Elizaveta Volodko Award Player of the Week Week Of 3/9/2022 Sport Women's Tennis School UC Santa Barbara Year Graduate Student Position Hometown Moscow, Russia High School Elizaveta Volodko was undefeated across singles and doubles on the weekend while leading No. 25 UC Santa Barbara to a pair of wins in Texas against nationally-ranked Big 12 Conference foes. Volodko went 2-0 at No. 2 singles, defeating Texas Tech’s Olivia Peet, 6-1, 7-6(2), on Friday, and TCU’s Mercedes Aristegui in come-from-behind fashion, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, on Sunday. The graduate student also went 2-0 at No 1 doubles with partner Shakhnoza Khatamova, topping Texas Tech’s Skriabina/Tiglea (6-2) and TCU’s Cveticanin/Kennedy (6-3). Volodko helped lead her Gauchos to team wins against both the 34th-ranked Lady Raiders and then-71st-ranked Horned Frogs, each by the score of 5-2. UCSB has now garnered five of the eight Big West weekly awards for 2022. Volodko is a three-time honoree for her career with prior selections on April 9, 2019, and April 21, 2021. She is the fourth different Gaucho to earn distinction this year.