BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will open play in the 2025 Conference USA Women's Tennis Championship with a 12 p.m. CT quarterfinal match against Louisiana Tech on Thursday at the Liberty Tennis Complex in Lynchburg, Virginia.
MATCH INFO
- WKU (15-9 overall, 2-3 CUSA) vs. Louisiana Tech (17-8 overall, 5-0 CUSA)
- Thursday, April 17 | 12 p.m. CT
- Liberty Tennis Complex | Lynchburg, Va.
- Watch: ESPN+
- Live Stats: ionCourt
- Social: @WKUTennis | @WKUSports
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- WKU closed the regular season with a 15-9 overall record after claiming wins in the last two matches. The 15 wins are tied for third-most in a single season in program history.
- WKU went 12-6 at home during the regular season. The 12 home wins were tied for most in a single season in program history.
- WKU has 62 wins over the last four seasons, which is the most the program has recorded over a four-year stretch in its history.
- Senior Sofia Blanco has 108 combined career singles and doubles wins, which is a program record.
- Senior Rachel Hermanova has 92 combined career singles and doubles wins, which is second-most in program history.
- Senior Mariana Zegada has 75 combined singles and doubles wins, which is third-most in program history.
- WKU has won the doubles point in 16 of its 24 matches this season. The Lady Toppers are 13-3 when winning the doubles point.
- Blanco and Hermanova are 14-8 together in doubles this season, including 5-4 from the No. 1 position.
- Blanco has 52 career doubles wins, which is second in program history. She trails only Samantha Martinez, who had 56 career doubles wins from 2020-24.
- Hermanova has 30 career doubles wins, which is eighth-most in program history.
- Emily Schut and Mariana Zegada have played doubles together at the No. 2 position for the last four matches. The two are 2-1 together.
- Zegada has 41 career doubles wins, which is third-most in program history.
- Blanco, Hermanova and Schut each have 14 doubles wins this season, which is tied for eighth-most in a single season in program history.
- Hermanova is 13-7 in singles this season, all from the No. 1 position. Her 62 career singles wins are a program record.
- Blanco is 16-6 in singles this season, including 15-6 from the No. 2 position. Her 56 career singles wins are second-most in program history, and her 16 wins this season are fifth-most in a single season in program history.
- Zegada is 11-5 in singles this season. She has played her last five matches from the No. 3 position. Her 34 caterer singles wins are fifth-most in program history.
- Sunskrithi Damera is 11-7 in singles this season. Her 31 career singles wins are tied for eighth-most in program history.
- Schut is 15-4 in singles this season, playing at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions. Her 15 wins are tied for sixth-most in a single season in program history.
- Elizabeth Sobieski is 4-5 in singles this season and 4-3 front he No. 6 position.
- Hermanova was named the CUSA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday. It was the fifth weekly award the Lady Toppers have won this season, which more than doubles the previous record of CUSA weekly awards the program has received in a season. It was the third CUSA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week award the program has received this season, which is also a record, and it was the second week in a row WKU has had a player named the CUSA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week.
- Head Coach Greg Davis is 337-191 all-time as a college head coach, which includes 78 wins with the Lady Toppers. Davis is third on the program's 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
- "Louisiana Tech is a great team – very deep and well-coached. I'm proud of the team for getting a bye two years in a row. It is a great accomplishment and reward for a great regular season record." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the CUSA quarterfinal match against Louisiana Tech.
SERIES INFORMATION
- The Lady Toppers hold a 6-5 record against Louisiana Tech all-time, but the Bulldogs have claimed the last two meetings, including a 4-0 win in last year's CUSA Tournament quarterfinals. Four of the last five meetings between the two programs have come in conference tournaments.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
- Louisiana Tech went 17-8 overall and 5-0 against CUSA opponents during the regular season. The Bulldogs closed the regular-season on a five-match winning streak.
- The Bulldogs picked up conference wins over New Mexico State, Sam Houston, Kennesaw State, Liberty and UTEP.
- Louisiana Tech is the No. 3 seed for the tournament, which is the program's highest seed since joining CUSA.
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