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2015-16 Women's Tennis Roster

Irina Slizovskaya

Irina Slizovskaya

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    #35
  • Hometown:
    Saransk, Russia

Summary

Biography

2015-16: Earned Second Team All-Horizon League honors after tallying a 7-2 singles record and 6-1 doubles record in league action, playing singles primarily from Nos. 2 and 3 and doubles from No. 1… Her eight singles wins ranked third on the team… Went 9-3 in doubles with Anna Davydova as a partner… Slizovskaya and Davydova won six straight doubles matches against Akron, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Youngstown State, Cleveland State and Northern Kentucky… Finished her career with 54 singles wins, the ninth highest total in program history… She also capped her career with 64 doubles victories, the third most in the Titan record books… Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Horizon League Honor Roll honors… Named to the Horizon League Spring All-Academic Team.

2014-15: Second on the team with a career-best 18-16 record in singles, and was 4-3 in the Horizon League, playing at No. 2, 3 and 4... Was 13-11 in dual play, including 4-4 at No. 2, 6-1 at No. 3 and 3-3 at No. 4… Tied for the team lead with 17 doubles victories going 12-6 in dual play and 3-2 in the HL, mostly at No. 1 where she was 11-4... Took out Youngstown State’s Nehel Sahni, 7-6 (5), 6-3, at No. 4 in the Horizon League championship… A huge three-set thrilling win over UIC    ‘s Ann-Sophie Hahn, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9)… Cruised past Valparaiso’s Paige Heuer, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 4… Beat Green Bay’s Olivia Headford, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 and YSU’s Annina Brendel, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 3… Named the HL Player of the Week on March 3 as she helped lead the Titans to a 3-0 mark at Chicago State last weekend by going 5-0 in the three matches, with three wins in singles and two wins in doubles… Two of her three singles wins were at No. 2 beating Northern Kentucky Sydney Power, 6-1, 6-3, and Northern Iowa’s Elvira Lopez, 7-5, 6-2, while also downing Chicago State’s Faith Huckabee, 6-2, 6-1… Both of her doubles tallies came at the top spot… Tallied some huge regional wins with a 6-2, 6-0 decision over Toledo’s Lexy Pitt, 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Bowling Green’s Emily Witt and a 6-1, 6-1 score over Eastern Michigan’s Andrea Martinovska… Picked up 10 overall wins and five singles victories in the fall… Won her first match of the fall cruising past Toledo’s Katelyn Nguyen, 6-2, 6-1, at the Spartan Invitational… Won the A flight at the Rocket Invite going 2-1 with triumphs over Toledo’s Sidnay Huck, 6-4, 7-5, and Duquesne’s Kylie Isaacs, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8… Earned four wins at the Bowling Green Invitational dispatching the Falcons’ Harley Hutchison, 7-5, 6-1, and Toledos Pai Rygh, 6-2, 6-3, in singles and teaming with Nino Sujashvili for an 8-7 (4) win over Cleveland State’s Aleksandra Golawska and Victoria Bensimon and an 8-2 victory against BGSU’s Hutchison and Maddy Adams… Was selected to the main draw of singles at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, falling to DePaul’s Jasmin Kling, 1-6, 2-6, while her and Sujashvili posted an 8-2 win in the first round of doubles over Notre Dame’s Molly O'Koniewski and Mary Closs… A member of the Detroit Athletic Director's Honor Roll and the Horizon League Fall and Spring Academic Honor Rolls... An ITA Scholar-Athlete for the second-straight year. 

2013-14: Ended the year with second-highest overall singles win total on the team with a 16-16 mark... Was 10-9 in singles in dual-match season... Played all over recording 5-4 mark in No. 2 spot, 3-2 at No. 3, 1-0 at No. 4 and 1-3 at No. 1… Posted four-straight matches with wins beginning vs. Chicago State (1/24) and adding victories against Dayton (1/26), Butler (2/2), and Toledo (2/9)... Win at No. 1 singles came in HL match vs. Green Bay (3/22)... Ended the year winning three of four singles matches including a 6-3,6-4 win at No. 2 vs. UIC (4/25) in the HL First Round and then winning 6-4, 6-1 vs. Cleveland State (4/26) in the HL Semifinals... Led team with 21 overall doubles wins finishing 21-8... Was 12-6 in dual-match season including team-best 6-1 record in HL doubles... Played mostly with Julia Fernandes at No. 2 finishing 10-5 overall but was also 1-0 at No. 3 and 1-1 at No. 1... Played last 17 doubles matches with Fernandes posting 11-5 record with one unfinished match vs. UIC (4/11)... Won five-straight in doubles starting streak vs. Davidson (3/4) and continued with wins over Green Bay (3/22), Milwaukee (3/23), Cleveland State (3/29), and Youngstown State (3/30)... Lone HL doubles loss came vs. Wright State (4/5)... Had an 8-5 win with Fernandes over UIC (4/25) at No. 2 doubles in first round of HL Tournament. Named to 2013 Fall and 2014 Spring Horizon League Academic Honor Roll... Named to UDM Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.

2012-13: Transferred to Detroit for the second semester... Tied for the team lead with a record of 12-4 and a 6-1 mark in conference... Led the team with 13 dual match doubles victories with five in conference action... Earned her first collegiate victory at first singles against Oakland as her opponent retired after the first set... Earned her first complete-match win against Dayton when she blanked her opponent, 6-0, 6-0, at third singles... Defeated Wayne State, Duquesne and Butler to cap-off a five-match win streak... After a loss to Youngstown State at third singles, she finished the year with seven straight wins including six HL victories... Had a big win at third singles against UIC to break its streak of 146 consecutive conference wins... Ended the regular season with wins against Green Bay and Milwaukee... Opened doubles play with a win at the first position against Xavier... Won seven-straight doubles matches  from February 1 to March 23 with key wins against Wayne State, at Duquesne, Butler and Youngstown State... Defeated non-conference opponent IUPUI at second doubles to propel UDM to a 7-0 win... Took second doubles against UIC, Valpo, Green Bay and Milwaukee... Earned The Unstoppable Newcomer award from the coaches.

Prior to Detroit:  Was the first racket for the club team Mordovia from 2008-20012... Earned a 22nd overall ranking as a junior in Russia in 2008... Was the top-ranked player in Saransk from 2008-2012... Won multiple singles and doubles championships.

Personal: Daughter of Igor Slizovsky... Born in Skarnsk, Russia... Enjoys yoga... A Business major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2014-15Junior

  • 2015-16Senior