University of Nevada Las Vegas

*2008 NCAA Doubles participant* *2007 NCAA Doubles participant* *2009 All-MWC Singles* *2009 All-MWC Doubles* *2008 All-MWC Singles* *2008 All-MWC Doubles* *2007 All-MWC Singles* *2007 All-MWC Doubles* UNLV: A candidate for All-America and MWC Player of the Year honors returns for her senior season as the program[apos]s No. 1 singles and doubles player ... Earned a career-high national singles ranking of 50 on Jan. 5, 2010 ... Arguably the best doubles player in program and league history, she finished her junior season already ranking third in school history with 73 victories ... Needs just 12 more doubles wins to break the UNLV record of 84 set by Jolene Watanabe from 1987-90 ... Nedeltcheva[apos]s career doubles winning percentage of .760 after three seasons is tops in school history ... She also heads into her final campaign 12th on school[apos]s career list for singles victories with 62 and 11th in singles career winning percentage at .674 ... Boasts an eye-popping 22-2 career doubles record in MWC regular-season play ... Can become only the second woman in UNLV history to be named first team all-conference in both singles and doubles all four seasons on the courts, joining three-time All-American Marianne Vallin (1994-97) ... The only player -- men[apos]s or women[apos]s -- in UNLV tennis history to be named conference player of the week five times in one season ... Looks to return to the NCAA individual championship tournament after missing the event for the first time last season ... Ranked 90th in the preseason, she turned in an 11-3 fall performance in singles that included reaching the championship of the ITA Mountain Regional in Las Vegas before she fell in three sets to 47th-ranked and top-seeded Pichittra Thongdach of Boise State at the Darling Tennis Center ... Nedeltcheva heads into her final collegiate semester ranked second in the region and fourth in doubles with partner Jana Albers ... Went 4-2 in doubles with her third career partner, including winning three matches and a spot in the ITA Regional semifinals in October ... Has a chance to become only the second Lady Rebel to qualify for more than two NCAA doubles tournaments in a career (Vallin went to three from 1994-97) ... Nedeltcheva started her career as one-half of the best doubles team in school history ... She and former partner Elena Gantcheva shattered program records for highest final ranking (18) in May 2007 and highest preseason ranking (5) in fall 2007 ... The former top-ranked player in her homeland is joined by fellow Sofia, Bulgaria, native Rumyana Terzieva on this year[apos]s roster ... Earned Academic All-MWC honors for the second straight season and added an ITA Scholar-Athlete award as well. 2009: After two years playing behind All-American Elena Gantcheva, Nedeltcheva took over the top of the singles lineup and did not disappoint, going 24-8 overall and 19-6 in dual matches ... Finished the season ranked 121st in singles ... The best overall player in the MWC in 2009, she nearly ran the table in league play, going 7-1 in both singles and in doubles at the top spots ... In fact, her only singles loss in conference action came through a super-tiebreaker defeat at the hands of New Mexico[apos]s Ola Abou-Zekry on March 27 after the Lady Rebels had already clinched the team victory ... Nedeltcheva eased by Abou-Zekry in straight sets when the two staged a rematch at the MWC Championships semifinals on April 24 ... She barely missed out on a signature ranked victory vs. Arizona State in the first round of the NCAA championships on May 9 ... Nedeltcheva was serving and just one game away from upsetting No. 10 Kelcy McKenna when the match was halted at 6-4, 5-3 after the Sun Devils clinched the team win over UNLV ... Playing with a new doubles partner at the No. 1 spot, senior Katy Williams, she finished 25-8 overall, including 20-6 in duals ... The 25 wins tied for the fourth-most in UNLV single-season history ... The duo posted three ranked wins in the spring, including an 8-2 victory over No. 40 Julia Trunk and Holly Bagshaw of SDSU on March 29 ... Nedeltcheva and Williams went 4-1 in fall action, winning the top flight of the UNLV Invitational in September and then advancing to the quarterfinals of the elite ITA Regional in San Diego in October ... Nedeltcheva also won the Flight One singles title at the UNLV event with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Oklahoma State[apos]s Nataliya Shatkovskaya on Sept. 28. 2008: Named All-MWC in both singles and doubles for second consecutive season ... Turned in 15-8 dual-match record as part of 18-10 overall mark in singles ... Upset No. 48 Anamika Bargava of Pepperdine 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at No. 2 spot in UNLV[apos]s 4-3 loss to Waves on March 15 ... Went 5-2 in MWC regular season and swept Macall Harkins of No. 23 TCU to help Lady Rebels win conference crown on April 26 in Fort Worth ... Turned in another strong season in doubles play, ending 23-10 with Gantcheva, including a sparkling 19-5 mark in dual matches ... Finished season ranked 35th in the nation ... Became first duo in program history to qualify for a second NCAA tournament ... Lost in the first round, 6-3, 6-2, to No. 12-ranked Cal team Susie Babos and Stephanie Kusano in Tulsa ... After a slow start, pair went 8-0 in MWC regular season and then added two more wins at league tournament ... Knocked off three straight ranked opponents in one week (No. 35 Miccoli/Surkova of BYU on March 28, No. 41 Ferris/Kwok of Utah on March 29 and No. 12 Harkins/Sydorska of TCU on April 4) ... Also downed No. 60 Clifford/Liles of Texas A&M on Feb. 22 ... Duo began fall play ranked a school-record fifth in the nation. 2007: Named All-MWC in both singles and doubles as a freshman ... Part of record-breaking doubles team with Gantcheva that earned bid to NCAA Doubles Championship and became only second duo in UNLV history to advance past first round ... Shocked third-seeded Whitney McCray and Kristi Miller of national champion Georgia Tech 6-2, 6-2 before falling in the Round of 16 ... Final record of 24-4 together included 6-2 mark vs. ranked opponents ... Downed three duos that finished ranked ahead of them in the final poll (No. 3 from TCU, No. 6 from Georgia Tech and No. 13 from Stanford) ... Best win in regular season was an 8-5 upset of then-No. 6 Cetnik and Sydorska of TCU ... Beat top Stanford team of Burdette and Yelsey 8-1 to lead UNLV to stunning doubles victory over Cardinal ... Played primarily at No. 2 singles spot and finished 20-12 overall ... First career ranked win came over then-No. 40 Ashley Joelson of UCLA at the Freeman Memorial in January. HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of General Vladimir Stoychev Sports School ... Won a Bulgarian national singles championship in both the women[apos]s and juniors divisions. PERSONAL: Kristina Nedeltcheva was born on Sept. 30, 1986, in Bulgaria ... The daughter of Maria Gantcheva and Nikolay Nedeltchev ... Has one brother, Lubomir ... Lists Magdalena Maleeva and Roger Federer among her favorite tennis players ... Majoring in university studies.