BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Lady Topper Tennis will begin its second season under head coach Greg Davis on Friday as the Red and White head to the APSU Fall Invitational in Clarksville, Tenn. Four of the eight Lady Toppers are new to the squad and will hit the court representing WKU for the first time.
Newcomer redshirt sophomore Lauren Joch and veteran junior Laura Bernardos will each play in the top flight of singles action. Joch will begin play on Friday at 8:30 a.m. CT while Bernardos is set to begin at 10 a.m. CT following the conclusion of the first match.
In Flight 2, senior Lisa Friess and newcomer Cora-Lynn Von Dungern will each begin their singles match first thing Friday morning. Rounding out WKU singles play will be senior Lucia Diaz Saez, sophomore Zoe Wende and redshirt sophomore Tristen Bryant-Otake. Each will play their first Flight 3 singles match on Friday morning.
With four Lady Toppers making their WKU debut, Davis will test out new doubles pairings in both the first and second flight. In Flight 1, Friess and Von Dungern will team up to play Friday afternoon while Bryant-Otake competes on the other side of the bracket. Bernardos and Diaz Saez are set to play together in the second flight of doubles, starting their day with a bye.
In the 2019 spring season, WKU Tennis finished 3-17 with a 1-2 record on neutral courts. The Lady Toppers recorded wins over Tennessee State, Arkansas Pine Bluff and Dayton.
The two-day Austin Peay tournament will be played in bracket style flights with consolation brackets in each flight. Competing against the Lady Toppers will be Murray State, UT-Martin, Chattanooga, Belmont, Southeastern Missouri and Austin Peay.
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