Yuliia Starodubtseva

2021-22: 3-time Conference USA Athlete of the Week…2-time Conference USA Athlete of the Month…Wins over #1 singles (Princeton in spring) and #1 doubles (fall 2021 - Oklahoma)…30-6 overall this year/22-1 in duals…Won 17 matches in a row before the NCAA Tournament…Helped lead team to second straight C-USA title only losing 10 games in 3 matches – winning the first match for ODU each day…Recorded three-set wins over Ga. Tech and Ole Miss to help propel ODU to ITA Indoor Nationals winning the Atlanta Regional of ITA Kickoff Weekend…Nationally-ranked wins over N.C. State, Auburn, Texas Tech, Ga, Tech, Ole Miss, Penn, Princeton, VCU…Finished the year ranked 18^th…Conference Player of the Year for second year in a row, First Team All-Conference Singles, First Team All-Conference Doubles, Outstanding Singles Player of the Championships, Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championships
In doubles, with Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, finished with a 33-7 overall and 14-3 this spring…Second place at ITA All-American and ITA Fall National Championship…Won ITA Atlantic Super Regional…Recorded win over top-ranked duo from Oklahoma in fall…Lost combined six games in three matches to help lead ODU to C-USA title…Nationally-ranked wins over N.C. State, Auburn, Clemson, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Michigan State, Texas A&M, Florida, Penn, Charlotte (2), Rice..Finished the year ranked seventh

2020-21: Named the C-USA Player of the Year, while garnering All-Conference USA First Team accolades for singles, as well as doubles … Ended the season as the highest ranked singles player in Conference USA after compiling an 12-3 record for the year … Upset No. 15 nationally ranked Carolyn Campana of Wake Forest in three sets (6-0, 4-6, 6-3), marking the first singles win in the NCAA Tournament for the program since 2004 … Named to Conference USA Honor Roll … Named C-USA Athlete of the Week in Feb.

2019-20: All-Conference USA First Team for singles and doubles ... Named to the All-State First Team for both singles and doubles ... C-USA Athlete of the Month twice in the fall and garnered C-USA Athlete of the Week honors once in the spring … Claimed the ITA Atlantic Region doubles crown with teammate Alesya Yakubovich, punching their ticket to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships in Newport Beach, Cali., where they downed three nationally ranked tandems to ultimately advance to the Final Four of the Fall National Championships … Starodubtseva and Yakubovich went from being unranked in doubles to finishing the year nationally ranked No. 7, which marks the highest ranked doubles tandem in program history … In the spring, went 10-2 in singles and a perfect 5-0 in doubles.

2018-19: Named ITA Atlantic Region Player to Watch … Second Team All-Conference USA for singles … Second Team All-Conference USA for doubles … Went 20-11 in singles and 17-8 in doubles … Made it to the finals of the ITA Regional doubles tournament, knocking off the No. 1 seeded team on the way to the finals … Starodubtseva was perfect in post season play including key straight set victories over Fernanda Astete of Rice University in the finals of the Conference USA Tournament and Chloe Gullikson of the University of Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2017-2018: Starodubtseva was named to the All-Conference USA Singles Second Team, as well as the All-Freshman Team ... The true freshman put together the best record on the entire team, going 19-2 in No. 2 and No. 3 singles ... Starodubtseva took down two nationally ranked players: No. 111 Meghan Kelley (UVA) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 and No. 123 Rosie Cheng (W&M) 6-2, 6-4 ... Against Conference USA opponents in singles, she went a perfect 6-0 ... Earned C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.