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Yuliya Kizelbasheva

Career - Singles: 63-57 | Doubles: 88-46

Career Notes

2023-24 (Graduate) - Singles: 10-15 | Doubles: 22-8

Tallied a 14-6 record in doubles play with Emily Casati during the dual season
Won BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week twice with Casati (March 4, 2024 and March 25, 2024)
Totaled a 7-2 doubles record with Casati while on tour
Finished the dual season winning 6 of 8 final matches in singles play
Compiled a 6-5 record on court four during dual season singles action

2022-23 (Senior) - Singles: 13-16 | Doubles: 18-12

Earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST First Team for the second consecutive season
Competed in the ITA All-American Championships women’s open doubles with Lenka Antonijevic
Earned doubles win over Youngstown State’s Minich and Stanmore at the ITA Midwest Regionals on October 21, 2022
Played in the No. 1 singles spot earning a 5-4 record against BIG EAST opponents
Played doubles mostly with Antonijevic, finishing the season with a 13-8 record
Was named BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week with Antonijevic twice (March 20, 2023 and March 6, 2023)
Tabbed BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week after a 2-0 weekend against Seton Hall and St. John’s No. 1 singles players (April 10, 2023)

2021-22 (Junior) - Singles: 15-13 | Doubles: 19-10

Emerged as one of the top singles players in the BIG EAST as she went 1-0 versus nationally ranked opponents and 2-0 against regionally ranked opponents
Finished with an 8-6 record at No. 1 singles and was 15-13 overall
Teamed up with Antonijevic in doubles to go 18-8, 9-4 in dual matches and posted a 6-1 mark against BIG EAST tandems including the postseason
Concluded the season winning the last three doubles matches and seven of the final 10

2020-21 (Sophomore) - Singles: 8-5 | Doubles: 8-4

Finished the season 3-0 at No. 3 singles and 5-5 at No. 4 and wound up 2-1 against BIG EAST opponents in the regular season
Teamed with Marija Jovicic to go 2-0 in doubles and was 6-4 with Lenka Antonijevic while finishing 3-0 in BIG EAST doubles matches including the postseason
Scored the winning point in a resounding 4-3 comeback win at Creighton
Notched the match-winner in a 5-2 victory over rival Marquette
Retained freshman standing in tennis when NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility after the 2019-20 pandemic season

2019-20 (Freshman) - Singles: 17-8 | Doubles: 21-12

Made quite an immediate impact winning six of her first eight singles matches in her collegiate debut
Her best singles stretch saw her winning seven in a row
Finished season strong as she won four of her last five matches before COVID-19 shut down the NCAA season
A sparkling doubles season was highlighted by Kizelbasheva and Lenka Antonijevic winning four-straight matches at the prestigious ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. including victories over No. 34 Syracuse and highly seeded Hawaii and North Carolina State - their run ended with a loss to No. 2 North Carolina.

High School