BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Tennis is back in action this weekend, with a neutral-site matchup vs. Ball State on Friday, Jan. 31 in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and a head-to-head at Austin Peay on Saturday, Feb. 1 in Clarksville, Tenn. Both matches will begin at 1 p.m. CT.
"We have two really tough opponents this week. Ball State is picked as one of the top teams in the MAC and Austin Peay is coming off an NCAA berth last year after winning their conference," head coach Greg Davis said.
Although the Lady Toppers (3-1) dropped their first team match of the young season on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Northern Kentucky, senior Lisa Friess improved to 4-0 at the No. 4 singles position with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over her Norse opponent.
After dropping the doubles point and the first three singles matches against NKU last weekend, WKU has the opportunity to respond the right way against the Cardinals (1-1) and Governors (2-1). With that being said, Davis has a few keys for the squad.
"We are looking for noticeable improvement in our doubles – last weekend was a wake-up call that you have to come out and play with passion and energy from the beginning, otherwise the doubles point will be decided very quickly," he said. "And I think in singles we are really focusing on getting off to a good start in our first set."
The Lady Toppers are 1-5 all-time against Ball State, the lone win coming on Feb. 18, 2018, in a 4-3 decision. On the flip side, WKU is 29-9 all-time against Austin Peay, with this matchup being the teams' 24th in the past 25 years.
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