EVANSVILLE, Ind. – WKU Women's Tennis defeated Southern Indiana 7-0 on Saturday at the Evansville Tennis Center.
The Lady Toppers improved to 4-4 this season with the sweep over the Screaming Eagles (0-3).
HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles (Order of finish: 6,5,3,2,4,1)
- 1. Isabelle Einess (WKU) def. Antonia Ferrarini (USI) 7-5, 5-7, 10-6
- 2. Andra Sirbu (WKU) def. Rylie Wilkison (USI) 6-4, 7-5
- 3. Emily Schut (WKU) def. Sofia Davidoff (USI) 7-5, 6-3
- 4. Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Enna Krnjic (USI) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
- 5. Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Anais Negrail (USI) 6-2, 6-0
- 6. Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) def. Claire Meyer (USI) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles (Order of finish: 2,1)
- 1. Emily Schut/Andra Sirbu (WKU) def. Sofia Davidoff/Antonia Ferrarini (USI) 6-3
- 2. Barbara Olvera/Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Enna Krnjic/Rylie Wilkison (USI) 6-0
- 3. Anais Negrail/Claire Meyer (USI) vs. Isabelle Einess/Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) 4-4, unfinished
NOTABLES
- WKU improved to 4-4 overall this season with the win. The Lady Toppers are 1-2 in road matches this season.
- WKU is now 8-1-1 all-time against Southern Indiana, including wins in the last six meetings.
- WKU has now won the doubles point in four of its eight matches this spring. The Lady Toppers are 4-0 when winning the doubles point.
- WKU is now 11-10 in doubles matches overall this season. The Lady Toppers have been led by the duo of Barbara Olvera and Virginia Madueño, who are 5-1 together this season and have won the last four matches they have finished. The two are now 3-0 from the No. 2 doubles position.
- Emily Schut now has 18 doubles wins in her WKU career, which is tied for 13th-most all-time in program history.
- WKU is now 28-20 this season in singles matches.
- Madueño has led the Lady Toppers in singles this season. She is now 6-1 overall and 2-0 from the No. 4 position after Saturday's win. Madueño has won five consecutive singles matches.
- Andra Sirbu improved to 5-3 in singles play this season. She is 5-2 from the No. 2 position.
- Isabelle Einess and Ariadna Fernandez each improved to 4-3 in singles play this season. Einess has played all her matches at the No. 1 position, while Fernandez moved to 3-2 at No. 6.
- Olvera and Schut are now each 4-4 in singles play this season.
- WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis has 341 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 82 wins at WKU, which ranks third in program history. He is five wins from being tied with Betty Langley for second in coaching wins in program history.
QUOTABLE
- "Probably the best match we've put together this year. Southern Indiana has an exceptional team. I'm proud of how we fought hard at every position." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the win over Southern Indiana.
NEXT UP
- The Lady Toppers will be on the road for two matches in Richmond, Kentucky, starting with a 9 a.m. CT match against UNC-Asheville on Saturday, Feb. 14. WKU will also face Eastern Kentucky at 9 a.m. CT on Sunday, Feb. 15.
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