2020-21 Tennis Roster
Roster
Polina Kozyreva
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- MBOU "Liceum No. 10"
- Hometown:
- Belgorod, Russia
Graduate Season (2023-24): Finished the year with an overall singles record of 11-6 … Won four consecutive singles matches at the start of the spring season … Earned six ACC singles victories … Defeated Natalie Eordekian from Boston College (Feb. 17) … Defeated Daniella Medvedeva from Clemson (Feb. 23) … Defeated Sophie Abrams from No. 12 NC State (Mar. 15) … Defeated Natasha Subhash from No. 5 Virginia (Mar. 22) … Finished with a 4-4 doubles record … Won three consecutive matches at the start of the spring season … Won doubles matches paired with Viktoriya Kanapatskaya and Ines Fonte ... CSC Academic All-District® Team Member.
Senior Season (2022-23): Began her senior season with 12 consecutive wins with five during ACC action … Finished the year 18-8, the best record on the team … Went 8-5 in the ACC … Finished 9-3 at No. 4 singles … Reached the quarterfinals of the Army Invitational in the fall … Played alongside Ines Fonte and went 3-1 at No. 2 Doubles … Contributed to a clean sweep against NJIT (Jan. 21) at the opening of the spring season by winning No. 5 Singles (6-1, 6-1) … Helped the team sweep NJIT (Jan. 21), Buffalo (Feb. 13) and Coppin State (March 4) in the 2022-23 season.
Junior Season (2021-22): Career-high 22 wins across spring singles and doubles play...Won nine consecutive singles matches in straight sets to open the spring...Earned bid to NCAA Doubles Championship alongside Miyuka Kimoto, becoming the sixth Syracuse duo to make the tournament...Ten ACC wins tied for team lead...11 singles wins tied for team lead with Shiori Ito...11 doubles wins ranked second behind partner Miyuka Kimoto's 12...Opened season with two wins alongside Sofya Treshcheva before playing with 16 matches with Kimoto...Duo lead team with nine wins together and finished season ranked No. 18 by the ITA...Defeated three ranked doubles pairs with Kimoto...Recorded singles wins over ranked teams Virginia, Wake Forest and NC State...Played in 20 of 21 matches and tied for team lead in match wins.
Sophomore Season (2020-21): Posted a 10-9 singles record playing out of the No. 5 and 6 spots…Won five consecutive matches, four of which came in straight sets…Victorious against No. 11 Georgia Tech in singles and No. 13 Ohio State in doubles…Member of the Syracuse University Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters...Fall 2020 portion of the season canceled due to COVID-19.
Freshman Season (2019-20): Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Started the spring 4-0 in singles play, all in the No. 5 spot...Played in the No. 3 doubles spot...Briefly sidelined in the spring due to injury...Opened the 2019 Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships with a three-match tear in prequalifying to advance to the qualifying round...Joined Syracuse's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)…Member of the Syracuse University Athletic Director's Spring Honor Roll.
Personal: Daughter of Alexander and Tatyana...Has one sister, Alena...graduated from MBOU "Liceum No 10" High School...Majoring in computer science.
| Year | Fall Singles | Fall Doubles | Spring Singles | Spring Doubles | Overall | Percentage |
| 2019-20 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 11-8 | .579 |
| 2020-21 | -- | -- | 10-9 | 4-13 | 14-22 | .389 |
| 2021-22 | -- | -- | 11-8 | 11-9 | 22-17 | .564 |
| 2022-23 | 3-2 | 7-3 | 15-6 | 9-9 | 34-20 | .630 |
| 2023-24 | 10-3 | 8-1 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 33-14 | .702 |
| Career | 17-8 | 16-5 | 52-31 | 29-37 | 114-81 | .585 |
