Lady Toppers Take Down Butler To Open Homestand

Sunday, February 22

Bowling Green, Ky.

1:30 p.m.

Western Kentucky University

Butler

2/22/2026 6:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis opened a six-match homestand with a 6-1 win over Butler on Sunday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.

The Lady Toppers (6-5) claimed the doubles point with wins from Barbara Olvera and Virginia Madueño at the No. 2 position and from Isabelle Einess and Ariadna Fernandez at the No. 3 position to start the match, then picked up singles wins from Einess, Emily Schut, Madueño, Olvera and Fernandez to take down the Bulldogs (3-10).

HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles (Order of finish:4,5,2,1,3,6)

1. Isabelle Einess (WKU) def. Chase Metcalf (BUT) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
2. Brooke Arlington (BUT) def. Andra Sirbu (WKU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
3. Emily Schut (WKU) def. Sophie Parr (BUT) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
4. Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Sienna Miles (BUT) 6-3, 6-3
5. Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Lauren Cook (BUT) 7-5, 6-0
6. Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) def. Elle Martin (BUT) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Doubles (Order of finish: 1,2,3)

1. Chase Metcalf/Brooke Arlington (BUT) def. Andra Sirbu/Emily Schut (WKU) 6-1
2. Barbara Olvera/Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Sophie Parr/Lauren Cook (BUT) 6-3
3. Isabelle Einess/Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) def. Sienna Miles/Jordan Schildcrout (BUT) 6-3

NOTABLES

WKU is now 6-5 overall this season and 4-2 at home.
The Lady Toppers are now 4-1 all-time against Butler.
WKU has won the doubles point in five of its 11 matches. The Lady Toppers have won all five matches in which they have won the doubles point.
Barbara Olvera and Virginia Madueño improved to 6-3 together in doubles this season and 4-2 from the No. 2 position.
Isabelle Einess and Ariadna Fernandez improved to 1-1 together in doubles this season, with both matches played at the No. 3 position.
WKU is now 40-25 overall in singles matches this season.
Einess improved to 6-4 in singles matches, with all matches played at the No. 1 position.
Emily Schut moved to 7-4 in singles this season, with a 4-3 record at the No. 3 position. She has won four consecutive matches and now has 22 singles wins in her Lady Topper Tennis career.
Madueño improved to 9-1 in singles this season with her eighth straight win. Madueño has posted a 5-0 record from the No. 4 position.
Olvera is now 5-5 this spring in singles matches.
Fernandez improved to 6-4 in singles matches, including 5-3 at the No. 6 position.
WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis has 343 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 84 wins at WKU, which ranks third in program history. He is three wins from being tied with Betty Langley for second in coaching wins in program history.

QUOTABLES

"Good win over a very good Big East team in Butler. It was what we expected. They were a very difficult team up top. Doubles was a challenge and we pulled through it at two and three. Really did a good job finishing the match at one with Isabelle and Emily at three. I'm proud of the team. Had a lot of tough matches and came out on top." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the win over Butler.
"It was very important because we came off a pretty solid weekend last weekend, and just being able to get a win at home with a couple of matches here coming up – just having the momentum going into those matches is very important." – WKU Women's Tennis sophomore Isabelle Einess, on starting the six-match homestand with a win.
"It was a really hard match for everyone. I think supporting each other and being loud was a key." – WKU Women's Tennis freshman Barbara Olvera, on the win over Butler.