2008-09 Women's Tennis Roster

Irina Sotnikova

Irina Sotnikova

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Riga, Latvia
  • HS / Prev Schools:
    Rigas Vidusskola
  • Eligibility Remaining:
    2L years

Summary

Biography

Begins her senior season ranked as Sam Houston's all-time winningest player in both singles and doubles ... owns a career singles record of 61-22 in her first three years, all at No. 1 ... stands 70-17 with all partner in doubles, also all at No. 1 ... All-Southland Conference first team in 2008 ... combined with Peta Taylor to produce a 26-7 record at No. 1 doubles, the highest single season doubles victory total in school history ... All-Southland Conference in both singles and doubles in 2007, becoming only the third Bearkat women's tennis player to earn All-SLC honors in both singles and doubles the same season ... went 19-7 for the season and 10-1 in Southland Conference play at number one singles ... compiled 21-6 season mark and 10-1 SLC record in doubles with Lata Assudani ... ranked 12th in doubles and 23rd in singles in ITA Southwest Region standings ... enters third season at Sam Houston ranked No. 8 in all-time career singles victories (42) and No. 5 in career doubles wins (49) ... in 2006, became only the second freshman in Sam Houston history to win more than 20 singles and doubles match in their first year of college tennis ... her 23-5 singles mark ranks as the third highest season singles victory total in school history ... posted 16-3 record at number one seasons in dual match play, the top full season dual match record by a Southland Conference player in 2006 ... paired with Lata Assudani to earn a No. 12 ITA Southwest Region doubles ranking in 2006, only the second Sam Houston State doubles team to earn a regional ranking at the NCAA Division I level ... the duo's 23-5 doubles mark stands as the second best single season victory total in school history ... compiled a 14-3 mark at number one doubles with Sotnikova during the 2006 season ... the pair won the doubles title at the Bearkat Fall Classic, reached the semifinals of the Lafayette Pepsi Challenge, and the quarterfinals of the ITA regional tournament ... ranked second in Latvia in both the national Girls 16 and Girls 18 rankings ... four-time Latvian junior champion ... won four doubles titles in International Tennis Federation junior competition ... participant in the 2004 European Junior championships.

 
Season
Total
Singles
W-L
Dual
Match
W-L
Total
Doubles
W-L
Dual
Match
W-L
2006
23-5
16-3
23-5
14-3
2007
19-8
13-4
26-1
13-3
2008 

18-10 

15-5 

26-7 

18-2 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2006-07Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2007-08Junior

    5'6"
  • 2008-09Senior

    5'6"