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2022 Big West All-Conference First Team- Doubles
2022 Big West All-Conference Second Team- Singles
2022 Big West Player of the Week
2022 Big West Academic All-Conference Team
2021-22
- Big West Team Champion
- Ended the season with a singles record of 15-9 overall, 11-7 dual matches, and 5-1 in Big West Play
- With partner Shakhnoza Khatamova, ended the season 19-7 overall, 16-7 in dual, and 7-1 in Big West Play in doubles
- Helped the Gauchos to make a second-round appearance as a team in the NCAA Championships, earning a point for UCSB in her singles match
2020-21
- Big West Team Champion
- Big West First-Team
- Went 9-4 overall in singles, all at the No. 1 spot
- Had a 7-7 record in doubles, including 6-6 with Lise Sentenac
2019-20
- Accumulated 4-5 record in singles in pandemic-shortened season
- Went 2-4 overall in doubles
2018-2019
As a sophomore, Volodko split her overall singles record going 14-14 primarily from the front half of the lineup...Went 12-6 in dual matches inclduing a 5-1 record in conference play...Fourished while partnered with Anastasia Goncharova as the duo strung together a 6-1 doubles record during tournament season...Won Gold Doubles Bracket while paired with Goncharova at Cal Fall Invitational during first competition of the season...Dominated conference play with Amit Lev-Ari to go an undefeated 5-0 record from Doubles No. 2...Named to All-Big West Second Team Singles and Doubles.
2017-2018
In her freshman season, Volodko was projected to be a Freshman of the Year candidate...After a hot start, Elizaveta suffered an injury in early February that cost her the rest of the season...Prior to the injury, the freshman had a 10-5 singles record while posting a 2-1 record in dual match season and going 8-4 on tour...Her overall doubles record mounted at 8-5 while she excelled most when paired with Paulina Dubavets...Due to the injury, Volodko didn't participate in Big West play.
HIGH SCHOOL
Elizaveta Volodko attended Gymnazium 1584 in Moscow.
JUNIORS
Volodko was ranked No. 11 in Russia among playaers under-18 years of age...Career-best ITF ranking of 213th...Won the 2017 Under-18 Moscow Championship...Two-time champion of the Central Federal District of Russia, winning in 2016 and 2017...Along with her partner Anastasia Potapova, Volodko won the doubles title at the 2014 Jugend Cup in Rennigen, Germany...Was a finalist in singles at the Jugend Cup in 2014...Won four ITF junior singles tournaments and five Russian junior tournaments.
PERSONAL
Elizaveta Volodko was born in Moscow, Russia...The daughter of Igor Volodko and Alena Valadzko...Finished at the top of her class at Gymnazium 1584...Won two academic gold medals...One gold medal was for receiving all excellent grades for the last four semesters and final five final examinations en route to her Certificate of Secondary Education...The second gold medal was for the Russian state exams...Also competed in swimming...Favorite sports team is FC Barcelona...Favorite movies include Divergent, Wild Child and Step Up...Favorite authors include Alexander Pushkin and Maxim Gorky...Favorite novels include Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Delirium and Oblomor...Favorite athletes include Serena Williams and Roger Federer...Speaks fluent English and Russian...Plays the piano...Volodko's first coach ever was Larisa Preobrazhenskaya, Anna Kournikova's coach.
