BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will host Murray State and Tennessee State in a doubleheader on Sunday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
The match against the Racers is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. CT, and the match against the Tigers will follow at 6:15 p.m. CT.
MATCH INFO
Murray State (5-6 overall, 0-0 MVC) at WKU (9-5 overall, 1-1 CUSA)
- Sunday, March 9 | 1:30 p.m. CT
- Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
- Free Admission
Tennessee State (1-6 overall, 0-0 OVC) at WKU
- Sunday, March 9 | 6:15 p.m. CT
- Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
- Free Admission
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- WKU enters Sunday's doubleheader with a 9-5 overall record, a 7-4 home record and a 1-1 record against CUSA opponents.
- Sunday's matches are the seventh and eighth in a nine-match homestand for the Lady Toppers. WKU has gone 4-2 during the homestand, with wins over Missouri State, Eastern Illinois, Jax State and Southern Indiana. The losses came against Samford and FIU.
- 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.
- The Lady Toppers swept the most recent CUSA Women's Tennis weekly awards. Sofia Blanco was named the CUSA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week, and Blanco and Rachel Hermanova were named the CUSA Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week.
- WKU has won the doubles point in nine of its 14 matches this season.
- Emily Schut and Mia Miranda have led WKU in doubles this season with their 8-3 record together.
- Blanco and Hermanova enter Sunday's matches with a 7-6 record in doubles play.
- Blanco has 45 career doubles wins, which ranks second on WKU's career doubles wins list.
- Hermanova has 23 career doubles wins, which ranks 12th in program history and is one win away from being tied for 11th in program history in the category.
- Mariana Zegada has 37 career doubles wins, which is tied for third-most in program history with Cora-Lynn von Dungern.
- Hermanova is 8-4 this season in singles, with all matches coming at the No. 1 position. Her 57 career singles wins are a program record.
- Blanco is 10-3 in singles this season. Her 50 career singles wins are second-most in program history.
- Sunskrithi Damera enters Sunday's doubleheader with a 7-4 record in singles play. Her 27 career singles wins are 10th-most in program history.
- Mariana Zegada is 6-4 this season, and her 29 career singles wins rank ninth in program history. She is one win away from being tied for eighth.
- Emily Schut is 9-1 in singles this season, with wins in her last five finishes.
- Mia Miranda has gone 7-6 in singles play this season.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 331-187 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.
QUOTABLE
- "Very difficult match every time (WKU and Murray State) play each other. You can basically just throw the records out for both teams. You know going in it's going to be close. Then a very improved Tennessee State team after that. Doubleheader days are always challenging, especially when you have a rival like Murray State to start that day off." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on Sunday's matches.
SERIES INFORMATION
Murray State
- WKU trails the series with Murray State 19-5. The two teams have split the last two meetings, with WKU winning 4-3 in 2023 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Murray State winning 7-0 in 2024 in Murray, Kentucky.
Tennessee State
- WKU leads the all-time series with Tennessee State 32-1, with wins in the last 27 meetings. The Lady Toppers swept both matches of a doubleheader at the Warren County Tennis Facility last season, 7-0 and 4-0.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Murray State
- The Racers enter Sunday's match with a 5-6 overall record this season.
- Murray State has wins over Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, Bellarmine, Central Arkansas and Arkansas Tech this season.
- Murray State is coached by Jorge Caetano, who is in his 10th season leading the program.
Tennessee State
- The Tigers enter Sunday's match with a 1-6 record.
- Tennessee State's win came over Delta State, 5-2.
- John Trondson is in his first season as Tennessee State's Director of Tennis.
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