2013-14: Led the team with 17 overall singles wins... Was 8-4 in dual-match singles... Was 5-3 at No. 6 spot and 3-1 in No. 5 singles position... Was 4-2 in HL singles matches with 2-0 mark at No. 5 and 2-2 at No. 6... Started off senior year with 6-3, 6-2 win vs. Eastern Michigan playing at No. 6 singles... Posted back-to-back singles wins with 6-3, 7-6 (2) win vs. Duquesne (2/22) and 6-1, 6-1 win vs. Grand Canyon (2/23)... Earned three straight HL singles wins with victories over Youngstown State (3/30), Wright State (4/5), and UIC (4/11)... Was 13-5 overall in doubles including 7-3 mark in dual-match season... Was 4-2 at No. 3, 2-1 at No. 1 and 1-0 at No. 2 position... Was 3-0 in HL doubles... Posted HL doubles wins at No. 1 vs. Wright State (4/5) and Valparaiso (4/12) playing with Nino Sujashvili... Also played with Sujashvili for win at No. 2 doubles vs. Green Bay (3/22)... Earned three straight doubles wins playing at No. 3 vs. Chicago State (1/24), Dayton (1/26), and Butler (2/2)... Ended Titan career with 59 overall singles wins including a 17-11 Horizon League record... Also had 53 overall doubles wins including a 15-9 mark in HL matches.
2012-13: Earned nine singles wins in the fall and added 10 more in the spring for 19 wins with four coming in conference play... Was 6-3 in doubles in the fall and 8-5 in the dual-match season with a 3-2 mark in the Horizon League... Played all singles play at the sixth spot and was number one in all her double matches... Opened the dual-match season with a win against Xavier... Won three-straight matches against Oakland, Dayton and Wayne State... Earned a win against Butler in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1... Opened HL play with a win against Youngstown State and then over Wright State... After a win at IUPUI, posted a match-clinching
win against UIC to snap its streak of 146-straight conference wins... She earned a win against Green Bay... In doubles play, opened the dual-match season with a win at Xavier... Won three-straight with wins against Oakland, Dayton and Wayne State... Earned a win on the road against non-conference opponent IUPUI... Finished the dual-match season with three-straight conference wins at Valparaiso and then against Green Bay and Milwaukee to give UDM an unblemished record at home... Earned the Hardest Worker award as handed out by the coaches... A member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll... Named to 2013
Horizon League Spring Academic All-League team.2011-12: Finished third on the team with 14 overall wins... Posted four HL singles victories with all of the wins coming in the No. 3 position... Paired with Amanda Cornwell at No. 1 doubles to post a 5-3 conference record... Won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3 singles in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament with a 4-3 win against Milwaukee (Apr. 27)... Recognized with the team's Spirit Award as handed out by the coaching staff... Named to UDM Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
2010-11: Recorded first dual season win with 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles over Dayton (2/18)... Also captured a victory at No. 2 singles with 6-3, 6-2 win over Green Bay (4/8)... First career doubles win came against Eastern Michigan (1/29) as Strakhova and fellow freshman Raina Halabi paired up for 8-3 win. The duo went on to win three straight with the next two over IPFW (1/30) and Western Michigan (2/4)... Helped Detroit secure the fifth seed in the Horizon League Tournament with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles over Youngstown State (4/17) in the last match of the regular season... Totaled a team-high five conference wins compared to just three losses in singles playing at No. 3 for all but one match. In that other contest, she played in the No. 2 spot taking a 6-3, 6-2 win over Green Bay (4/8)... Earned the team's Most Improved award as recognized by the coaches... Named to the 2010 UDM Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Prior to Detroit: Competed on the junior tennis circuit for a number of years, winning five titles in 2009... Member of the basketball, skiing and volleyball teams in high school.
Personal: Daughter of Irina and Vladimir Strakhova... Has a younger brother Sasha... Enjoys reading books, translating songs and listening to music (especially the Beatles)... Major is computer information studies
