5 win against Rebecca Brody from Arkansas State on March 6…Opened the season with a three set victory over Belmont’s Hana Sokolovic (2-6, 6-4, 6-1)...Went on a seven match winning streak from March 1 to April 5 with dominating performances against Western Illinois (6-1, 6-0) and over Bradley (6-3, 6-2) and close wins against SIUE (7-5, 6-4) and Tennessee State (6-2, 2-6, 6-1)...Was up 6-0 against E. Pilipovic-Kljajc (EIU) before the match went unfinished…Rolled past Jovana Nikolic from Tennessee State (6-0, 6-3) in the OVC Tournament semifinals…Beat SIUE’s Cydney Rogers in the OVC Tournament finals 7-6, 6-4…In doubles action played the whole year with Maja Bajorek and posted a record of 8-7. 8-6 at slot number three and 0-1 at number two…Recorded first doubles victory against A. Del Campo Suarez and Raquel Alvaro from UL Monroe 6-2…Went on a five match win streak with wins over conference foes Western Illinois, Lindenwood, Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, and Tennessee State…Beat E. Pilipovic-Kljajc and L. Renovales Salazar (EIU) 6-2 in the last match of the regular season…In the semifinals won 6-3 against Perri Howard and Arrieta Castillo from Tennessee State.
Fall 2023: Competed in three tournaments and one match…Posted a singles record of 8-3…Won all four matches at the Austin Peay State Fall Invitational defeating Yu-Hua Cheng 6-4, 5-7, 12-10 (APSU), Alexandra Leisibach 6-1, 6-3 (Cumberland), Ayden Kujawa 6-1, 6-3 (APSU), and Sanja Djurdjevic 6-1, 6-2 (Chattanooga)...At the Redhawk Invitational went 2-0 with wins over Tennessee Southern and Western Illinois…Beat Sophia McLellan from Missouri 6-0, 6-2 at the ITA Regional tournament…Ended the season with a win over Tennessee State’s Jovana Nikolic 6-2, 6-4…Had a doubles record of 6-2…With Maja Bajorek went 1-1 at the APSU Fall Invitational…At the Redhawk invitational with Bajorek has her partner again defeated SIUE’s Paula Guillen Cerver and Amelia Gorman 7-6 (7-4) and Tennessee Southern’s Victoria Sanches and Sheyla Zambrano 6-0…Had a record of 1-1 at the ITA Regional tournament with Bajorek, beat Khayli Buckels and Addison Miller 8-6 (Nebraska-Omaha)...With Vivian Lai went 2-0 against Tennessee State to end the fall season.Spring 2023: Competed in six matches…Tallied a 2-0 singles season…Beat llinois-Springfield’s Kamila Kalinowska 6-4, 6-1…Won the home opener against Missouri state with a comeback win over Silva Avakian 2-6, 6-2, 6-2…Competed in five doubles matches…Went 1-3 with Romana Tarajova as her partner and 0-1 with Vivian Lai…Had a dominating win with Romana Tarjova beating Central Arkansas’s Jaeun Lee and Nicole Ross 6-1.
Fall 2022: Competed in three tournaments and two matches…Had an impressive singles season going 10-2…Started the year off with a bang going 3-0 at the Central Arkansas Tournament…Concluded the St. Louis Invitational beating St. Louis’s Jacqueline Hijaouy (6-1, 6-2)... Breezed by Agatha Carbonell (WIU) and Khandice Thomas (USI), winning 6-2 and 6-1, 6-1, then scraping her way to victory defeating Western Illinois’s Maria Rybka (6-1, 4-6, 10-4) at the Redhawk Invitational…Went 1-2 at the ITA Central Regional Championships, she beat Laura Baroja from Missouri-Kansas City in a close 7-6, 7-6 win…Concluded her season at the Illinois State Tournament going 2-0…Went 6-4 in doubles this season…Played with Ksenia Shikanova (1-2) and Romana Tarajova (5-2)...Began the season with Shikanova beating Nanoka, Kazama and Maja, Gledic from Central Arkansas (7-6 (8-6))...She opened her season with Tarajova at the Redhawk home opener coasting past their opponents going 3-0…Went 1-1 at ITAs, defeating Zoe Adkins and Keegan VanPelt from Nebraska-Omaha (8-6)...Wrapped up her season at the Illinois State Tournament going 1-2 where the pair beat Tijana Zlatanovic and her partner Tara Damnjanovic (ISU) 7-5.
