BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will host Dayton at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
MATCH INFO
- Dayton (7-7 overall, 0-1 A-10) at WKU (10-6 overall, 1-1 CUSA)
- Saturday, March 15 | 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 Saturday's match with a 10-6 overall record and an 8-5 record at home this season. The Lady Toppers are 1-1 against Conference USA opponents.
- Saturday's match will be the ninth consecutive match at home for WKU. It was originally going to be the final match in a nine-match homestand, but the Lady Toppers added a late home match against UT Southern, which is scheduled for Monday, March 17. WKU has gone 5-3 during the current homestand, with wins over Missouri State, Eastern Illinois, Jax State, Southern Indiana and Tennessee State. The losses during the stretch have been against Samford, FIU and Murray State.
- WKU's eight home wins are third-most in a single season in program history. The Lady Toppers won 12 home matches in 2022, 11 in 2024 and seven in 2023.
- WKU has won the doubles point in 11 of its 16 matches this season.
- Emily Schut and Mia Miranda have led WKU in doubles play this season with their 10-3 record together. They are 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
- Sofia Blanco and Rachel Hermanova are 9-6 together in doubles this season.
- Blanco has 47 career doubles wins, which ranks second in program history behind the 56 doubles wins from Samantha Martinez.
- Hermanova's 25 doubles wins are tied for 10th-most in program history.
- Mariana Zegada has 37 career doubles wins, which is tied for third-most in program history.
- Hermanova has 58 career singles wins, which is a program record. She is 9-5 this season, with all of her matches coming at the No. 1 position.
- Blanco is 10-4 in singles this season, and her 50 career singles wins rank second in program history.
- Miranda is 9-6 in singles this season. She is 7-5 at No. 3 and 2-1 at No. 2.
- Sunskrithi Damera is 8-5 in singles this season, and her 28 career singles wins are 10th-most in program history.
- Zegada is 8-4 in singles this season. Her 31 career singles wins are tied for seventh-most in program history.
- Schut is 10-2 in singles this season. She is 5-1 at both the No. 5 and No. 6 singles positions.
- Elizabeth Sobieski is 3-3 in singles this season.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 332-188 all-time as a college head coach, which includes 73 wins with the Lady Toppers. Davis ranks fourth in wins by a WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach. He is now two 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
- "Dayton is a program we have a great deal of respect for and, much like last season, we are expecting a battle that could come down to the last match." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the match against Dayton.
SERIES INFORMATION
- The Lady Toppers lead the all-time series against Dayton 5-0, with all five matches coming on the road. WKU defeated Dayton 4-3 last season.
SCOUTING THE FLYERS
- Dayton enters Saturday's match with a 7-7 overall record and an 0-1 mark in Atlantic 10 play.
- The Flyers have wins over Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Eastern Michigan, Saint Francis, Ashland, Southern Indiana and IU Indy.
- Dayton was picked eighth in the A-10 preseason poll, and junior Natalie Osiecki was named ot the Preseason All-Conference team.
- The Flyers are coached by Erica Echko.
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