BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will return home to face Missouri State on Sunday in a 1 p.m. CT match at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park. The match will open a nine-match homestand for the Lady Toppers.
MATCH INFO
- Missouri State (1-8 overall, 0-0 MVC) at WKU (5-3 overall, 0-0 CUSA)
- Sunday, Feb. 23 | 1 p.m. CT
- Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
- Free Admission
- Social: @WKUTennis | @WKUSports
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- The Lady Toppers enter Sunday's match with a 5-3 record, including a 3-2 mark in home matches this season.
- WKU is 26-18 in singles matches this season, led by 5-2, 5-3 and 5-1 records from Sofia Blanco, Rachel Hermanova and Emily Schut, respectively.
- Hermanova is first on WKU's career singles wins list with 54 singles wins.
- Blanco is now in sole possession of second place on WKU's career singles wins list after her victory over Belmont on Friday. Blanco has 45 career singles victories.
- Mariana Zegada is ninth on WKU's career singles wins list with 27 career singles wins. She is three singles wins from being tied for eighth in program history.
- Sunskrithi Damera picked up her 23rd singles win as a Lady Topper on Friday against Belmont. She is one singles win away from being tied for 12th in program history in career singles wins.
- Elizabeth Sobieski earned her first singles win as a Lady Topper in WKU's 5-2 win over Belmont on Friday.
- WKU has won the doubles point in five of eight matches played this season. The Lady Toppers are 13-7 overall in doubles matches this spring.
- Mia Miranda and Schut have posted the best record in doubles play together this season for WKU at 6-2.
- Blanco and Hermanova are ranked No. 85 in the ITA Division I Women's Tennis Doubles Rankings. It marks the first spring ITA doubles national ranking in program history.
- Blanco has 41 career doubles wins, which ranks second in program history.
- Hermanova has 19 career doubles wins, which is 12th in program history.
- Zegada owns 35 career doubles wins, which is fourth-most in program history. She is two doubles wins away from being tied for third all-time in program history.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 327-185 all-time as a college head coach, which includes 68 wins with the Lady Toppers. Davis ranks fourth in wins by a WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach. Davis entered the season ranked 29th in total wins and 36th in winning percentage among active Division I women's tennis head coaches with at least five years as a Division I head coach.
QUOTABLE
- "Missouri State is very similar (to Belmont) with a new coach and a roster overhaul. This weekend and the next 10 days are going to be a big test for the team." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the upcoming schedule.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Sunday's match will be the first meeting between WKU and Missouri State. The Bears will be joining the Lady Toppers as members of Conference USA next season.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
- Missouri State enters Sunday's match with a 1-8 overall record. The Bears' victory came against Central Arkansas, 6-1, on Feb. 9.
- The Bears were picked sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Tennis Preseason Poll.
- Missouri State is coached by Austin Hale, who is in his first season leading the program.
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