Spring 2022: Competed in three matches at Kentucky (1/23, doubleheader) and versus Missouri State (2/11) before suffering a season-ending injury…Fell to Kentucky’s (1/23) Maialen Morante, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 6 singles for an 0-1 overall record…Played in three doubles matches with Ksenia Shikanova, going 0-1 in 2022…Fell to Kentucky’s (1/23) Lidia Gonzalez and Carla Girbau, 6-3, at No. 2 before a pair of unfinished matches…Led Missouri State’s (2/11) Tiera Jarmond and Mary Houston, 5-3, in their unfinished match at the top slot.
Fall 2021: Competed in four tournaments in the fall…Posted a 7-1 mark in singles action…Also was 2-5 in doubles during the fall…Started the campaign with three victories at the Central Arkansas Fall Tournament (10/3) defeating Yasmine Humbert (Arkansas State, 6-1, 7-6), Kate Miley (Missouri State, 6-2, 6-1) and Thitirat Kanaphuet (Missouri State, 6-3, 7-6)…At the Redhawks home hidden dual (10/10), beat Lizzie Barlow of SLU 6-3, 6-3 and Mizuki Sakurai of UT Martin by a final mark of 7-6, 2-6, 10-6…Secured her final victory of the fall at the Murray State Invitational (11/5-6) over Lauren Carelli of Belmont…Played doubles exclusively with Ksenia Shikanova…Defeated Missouri State’s Alyson Piskulic and Tiera Jarmond, 6-3, at the Central Arkansas Fall Tournament (10/3)…Also beat Mya Spencer and Mariona Perez of Saint Louis, 6-4, at the Redhawks home hidden dual (10/10).
Spring 2021: Posted a 6-4 singles record in 2021 including a 5-4 mark at the sixth slot…Also was 1-0 at the third position…Notched a 3-3 OVC mark at the final singles spot…Captured first career singles dual victory with a 6-4, 6-0 decision over Missouri State’s (2/13) Claire Martin…Won back-to-back singles matches at OVC foes UT Martin (3/21) and Belmont (3/27)…Notched a 9-5 doubles record including an 8-2 mark at the middle slot with Ksenia Shikanova (8-3 overall)…The pair of Russians registered a 4-1 mark in league play…Also played doubles with Vivian Lai (0-1, no. 3) and Teona Velkoska (1-1, no. 3)…Went on a four-match win streak with Shikanova from March 8 (William Woods) to April 16 (at SIUE)…With Shikanova, defeated Sara Jamal and Harriet Hamilton of #4 Jacksonville State (4/24) in the 2021 OVC Championship Semifinals.
Spring 2020 (Shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic): Competed in 14 total singles and doubles matches in her first collegiate season…In singles, had a 0-7 dual record, playing at the third (0-6) and fifth (0-1) slots…Posted a 1-6 dual doubles mark, competing in the second (0-2) and third (1-4) lineup spots…Played doubles with Manuela Barriga (1-4, third), Vivian Lai (0-1, second) and Teona Velkoska (0-1 second)…Won first career dual match at no. 3 doubles with Barriga when they ousted Mariluz Rojo and Nawal Cheema of Saint Louis (1/29), 6-2…Garnered ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades.
Prep: Graduated from Gymnasium 5 in 2019 where she was coached by Perelomova Irina...Also was a member of the Olympic Reserve School for Students and Youth "Yunost" where she was coached by Masaeva Elena...Competed in track and field in addition to tennis.
Personal: Born on November 16, 2001…Daughter of of Zulfiia Valeeva...Majoring in Financial Economics at SEMO.
