2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster
Shitikova, Polina
Polina Shitikova
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Rybinsk, Russia
Bio
2024 (Senior)
- Named to 2024 College Sport Communicators Academic All-District Women’s Tennis Team.
- Posted a 9-4 singles record including a 2-1 mark on court No. 5 and a 7-3 record on court No. 6.
- In doubles, went 7-8 alongside Lara Bakhaya and posted a 1-0 record with Andrea Campodonico on court No. 1.
- Clinched the match against No. 1 VCU in the A-10 Championship, downing Ibrahim (VCU), 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, giving UR a 4-3 victory.
- In the match against No. 4 Fordham, again clinched the match on court No. 6 against Shea (FOR), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(3).
- Named 2023 ITA Scholar Athlete
- Went 7-3 in singles and 6-7 in doubles play.
- Recorded first doubles win with Campodonico on court one in the Spider 5-2 win over ECU.
- Saw first singles win against Longwood, 6-1, 6-3 against Nina Hederich (LONG) on court six.
- Had huge singles win for the Spiders against SFA, posting a 6-1, 6-1 win over Koch (SFA) on court six.
- Picked up singles sweep in the Spider match vs. Delaware, 6-0, 6-0 over Montana (UD) on court six.
- Helped the Spiders to its first program win over William & Mary on 4/16/23 with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 singles win over Pell (WM) on court six.
- Won the first doubles match alongside Campodonico on court one, 6-0, during the A-10 Championship first round win against Saint Joseph’s.
- Picked up the first singles win over Bell (GW), 6-1, 6-2 in the A-10 Championship quarterfinal victory on court six.
- Competed in two singles matches (Virginia (1/21) and Elon (1/28))
- Went 1-1 at doubles No. 2 with partner Carly Cohen, picking up a win over Elon (1/28)
- Finished 3-2 in singles
- Named A-10 Rookie of the Week on April 20, 2021 after going 2-0 in singles against Saint Joseph's and UNCG only dropping two total games in her two singles matches
- Went 2-2 at No. 4 singles and 1-0 at No. 5 singles
- Was 0-1 at the A-10 Championship with two matches going unfinished against Davidson and Rhode Island
- In doubles, paired with Adrienne Haynes going 1-0 at No. 3 doubles with a win against Norfolk State
- Was ranked 674th by the International Tennis Federation
- Had 62 career wins in singles and 32 career wins in doubles
- Was ranked as high as 414 on July 23, 2018
- In her last tournament in Russia, she made the doubles final after winning three doubles matches with her partner Alisa Budanova
Post-Match: Richmond vs Massachusetts
Saturday, April 26
Women's A10 Tennis Preview
Wednesday, April 23
Women's Tennis Beats VCU
Friday, April 11
Women's Tennis Season Preview
Friday, January 17
