BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will open a busy week with a home match against Samford on Wednesday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park. The match is scheduled to start at noon CT.
The match is the first of four at home for the Lady Toppers this week and is the second match in a nine-match homestand.
MATCH INFO
- Samford (6-3 overall, 0-0 SoCon) at WKU (6-3 overall, 0-0 CUSA)
- Wednesday, Feb. 26 | 12 p.m. CT
- Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
- Free Admission
- Social: @WKUTennis | @WKUSports
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- WKU enters Wednesday's match with a 6-3 overall record and a 4-2 record at home this season.
- The Lady Toppers have won the doubles point in six of their nine matches this season.
- The duo of Emily Schut and Mia Miranda are 7-2 together in doubles this season, including a 3-1 mark from the No. 1 position.
- Rachel Hermanova and Sofia Blanco are ranked No. 85 nationally, according to the latest ITA Division I Women's Tennis Rankings.
- Blanco enters Wednesday's match with 42 career doubles wins, which is second-most in program history.
- Mariana Zegada has 35 career doubles wins, which ranks fourth in program history. She is two doubles wins away from being tied for third in program history.
- Hermanova has 20 career doubles wins, which is 12th-most in program history.
- Hermanova has 55 career singles wins, which is the most in program history. She is 6-3 from the No. 1 position this season.
- Blanco enters Wednesday's match with 46 career singles wins, which is second-most in program history. She is 6-2 this season from the No. 2 position.
- Sunskrithi Damera has won three singles matches in a row and is now 4-3 this season. She owns 24 career singles wins, which is tied for 12th-most in program history and is one away from being tied for 10th.
- Zegada improved to 5-3 this season with her win over Missouri State on Sunday. She now has 28 career singles wins, which is ninth-most in program history and two wins away from being tied for eighth on WKU's career singles wins list.
- Emily Schut enters Wednesday's match with a 6-1 record in singles as a Lady Topper.
- Mia Miranda improved to 4-4 as a Lady Topper with her win over Missouri State on Sunday.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 328-185 all-time as a college head coach, which includes 69 wins with the Lady Toppers. Davis ranks fourth in wins by a WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach. He is six wins away from being tied for third on WKU's career coaching wins list. 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
- "Rescheded the match from last week with Samford and they're coming in and coming off a really good win at UAB, so that's going to be a very difficult match. That's one of those teams we've had a lot of difficulty with through the years since I've been here. Then on Friday, an improved Eastern Illinois team. Sunday is the doubleheader. … Two good teams coming in. It's going to be a busy week. We've been working a lot on our doubles and our consistency and trying to get ready. Jacksonville State coming in Sunday will be a big challenge as well. We've never played them since I've been here. Very challenging week. We're looking forward to it and we certainly invite the public to come out and support us." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the busy schedule this week.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Samford leads the all-time series 3-0. Wednesday's match will be the second time the Bulldogs have played in Bowling Green. Samford won last season's meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, 4-3.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
- Samford enters Wednesday's match with a 6-3 overall record. The Bulldogs are coming off a 4-1 loss to South Alabama on Sunday, but have claimed wins over Bellarmine, Jax State, Presbyterian, Alabama State, Belmont and UAB so far this season.
- The Bulldogs are coached by David Vest, who owns a 187-116 record since taking over the program in August 2007.
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