Samford University Athletics

2015 Southern Conference Player of the Year
2015 First-Team All-Southern Conference Singles
2015 First-Team All-Southern Conference Doubles
2014 First-Team All-Southern Conference Singles
2014 First-Team All-Southern Conference Doubles
2012 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
 
Senior (2014-15): Became the first player in Samford history to be named the Southern Conference Player of the Year . . . accomplished the feat by earning a perfect 7-0 singles record against league foes on court No. 1 . . . notched a 6-1 SoCon record at the No. 1 doubles position along with teammate Carita Moolman . . . earned First-Team All-SoCon honors in both singles and doubles play for the second straight season . . . closed out her Samford career as one of the most decorated players in school history . . . named the SoCon Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on March 31 after she registered an unblemished 4-0 record in dual-match play . . . named the SoCon Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on Feb. 17 by tallying a perfect 3-0 record against Auburn and Jacksonville State . . . in doubles play, she teamed with Moolman to knock off Auburn’s No. 7-ranked tandem of Emily Flickinger and Pleun Burgmans, 6-2, on Feb. 14 . . . registered a 14-8 dual-match record in singles play on court No. 1 . . . finished the season with a perfect 7-0 mark in SoCon action . . . in doubles, she earned a 17-5 overall record on court No. 1 and was ranked as high as No. 65 in the nation along with Moolman . . . the duo tallied a 6-1 record in SoCon play and finished the SoCon Tournament riding a six-match winning streak . . . earned a five-match winning streak in singles play from March 17 – April 4 . . . only suffered five losses in doubles action and rattled off winning streaks of seven-consecutive matches, four matches and six straight contests . . . paired with fellow senior Yasmeen Ebada at the 2014 USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships and earned victories against Jacksonville State’s pairing of Danielle Kerinidi and Zoe Bizinos, 8-0, and Louisiana-Lafayette’s duo comprised of Elena Sava and Abby Johnson, 8-4 . . . earned her fourth varsity letter.
 
Junior (2013-14): Entered the season as the 72^nd-ranked singles player in the nation . . . became the first women's player in school history to open the season ranked amongst the nation's top-75 players . . . earned First-Team All-SoCon accolades in both singles and doubles . . . registered a brilliant 18-4 singles record, including a perfect 5-0 mark on court No. 2 . . . teamed with senior Kristin Lewis in doubles to post an unblemished 5-0 regular-season record against SoCon rivals . . . tallied a near-perfect 7-1 doubles record with teammate Jessica Northcutt, including a season-ending, five-match winning streak . . . named the SoCon Player of the Month for February after she turned in a perfect 3-0 record in singles play and a 3-1 mark in doubles, helping the Bulldogs to a 3-1 team record . . . opened the month with a 6-3, 6-3 win over UTSA's Miriam Canudas at No. 2 singles before moving up to No. 1 against Jacksonville State . . . gutted out a 7-6 (8-4), 5-7, 1-0 win over the Gamecocks' Raisa Guasti and capped her month of singles play with another three-set win, by taking down UAB's Amy Lowther 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 . . . named the SoCon Player of the Week on Feb. 18 after registering a perfect 3-0 record in singles play . . . to earn the honor, she finished 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position and then moved up to the No. 1 spot where she posted a 6-3, 6-3 victory over UTSA's Miriam Canudas . . . won all three of her singles matches in straight sets . . . earned her third varsity letter.
 
Sophomore (2012-13): Completed the 2013 fall campaign with a dominant 9-4 record and with key singles victories against nationally-ranked opponents No. 9 Julia Jones of Ole Miss and No. 53 Klara Vyskocilova of Tulane . . . turned in a 5-5 fall record in doubles play when teaming with Ebada and Emily Mallory . . . advanced to the semifinal round of the singles main draw at the prestigious 2013 USTA/ITA Southern Regional championships, which were hosted by Auburn University at the Yarbrough Tennis Center . . . finished the 2013 spring season with a 13-10 singles record, including a perfect 6-0 mark on court No. 3 . . . registered a combined 10-8 record in doubles play when teamed with Jessica Northcutt on court No. 2 and Kristin Lewis on court No. 1 . . . earned her second varsity letter.
 
Freshman (2011-12): Named to the 2012 SoCon All-Freshman Team after compiling a 13-6 record in singles play . . . she also tallied a 6-3 mark against league opponents at the No. 3 singles position . . . closed out the campaign with a five-match winning streak . . . proved to be a dominant force in doubles play as she teamed with fellow true freshman Adri Lochner to finish the season with a 13-4 overall record. . . the pair also turned in a stellar 8-1 mark in SoCon play, which was the second best record in the conference at the No. 3 doubles position . . . earned her first varsity letter.
 
High School: Ranked as high as No. 140 by the International Tennis Federation in 2010 . . . as a junior, she advanced to the finals of three ITF singles events and proved to be victorious in all three of them . . . she was triumphant in two ITF Tournaments in her home country of Benin and once in Togo . . . qualified for the finals of nine ITF doubles events and won three championship titles . . . proved to be victorious in Benin, Togo and Kenya and was a finalist in Morocco, Benin, Togo, Tunisia (twice) and Nigeria . . . spent most of the 2011 campaign training at the International Tennis Academy in Port St. Lucie, Fla., under the tutelage of Gabe Jaramillo, Scott Del Mastro and Matt Emery.
 
Personal: Born Sept. 29, 1993 . . . parents are Ekaterina Krioukova and Jean N’tcha . . . majoring in pre-med/psychology and boasts a 3.2 grade-point average.