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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will travel to El Paso, Texas, for a match against UTEP on Wednesday, March 19, at 1 p.m. CT at the El Paso Tennis Club.
MATCH INFO
- WKU (12-6 overall, 1-1 CUSA) at UTEP (6-4 overall, 0-1 CUSA)
- Wednesday, March 19 | 1 p.m. CT
- El Paso Tennis Club | El Paso, Texas
- Social: @WKUTennis | @WKUSports
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- WKU enters Wednesday's match with a 12-6 overall record, a 2-1 road record and a 1-1 record against CUSA teams. The Lady Toppers defeated Jax State 4-1 and fell to FIU 4-0, both at home.
- The Lady Toppers have won their last three matches, which ties the team's longest streak this season.
- Senior Sofia Blanco has 101 combined singles and doubles wins, which is a program record. She became the first player in program history to reach 100 combined singles and doubles wins with her doubles victory over UT Southern on Monday.
- Senior Rachel Hermanova has 87 combined singles and doubles wins, which ranks second in program history.
- Senior Mariana Zegada has 70 combined singles and doubles wins, which is fifth-most in program history and one away from being tied for third.
- WKU has won the doubles point in 13 of its 18 matches this season. The Lady Toppers are 10-3 when winning the doubles point.
- Mia Miranda and Emily Schut at 11-4 in doubles play together this season, including 7-3 at the No. 1 position.
- Blanco and Hermanova are 11-6 together in doubles this season and have won their last four matches.
- Blanco has 49 career doubles wins, which ranks second in program history behind the 56 doubles wins by Samantha Martinez from 2020-24.
- Hermanova has 27 career doubles wins, which is tied for eighth-most in program history.
- Zegada and Sunskrithi Damera are 5-2 together in doubles this season, all from the No. 3 doubles position.
- Zegada has 38 career doubles wins, which is third-most in program history.
- Hermanova is 11-5 in singles this season from the No. 1 position and has won her last three matches. Her 60 career singles wins are a program record.
- Blanco is 12-4 in singles this season, with an 11-4 record at the No. 2 position. Her 52 career singles wins are second-most in program history.
- Mia MIranda is 10-7 in singles this season.
- Zegada is 9-5 in singles this season. Her 32 career singles wins are tied for fifth-most in program history with Paola Cortez and Olga Kosaka.
- Damera enters Wednesday's match with a 10-5 record in singles this season. She has won her last three matches, and her 30 career singles wins at WKU are tied for ninth-most in program history with Andreanna Christopoulou.
- Emily Schut is 12-2 in singles this season and has won three straight matches. She has a 7-1 record at the No. 6 position and a 5-1 record at the No. 5 position.
- The 12 singles wins this season by Blanco and Schut are tied for 14th-most in a single season in program history.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 334-188 all-time as a college head coach, which includes 75 wins with the Lady Toppers. Davis is tied for third in program history in wins by a WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach with Laura Hudspeth, who had 75 wins from 1991-2000. 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
- "They're a very talented team. They were a very good team last year and I think this team is even better. We know we're in for a very difficult match there on Wednesday." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the match at UTEP.
SERIES INFORMATION
- WKU has a 2-0 record all-time against UTEP. The Lady Toppers beat the Miners 4-0 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, during the 2023 season, and also took down UTEP 4-1 in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2018.
SCOUTING THE MINERS
- UTEP enters Wednesday's match with a 6-4 overall record, with wins over Western New Mexico, Weber State, UTPB, Lamar, Southern and Nicholls State.
- The Miners are 0-1 against CUSA opponents. They fell 4-1 at New Mexico State on Feb. 28.
- UTEP is coached by Ivan Fernandez, who is in his eighth season in that role and has 49 victories as the program's head coach.
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