[2] During her career Kocherhina played 133 international matches and scored 616 goals, more than anyone in the Soviet team.

In 1976 she married a fellow handball player Sergey Kochergin and changed her last name from Makarets to Kocherhina/Kochergina.

In 1981 she retired from the national team due to injuries and gave birth to a daughter, but then played for a few years with the local club in Brovary.

In April 1988 she started lecturing at the Faculty of Sports of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and later became its dean.

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