BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will be represented at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals by Isabelle Einess and Emily Schut. The event is scheduled to be played October 8-13 and will be hosted by the University of Cincinnati.
TOURNAMENT INFO
ITA Ohio Valley Regionals Draws
Women's Open Singles | Qualifying Draw
- Round of 64
- Emily Schut (WKU) vs. Sarah Stoyanov (Lipscomb)
- Date: Thursday, Oct. 8 | Time: 11 a.m. CT
Women's Open Singles | Main Draw
- Round of 64
- Isabelle Einess (WKU) vs. TBD
- Date: TBD | Time: TBD
Women's Open Doubles | Main Draw
- Round of 64
- Isabelle Einess/Emily Schut (WKU) vs. Elizabeth Fauchet/Sara Watanabe (Cincinnati)
- Date: TBD | Time: TBD
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- Isabelle Einess posted a 9-12 record in singles play during her first season with the Lady Toppers in 2026, playing all singles matches at the No. 1 position. She was 8-10 in doubles action, going 6-6 at No. 3, while adding a win each at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions.
- Emily Schut has spent two seasons at WKU. She has 24 singles wins in her WKU career, which is tied for 13th-most in program history, and she has 25 doubles wins in her WKU career, which is tied for 11th-most in program history. She was 9-12 in singles matches during the 2026 season, playing matches at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 positions during the year. Schut posted an 11-11 win in doubles last year, and her 11 doubles wins were tied for most on the team. She was 10-11 at the No. 1 doubles position and 1-0 at the No. 2 doubles position.
- Einess and Schut played two doubles matches together last season – both at the No. 1 position. The duo was 1-1 when playing together.
- The Lady Toppers finished the 2026 season with an 11-14 record, marking the fifth straight season the program has reached double-digit wins. It marks the second time in program history that WKU Women's Tennis has accomplished the feat, having previously done so from 2009-13.
- The Lady Toppers have won 73 matches over the last five seasons, which is the highest win total over a five-year period in program history.
- WKU won nine home matches during the 2026 season. The nine home wins ranked fourth in a single season in program history.
- Head Coach Greg Davis finished the 2026 season with 348 career wins as a head coach. He enters his ninth season at WKU with 89 wins, which ranks second in program history.
- "The regional tournament is always difficult with all the top players participating. We are excited to play in a great venue in Mason against the best!" – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis.
- "I'm super excited. I think it'll be a great test after a few weeks of good practice to see where my level stands at. I think it'll be very exciting to play matches again." – WKU Women's Tennis Senior Emily Schut.
- "I feel like we've had a couple of weeks of really good practice as a team. I'm excited to play the ITAs because I've never played it before, and I get to face some new opponents and just see how I'm feeling on the court and be able to work it out. I'm excited to play doubles with (Schut). It's something new all around and I'm just excited to compete." – WKU Women's Tennis redshirt sophomore Isabelle Einess.
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