BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis claimed a 4-1 victory over Jax State and a 7-0 victory over Southern Indiana on Sunday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
The wins moved the Lady Toppers to 9-4 overall, 7-3 at home and 1-0 against Conference USA teams this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
WKU 4, Jax State 1
Singles (Order of finish: 4,2,1,3)
- 1. Polina Ramenskaja (JSU) def. Rachel Hermanova (WKU) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
- 2. Sofia Blanco (WKU) def. Lea Erenda (JSU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
- 3. Mia Miranda (WKU) def. Anna Syrova (JSU) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3)
- 4. Sunskrithi Damera (WKU) def. Aneka Patel (JSU) 6-0, 6-1
- 5. Mariana Zegada (WKU) vs. Irene Artigas (JSU) 4-6, 7-5, unfinished
- 6. Emily Schut (WKU) vs. Zuzana Pavelekova (JSU) 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, unfinished
Doubles (Order of finish: 3,2)
- 1. Mia Miranda/Emily Schut (WKU) vs. Polina Ramenskaja/Zuzana Pavelekova (JSU) 5-3, unfinished
- 2. #85 Sofia Blanco/Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Irene Artigas/Aneka Patel (JSU) 6-3
- 3. Sunskrithi Damera/Mariana Zegada (WKU) def. Lea Erenda/Ava Thomason (JSU) 6-0
WKU 7, Southern Indiana 0
Singles (Order of finish: 6,4,1,2,5,3)
- 1. Sofia Blanco (WKU) def. Anais Negrail (USI) 6-2, 6-1
- 2. Mia Miranda (WKU) def. Antonia Ferrarini (USI) 6-0, 6-2
- 3. Sunskrithi Damera (WKU) def. Sofia Davidoff (USI) 6-4, 6-2
- 4. Mariana Zegada (WKU) def. Rylie Wilkison (USI) 6-1, 6-3
- 5. Emily Schut (WKU) def. Madison Windham (USI) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
- 6. Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) def. Elle Dewees (USI) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles (Order of finish: 3,2)
- 1. Mia Miranda/Emily Schut (WKU) vs. Antonia Ferrarini/Sofia Davidoff (USI) 4-1, unfinished
- 2. #85 Sofia Blanco/Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Anais Negrail/Madison Windham (USI) 6-0
- 3. Elizabeth Sobieski/Mariana Zegada (WKU) def. Lily Meyer/Abby Myers (USI) 6-0
NOTABLES
- WKU is now 9-4 overall, 7-3 at home and 1-0 against CUSA opponents after the victories over Jax State and Southern Indiana on Sunday.
- The Lady Toppers are now 1-0 all-time against Jax State.
- WKU is now 7-1-1 all-time against Southern Indiana, with wins in the last five meetings.
- The matches were the fourth and fifth in WKU's current nine-match homestand. WKU has gone 4-1 during the homestand, with wins over Missouri State, Eastern Illinois, Jax State and Southern Indiana. The loss came against Samford, 4-3.
- WKU's seven home wins are tied for 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 now won the doubles point in nine of its 13 matches this season, after claiming the doubles point in both matches on Sunday.
- No. 85 Sofia Blanco and Rachel Hermanova improved to 7-5 together this season in doubles.
- Blanco's doubles wins were the 44th and 45th of her WKU career. She is second on WKU's career doubles wins list.
- Hermanova's doubles wins were the 22nd and 23rd of her career. She ranks 12th in program history in the category and is one win away from being tied for 11th in program history in career doubles wins.
- Mariana Zegada claimed the 36th and 37th doubles wins of her career, putting her in a tie for third on the program's career doubles wins list with Cora-Lynn von Dungern.
- Blanco has won six straight singles matches and is now 10-2 this season. She is now at 50 career singles wins, which is second-most in program history.
- Mia Miranda improved to 7-5 in singles this season with her two wins on Sunday.
- Zegada improved to 6-4 this season in singles and now has 29 career singles wins, which ranks ninth in program history. She is now one win away from being tied for eighth.
- Sunskrithi Damera has now won six consecutive singles matches and is 7-3 this season. She now has 27 career singles wins, which is 10th-most in program history.
- Emily Schut improved to 9-1 this season with her win over Southern Indiana.
- Elizabeth Sobieski claimed her second singles win with the Lady Toppers with her win over Southern Indiana.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 331-186 all-time as a college head coach, which includes 72 wins with the Lady Toppers. Davis ranks fourth in wins by a WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach. He is now three 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.
QUOTABLES
- "What a great win over Jacksonville State in our first conference match of the year. They're a very good team, Jacksonville State is, and we knew this was going to be a very difficult match. Really proud of the way we played in doubles, and then we came out and played very well and won a lot of first sets. I think that's the key always. When you win that doubles point, if you can come out, and especially when you're at home – I think we won four first sets – once we did, that put ourselves in a position to win the match because that put a lot of pressure on Jacksonville State. Again, they're a great team. This is our best match of the year by far." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the 4-1 win over Jax State.
- "It was good winning today and getting two good wins. Coming into this match, we talked about starting off March with some momentum – our goal each month is to have a winning record – so to get off to a 2-0 start, get a good conference win over a really good Jax State team in the first match and then follow it up. We were fatigued in the second match, but we fought through and gave a good effort, I thought. It was good that we got to give everybody a chance to play. That's going to really help us as we go through the rest of the season." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on winning both matches in the doubleheader on Sunday.
- "I think we came in with a lot of energy for our first conference match against Jacksonville (State). We were all cheering ourselves up and just playing hard and our attitude made a difference." – WKU Women's Tennis Senior Sofia Blanco, on the wins over Jax State and Southern Indiana.
- "We definitely had a lot of tenacity. It's tough coming in after close ones, but just to come in swinging hard, playing hard, it is why the matches went our way today." – WKU Women's Tennis junior Elizabeth Sobieski, on the wins over Jax State and Southern Indiana.
NEXT UP
- The Lady Toppers will face FIU on Friday, March 7, in the sixth match of a nine-match homestand. The match is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. CT.
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