The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Taisiya Pachkaleva
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Moscow, Russia
- Major:
- Communication & Leadership
Pronunciation: teye-EE-see-ah pash-kuh-LAY-vah
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2023 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
• 2023 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team at No. 4 singles
• 2022-23 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Selected to the 2022 NCAA Championships draws for singles
• 2022 Honorable Mention All-West Coast Conference in singles
• 2022 Academic All-West Coast Conference First Team
• 2021 ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year
• 2021 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2021 First Team All-West Coast Conference in singles
• 2021 Second Team All-West Coast Conference in doubles
• Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)
• Signed her commitment to transfer from Pepperdine to The University of Texas Women's Tennis program in August 2022
As a Junior (2023)
• Posted a 17-5 dual match record in singles, playing primarily at No. 4 where she was 13-5.
• Registered a 17-6 dual match record in doubles with Nicole Rivkin, including a 14-2 mark at No. 2.
• Gave the Longhorns a 3-0 advantage against No. 33 Texas Tech with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 4 against Kate Dmitrichenko
• For the third game in a row, clinched the doubles point with Nicole Rivkin for the Longhorns versus No. 33 Texas Tech with a 7-6 (7-2) victory at No. 2 over Olivia Peet and Cristina Tiglea. Extended their doubles win streak to four games.
• Tallied for a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 4 against Yu-Chin Tsai of No. 61 TCU
• Claimed the doubles point alongside Nicole Rivkin for the Longhorns against No. 61 TCU with a 6-4 win at No. 2 against Mercedes Aristegui and Jade Otway
• For the third time in four games, clinched the overall dual-match victory for the Longhorns against No. 65 Brown with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 3 against Phoebe Peus and improved to 11-2 in dual-match singles action
• Claimed the doubles point with Nicole Rivkin for the Longhorns against No. 65 Brown with a 6-3 win at No. 2 against Vivian Miller and Nora Lee
• Clinched the overall dual-match victory versus No. 6 Iowa State with an earned 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 win at No. 4 over Anna Supapitch Kuearum
• Defeated Miska Kadleckova and Sofia Cabezas with a 6-2 win at No. 3 and clinched the doubles point for the Longhorns against No. 6 Iowa State with Nicole Rivkin
• Clinched the overall dual-match win for the Longhorns against No. 19 Kansas with a hard-fought 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory at No. 4 over Heike Janse Van Vuuren
• Provided the clinching point against No. 20 Oklahoma with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 4 against Alexandra Pisareva while moving to 8-1 in dual-match singles action up to that point
• Earned a 6-3 doubles win with Nicole Rivkin at No. 3 over Julia Garcia Ruiz and Dana Guzman of No. 20 Oklahoma
• Clinched the overall dual-match victory versus Rice with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 4 over Sydney Berlin
• Rallied for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 5 against Valencia Xu of No. 22 Stanford
• Clinched the doubles point versus No. 22 Stanford alongside Nicole Rivkin with a 6-3 win at No. 3 against Connie Ma and Valencia Xu
• Posted a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 4 against Julia Garcia Ruiz of No. 15 Oklahoma. Won 12 of her last 15 games to close out the win
• Claimed the doubles point with Nicole Rivkin versus Washington with a 6-4 win at No. 2 against Hikaru Sato and Zehra Suko. Sato and Suko built a 3-0 lead before Pachkaleva and Rivkin answered by winning six of the next seven games
• Rallied for an 0-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 5 against No. 83-ranked Emma Charney of No. 24 USC
• Earned a 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 5 against Danielle Dimitrov of Baylor
• Clinched the doubles point against Baylor with a 7-6 (7-3) win alongside Nicole Rivkin at No. 2 versus Anita Sahdiieva and Alina Shcherbinina. They overcame deficits of 5-3 and 6-5 to force the breaker
• Cruised to a 6-1 doubles win with Nicole Rivkin at No. 2 against Matilde Magrini and Mariya Vyshkina of Fresno State to clinch the doubles point
• Claimed a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 4 against Jiayun Zhu of Tulane
• Raced out to a 5-0 advantage and cruised to a 6-1 doubles win over Drew Morris and Maja Makoric of SMU to clinch the doubles point with Nicole Rivkin at No. 2
• Cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Olivia Halvorsen of UNT at No. 4
• Paired up with Nicole Rivkin for a 6-2 doubles victory against Gloria Alogo and Olivia Malm of UNT at No. 2
• Posted a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Audrey Boch-Collins of Miami
• Earned a 6-4 victory doubles against Anna Ross and Holly Staff of Vanderbilt with Nicole Rivkin
• Posted a 6-2, 6-0 win over Dasha Kourkina of Vanderbilt
• Earned a 6-4 doubles victory against Alexa Noel and Audrey Boch-Collins of Miami with Nicole Rivkin
Before Texas
• Played at Pepperdine University for two years before transferring to Texas
• Had a UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) of 10.76 when she committed to transfer to UT
• Also achieved a career-high WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) singles ranking of No. 538 on Aug. 10, 2020
At Pepperdine (2020-22)
• In two seasons with the Waves, registered a 45-10 career singles mark (37-8 dual match) and a 34-16 career doubles record (31-13 dual match)
• Two-time All-West Coast Conference selection in singles
• Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete selection
• Helped lead Pepperdine to the NCAA Championship Match as a freshman (2021) and the NCAA Quarterfinals as a sophomore (2022)
As a Sophomore (2021-22)
• Posted a 19-8 overall singles record (11-6 dual-match) and was No. 49 in the final ITA national singles rankings.
• Earned All-WCC honorable mention accolades in singles and was selected to the NCAA Singles Championship but was forced to withdraw due to injury.
• Went 17-9 overall in doubles (14-6 dual-match) and claimed WCC All-Academic first-team honors and ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition.
• Pepperdine registered a 23-7 dual-match record, reached the NCAA Quarterfinals and was No. 8 in the final ITA national team rankings.
• The Waves won the WCC regular-season title (7-0 record) and the WCC Tournament championship.
As a Freshman (2020-21)
• Posted a 26-2 overall singles record (26-2 dual-match) and was No. 66 in the final ITA national singles rankings
• Earned ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year and WCC Freshman of the Year honors in addition to All-WCC first-team recognition in singles and second-team accolades in doubles
• Was 17-7 overall in doubles (17-7 dual-match) and was No. 37 in the final ITA national doubles rankings
• A two-time WCC Doubles Team of the Week selection (April 20 and April 27), a one-time WCC Singles Player of the Week (April 20) and claimed ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition
• Earned the clinching point in the Waves' 4-3 upset of No. 1 North Carolina in the NCAA Semifinals with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over No. 27 Cameron Morra at No. 3 singles
• Pepperdine registered a 25-4 dual-match record, reached the NCAA Championship Match for the first time in program history (lost to Texas, 4-3) and was No. 3 in the final ITA national team rankings
• The Waves swept the WCC regular-season title (8-0 record) and the WCC Tournament championship
Before Pepperdine
• Achieved a career-high ITF (International Tennis Federation) junior singles ranking of No. 32 (Jan. 14, 2019).
• Claimed five ITF junior singles titles and 12 ITF junior doubles crowns before capturing four ITF 15K doubles championships in 2019
