BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will face Butler at 1:30 p.m. CT Sunday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park to open a six-match homestand.
MATCH INFO
- WKU (5-5 overall, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Butler (3-9 overall, 0-0 Big East)
- Sunday, Feb. 22 | 1:30 p.m. CT
- Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
- Free Admission
- Social: @WKUTennis | @WKUSports
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- WKU enters Sunday's match with a 5-5 overall record and a 3-2 record at home this season.
- The Lady Toppers are coming off a road trip to Richmond, Kentucky, last weekend, where they split matches against UNC Asheville and Eastern Kentucky. WKU beat the Bulldogs 5-2 on Saturday, Feb. 14, and lost to the Colonels 4-2 on Sunday.
- Virginia Madueño has led the Lady Toppers in singles play this season. The true freshman has won seven consecutive matches and is now 8-1 this season, with a 4-0 record at the No. 4 position and a 4-1 record at the No. 5 position.
- Andra Sirbu and Emily Schut are each 6-4 in singles play this season. Sirbu is 6-3 at the No. 2 position, while Schut has won her last three matches, which were played at the No. 3 position.
- Isabelle Einess and Ariadna Fernandez are each 5-4 in singles play this season. Einess has played all of her matches at the No. 1 position, while Fernandez is 4-3 at No. 6 and 1-1 at the No. 5 position.
- WKU has won the doubles point in four of its 10 matches. The Lady Toppers have won all four matches that they have won the doubles point.
- Barbara Olvera and Madueño have been the doubles team with the best record this season for WKU at 5-3. They are 3-2 at the No. 2 doubles positions and 2-1 at the No. 3 doubles position.
- Schut has 19 doubles wins in her WKU career. The 19 doubles wins rank 13th in program history.
- WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis has 342 career wins as a head coach. He entered the season tied for 23rd nationally in wins among active NCAA Division I Women's Tennis head coaches with at least five years as a Division I head coach, counting all victories as a coach at a four-year institution. Davis entered the season with a career winning percentage of .637, which ranked 36th among that group of coaches.
- Davis has collected 83 wins at WKU, which ranks third in program history. He is four wins from being tied with Betty Langley for second in coaching wins in program history.
- WKU's full 2026 schedule can be found HERE.
QUOTABLE
- "Butler is a very talented team out of the Big East Conference. Very strong team up top in their lineup, which always creates problems for their opponents. This is the first of a six-match homestand, so we are looking forward to a great crowd Sunday at 1:30 at Warren County Indoors." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the upcoming match against Butler.
SERIES INFORMATION
- WKU holds a 3-1 record all-time against Butler. The two programs have never met in Bowling Green. The Bulldogs won the last meeting, 4-3, in Indianapolis during the 2022 season.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
- Butler enters Sunday's match with a 3-9 overall record.
- The Bulldogs have wins over Marian, Bradley and IU Indy this season. Butler is coming off a 7-0 loss at Cincinnati on Saturday.
- Butler's Head Coach is Cassie Shultz. She has held that title since August 2024.
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