Sasha Kulikova

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Moscow, Russia

2008-2009 (Junior)
All-ACC pick for second consecutive season...2008 fall preseason rank of 50...Began the fall season with a 6-2, 6-2 upset victory over #33 Yvette Hyndman of Georgia...Represented the team in the ITA All-American Qualifying Tournament in Los Angeles...Posted a four-match win-streak from January 17 to January 25 with wins over opponents from Appalachian State, Gardner-Webb, Richmond and Dartmouth...Recorded a three-match win-streak from March 18 to March 22 over ACC foes NC State, Maryland, and Boston College...Earned wins over three ranked opponents in the spring including #86 Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary, #45 Katrina Tsang of North Carolina, and #99 Lenka Hojckova of NC State...Compiled a doubles record of 16-13 between the fall and spring seasons...Teamed up with doubles partner Sierra Poske to knock off Catherine Newman and Courtney Ulery from #12 Vanderbilt and Federica Suess and Katie Rybakova from #17 Florida State...Posted an impressive 8-0 doubles victory over Katya Zapadalova and Lindsey Stuckey of #44 Indiana.

2007-08 (Sophomore)
Earned the team[apos]s MVP award for the second year in a row ... All-ACC ... Earned team[apos]s academic award ... Finished season ranked No. 68 in ITA Poll ... Posted a team best 16-5 record in singles play during the spring, including a record of 7-4 in conference play ... Won in straight sets in 10 spring singles matches against opponents such as No.15 William & Mary, No.15 Notre Dame, No. 54 Boston College, No. 50 NC State, and #11 Miami ... Toppled three ranked opponents during the spring, including No. 20 Laura Vallverdu of No.11 Miami, No. 67 Anna Sydorksa of Texas Christian, and No. 83 Katarina Zoricic of No.15 William and Mary ... played all but one doubles match at the No. 1 position ... Posted a doubles record of 10-10 ... Stunned nationally ranked No. 2 Caitlin Whoriskey/Zsofia Zubor from No.16 Tennessee and No. 38 Lauren Cash/Dasha Cherkasov of No. 54 Boston College ... Went undefeated at the Virginia Invitational against opponents from Purdue, LSU, and Virginia ... 2007 Fall Tournaments: Defeated opponents from Georgia State, Richmond, and Illinois to win Flight 1 and was the overall winner in the Deacon Classic ... Advanced to the ITA Semifinals in doubles and singles play after notching straight set wins over Furman and Eastern Kentucky opponents.

2006-07 (Freshman)
Team MVP ... 2008 preseason rank of 97 ... Went on a nine-match win-streak from March 11-April 7 with wins over opponents from No. 27 Florida State (March 11), NC State (March 16), Furman (March 17), No. 17 William & Mary (March 21), Virginia Tech (March 24), Virginia (March 26), Boston College (March 31), Maryland (April 1) and No. 6 Georgia Tech (April 7) ... All but two wins in dual match season were in straight sets including both wins during post-season (Maryland on April 19 and Penn on May 11) ... Started career at Wake with seven consecutive wins during the fall season ... Made doubles rankings debut with partner Ana Jerman at No. 54 on April 30 ... Finished the season ranked 49th ... 2008 preseason rank of 29th ... Defeated #22 Caitlin Collins/Sanaz Marand (UNC) with Jerman ... Went on a 12-match win-streak with Jerman from March 11-May 11, defeating opponents from No. 27 Florida State, No. 45 NC State, Furman, No. 17 William & Mary, Boston College, No. 75 Maryland, No. 6 Georgia Tech, No. 8 Clemson, No. 18 Duke, Maryland, No. 10 North Carolina and No. 51 Penn ... Opened doubles career at Wake on 5-0 streak with partner Christian Tara.

Prior to Wake Forest
A top-150 singles player in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rankings ... A member of the Russian Junior National Team from 2002-2006 ... Ranked sixth in the U-18 division ... Ranked as high as 526th by the WTA when she was 16 years old and 618th in doubles ... Has defeated six players ranked in the WTA[apos]s top 500 including Irina Buryachok, Margalita Chakhnashvili, Ekaterina Kozhokhina, Renata Kucerkova, Lucia Jimenez-Almendros and Karen Paterson ... Reached the finals of the Cup of Russia event in February 2006 and captured the doubles title ... Doubles runner-up and singles semifinalist in the ITF 2nd Category in January 2006 located in Brataslava, Slovakia ... Has tremendous international experience having participated in tournaments in Israel, Russia, Slovakia, England, Belgium, Tunisia, Spain, Italy, Germany since the age of 13.

Personal
Born May 26, 1989 ... Parents are Dmitry Kulikova and Vera Kulikova ... Major is Mathematical Economics ... Hopes to attend graduate school ... Academically ranked in the top five of her 30-person graduating class ... Chose to attend Wake Forest over Baylor, Southern Cal, Texas and Tulsa.

Kulikova[apos]s Career Statistics
Through May 2009

Singles

Year	Dual Matches	ACC	Tourn	Total
2006-07	17-4	9-2	9-2	26-6
2007-08	16-5	7-4	11-5	27-10
2008-09	11-13	5-6	5-4	16-7
2009-10	--	--	2-5	2-5
Totals	44-22	21-12	27-16	71-28

Doubles

Year	Dual Matches	ACC	Tourn	Total
2006-07	14-8	8-3	9-3	23-11
2007-08	10-10	3-7	9-3	19-13
2008-09	14-10	3-8	2-3	16-13
2009-10	--	--	2-4	2-4
Totals	38-28	14-20	20-9	60-41