BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will continue its six-match homestand with matches against SEMO on Friday, Feb. 27, and against Belmont on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
The Lady Toppers are coming off a 6-1 win over Butler last Sunday in the first match of the homestand. Friday's match against the Redhawks is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. CT, while Saturday's match against the Bruins is slated for a 2 p.m. CT start.
MATCH INFO
WKU (6-5 overall, 0-0 CUSA) vs. SEMO (5-8 overall, 0-0 OVC)
- Friday, Feb. 27 | 4 p.m. CT
- Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
- Free Admission
- Social: @WKUTennis | @WKUSports
WKU vs. Belmont (1-6 overall, 0-0 MVC)
- Saturday, Feb. 28 | 2 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 this weekend's matches with a 6-5 overall record and a 4-2 record at home this season.
- The Lady Toppers are coming off of a 6-1 win over Butler on Sunday, in which the Lady Toppers claimed the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, and also picked up singles victories from Isabelle Einess, Emily Schut, Virginia Madueño, Barbara Olvera and Ariadna Fernandez.
- WKU has a 40-25 record overall in singles matches this season.
- Madueño has led the Lady Toppers in singles matches this season. She has won eight straight singles matches and is 9-1 overall, with a 5-0 record at No. 4 and a 4-1 record at No. 5.
- Schut has a 7-4 record in singles play this season. She has won four consecutive matches and is 4-3 from the No. 3 position. Schut has 22 singles wins in her WKU career.
- Einess and Fernandez are each 6-4 in singles play this season. Einess has played all of her matches at the No. 1 position, while Fernandez has seen most of her action at No. 6, where she has gone 5-3.
- Andra Sirbu has gone 6-5 in singles play this season, with all but one match played at the No. 2 position, and Barbara Olvera improved to 5-5 in singles with her win against Butler from the No. 5 position, where she is 2-1.
- 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.
- Olvera and Madueño have been the top performing doubles team for WKU this spring. The two are 6-3 overall and 4-2 from the No. 2 position.
- Emily Schut has five doubles wins this season and 19 in her WKU career, which ranks 13th in program history.
- 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.
QUOTABLE
- "Two really difficult opponents Friday and Saturday. SEMO is a very talented team that is always well coached and in the hunt for an NCAA Tournament spot every year. Belmont is much improved and very deep in the lineup with no major weaknesses. We invite Hilltopper Nation to attend these two pivotal matches this weekend at Buchanon Park." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Greg Davis, on the upcoming matches against SEMO and Belmont.
SERIES INFORMATION
SEMO
- WKU holds a 5-2 record all-time against SEMO. The Lady Toppers have won back-to-back meetings with the Redhawks and four of the last five, including a 5-2 victory in each of the last two seasons in Bowling Green.
Belmont
- The Lady Toppers trail in the all-time series against Belmont 17-14. WKU has wins over the Bruins in each of the last four seasons, including a 5-2 win last year, and the Lady Toppers have won eight of the last 10 matches between the two programs.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
SEMO
- SEMO enters Friday's match with a 5-8 overall record.
- The Redhawks have wins at Northern Iowa, at Drake, at Missouri-St. Louis, against Tennessee Southern and at Belmont this season.
- SEMO is coached by Steve Brooks. He is in his second season leading the program.
Belmont
- Belmont is currently 1-6. The Bruins are scheduled to host Chattanooga on Friday before the trip to WKU on Saturday.
- Belmont posted a 6-1 win at Tennessee State in its most recent match.
- The Bruins are coached by Ellie Burger, who is in her second season leading the program.
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