BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis is back in action on Friday with a 1 p.m. CT match against Eastern Illinois at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
MATCH INFO
- Eastern Illinois (2-10 overall, 0-0 OVC) at WKU (6-4 overall, 0-0 CUSA)
- Friday, Feb. 28 | 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
- WKU enters Friday's match with a 6-4 overall record after falling to Samford 4-3 on Wednesday. The Lady Toppers are 4-3 at home this season.
- Friday's match is the third in a nine-match homestand.
- Rachel Hermanova has won back-to-back singles matches and is 7-3 this season from the No. 1 position. Her 56 singles wins are a program record.
- Sofia Blanco has won three straight matches and is 7-2 this season from the No. 2 position. Her 47 singles wins are second-most in program history.
- Emily Schut has won three straight singles matches and is now 7-1 this season.
- Sunskrithi Damera has won her last three singles matches and is 4-3 this season. She has 24 career singles wins, which is tied for 12th-most in program history and is one away from being tied for 10th.
- Mariana Zegada 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. She is 5-4 this season.
- WKU has won the doubles point in six of its 10 matches this season.
- Schut and Mia Miranda are 7-2 together in doubles this season.
- Hermanova and Blanco are ranked No. 85 nationally, according to the latest ITA Division I Women's Tennis Rankings.
- Blanco has 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.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 328-186 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
- "Eastern Illinois is coming in and they're vastly improved from last year. We definitely expect their best coming in. They've shown a lot of great improvement this year, so we've got to bounce back after a tough match with Samford and I fully expect we will coming up this Friday." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on Friday's match against Eastern Illinois.
SERIES INFORMATION
- WKU holds a 3-0 record against Eastern Illinois with two of those victories coming in Bowling Green, including a 7-0 win last season.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
- Eastern Illinois enters Friday's match with a 2-10 overall record.
- The Panthers have wins over Northern Iowa and IU Indy.
- Eastern Illinois is led by first-year head coach Ksenija Tihomirova.
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