BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Tennis continues its busy home match schedule this weekend. The Lady Toppers host Ball State on Saturday, Feb. 19 and North Alabama on Sunday, Feb. 20.
Saturday's match will be at the Michael O. Buchanon Park tennis facility and Sunday's will be outdoors at the WKU Tennis Complex on south campus. Both matches will start at 1 p.m.
Last weekend, the Lady Toppers became the first team in program Division 1 history to start a season 5-0, beating NKU, 5-2 on Friday. WKU has since lost two straight matches. Losing to Samford in a hard fought bought on Saturday, 4-3, and losing to Kentucky on Sunday, 4-0.
WKU is 1-7Â all-time against Ball State, with the first match taking place in 1991. The Lady Toppers beat the Cardinals for the first time in 2018, 4-3 in Muncie, Ind. The sides would go on to face off three more times in the next three years, with Ball State winning all three matches.
Ball State had a dual match record of 10-2 in 2020 before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, they held a record of 22-4, losing to Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament, 4-0.
The Cardinals have a 3-1 record after beating Oakland last Saturday by a score of 6-1. They will come to The Hill for the first time since 2002.
The Lady Toppers are 7-8Â all-time against North Alabama, with the first match taking place in 2005. WKU won the last matchup, last season, 5-2 in Florence, Ala.
North Alabama had a dual match record of 6-9 in 2020 before the rest of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, they held a record of 6-14, losing to Lipscomb in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, 4-0.
The Lions have a 0-9 record after falling to Troy last Wednesday by a score of 4-3. They will face WKU in Bowling Green for the first time since 2019.
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