Nicole Kozlova Season 2021

Career Highlights: In 2019,her first career brace against Yale (9/8) gave Tech its first comeback win since Oct. 15, 2017 … Became the first Hokie with back-to-back game winners – also scored one versus Alabama (9/5) – since Alani Johnson (8/26-28/2016) … With efforts, became first Tech field player to earn an ACC Player of the Week honor since Murielle Tiernan (9/6/16) … Also became just the third Tech freshman to garner the award since the Hokies joined the league – Ashley Stinson (9/24/04) and Marika Gray (9/10/07) … Converted Tech’s first penalty kick since Candace Cephers (8/21/16) against Mississippi State ... ACC Offensive Player of the Week (9/10/19).
 
2020-21: Missed most of the season on international duty with her Ukranian National Team ... Played in five games with three starts ... Scored twice in the spring portion of the schedule - once at Charlotte and again at Liberty ... Fired a season-high six shots at Liberty.

2019: Appeared in 18 matches, made 17 starts and played a total of 1,003 minutes during the year … Led the team in goals (5), points (12), shots (32) and shots on goal (15) … Finished tied for second on the team with two game winners – versus Alabama (9/5) and Yale (9/8) – while scoring twice against the Bulldogs, the first brace of her career … Had other goals against Cincinnati (8/25), her first as a collegiate, and at Clemson (9/29) on a penalty kick … Added two assists, on the game winner versus the College of Charleston (9/13) and on the equalizer in a 1-1 tie at NC State (10/13) … Was one of eight Hokies to tally a game winner during the year, the most since the 2013 season.

2018: Redshirted the season due to injury.

National Team: Has been a member of the Ukrainian National Team for four years, highlighted by five invitations to play with the Senior National Team ... Was invited to her first camp in June 2019, which included a friendly against Belarus; played in qualification matches for the 2021 UEFA Women's Euros in October 2019 - including her national team debut on Oct. 5 against Germany; attended a camp in November 2019; and played almost 240 minutes in three matches in the Pinatar Cup in March 2020 - including her first national team goal against Northern Ireland on March 7 ... Is currently with the national team for a pair of camps and four EURO qualifying matches (Sept.-Oct. 2020) ... Started the match at Montenegro, Sept. 18, a 3-1 win, and versus Greece, Sept. 22, came off the bench to score a pair of second-half goals, including the game winner in a 4-0 victory ... In April 2019, played for the Under-19 UNT in the team's attempt to qualify for the U-20 Euros ... Played about 200 minutes combined in three matches, scored three goals, including two and an assist in 4-2 win over Northern Ireland ... Also played with the U-19 UNT in two friendlies against Azerbaijan in March 2018, scoring three goals ... Scored her first international goal January 10, 2016 against Romania when playing with the U-17 UNT in Serbia during the UEFA qualifying games ... Played every minute for the U-19 UNT at the UEFA Elite Round in Ireland ... Started three games in Kazakhstan for a UEFA Development Tournament, leading the team with four goals and five assists ... Also played every minute of the matches in Albania for the UEFA Qualifying Round, netting two goals.

Club: Played for David Porco as a right and left wide forward for the League 1 Woodbridge Strikers and was the team’s top scorer and fifth in the league (11 goals in 11 games) while playing only half the matches this past season ... Was named a League 1 Ontario First Team All-Star ... Has been with Team Ontario for four seasons playing as an attacking midfielder under coaches Bryan Rosenfeld and Laura Arduini ... Was selected to represent Ontario in the Canada Games in 2017, scored the game winner in the semifinals and earned a silver medal with the team ... While playing for GS United, she was a two-time bronze medalist at the Canadian National Championships.

Personal: Nicole Kozlova … Born July 8, 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada … Daughter of Dmitry and Olya Kozlova ... Has an older brother, Kirill, two younger brothers, Anton and Petro, and a younger sister, Maya … Majoring in computational modeling and data analytics, with a minor in mathematics.