Murray State University Athletics
2026-27 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Valeria Chaikovskaia
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Togliatti, Russia
- High School:
- High School N32
2026
Went 12-6 in singles and 6-10 in doubles ... Played all 20 matches at No. 1 singles, her third straight season in the position ... Posted a 6-1 singles record in Missouri Valley Conference play, tied for the best mark on the roster ... Went 4-1 with Sofia Issakova at No. 3 doubles ... Won both meetings with Belmont in April, taking No. 1 singles in straight sets during a 7-0 sweep at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts
2025
Went 28-11 in singles and 14-16 in doubles ... First Team All-MVC at No. 1 doubles with Bruna Melato ... Second Team All-MVC at No. 1 singles ... Two-time MVC Singles Player of the Week (Feb. 5, March 19) ... Two-time MVC Doubles Team of the Week with Melato (March 26, April 2) ... Runner-up in Singles Flight 1 at the MVC Fall Individual Championships ... Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional, the first player in program history to advance that far ... Played the full season at No. 1 singles and primarily at No. 1 doubles
2024
Went 18-15 in singles and 3-4 in doubles as a freshman ... Played at No. 1 singles the entire season ... Clinched Murray State's first MVC Tournament championship in any sport with a win over 2022 MVC Player of the Year Tijana Zlatanovic of Illinois State ... Two-time MVC Singles Player of the Week (March 13, April 10)
Before Murray State
Attended School 32 ... Ranked 19th in Russia in her age group ... Two-time singles champion at the Cyprus Junior Tournament Championship ... Won the doubles title at the Tatarstan Junior Championships ... Runner-up at the Tarpischev Cup
Personal
Born Feb. 1, 2004, to Evgeniia and Afanasii Shapochkin ... Majoring in biology on a pre-med track
