BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis will play its first Conference USA opponent on Thursday when the Lady Toppers take on Sam Houston at 1 p.m. CT at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park to close out a six-match homestand.
MATCH INFO
- WKU (8-7 overall, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Sam Houston (3-9* overall, 0-0 CUSA)
- Thursday, March 12 | 1 p.m. CT
- Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park
- Free Admission
- Social: @WKUTennis | @WKUSports
ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS
- WKU enters Thursday's match with an 8-7 overall record and a 6-4 record at home this season.
- The Lady Toppers have gone 3-2 through the first five matches of their six-match homestand, with wins over Butler, Belmont and Tennessee State.
- WKU has gone 53-36 in singles matches this season.
- Virginia Madueño has led the Lady Toppers in singles matches this season. She has a 12-2 record and was on an 11-match winning streak before last week's match against Ball State, when she moved up in the lineup to the No. 2 position. Madueño has gone 2-0 at No. 3, 6-0 at No. 4 and 4-1 at No. 5.
- Isabelle Einess, Ariadna Fernandez and Barbara Olvera are each 8-6 in singles matches this season. Einess has played all of her matches at the No. 1 position. Olvera has a 5-1 record at the No. 5 position, where she has played the most, and Fernandez has appeared mainly at No. 6, where she is 7-4.
- Andra Sirbu is 8-7 in singles matches this season. She is 6-4 at No. 2 and 2-0 at No. 4.
- Emily Schut is 7-7 in singles this season. She has 22 singles wins during her WKU career.
- Elizabeth Sobieski is 2-2 in singles matches – all at the No. 6 position – and she is coming off a win against Ball State.
- The Lady Toppers have won the doubles point in six matches this season. They are 6-0 when winning the doubles point.
- The doubles teams of Olvera/Madueño and Einess/Sobieski have posted the best records for WKU this spring. Einess/Sobieski are 4-2, including 3-0 at No. 3, and Olvera/Madueño are 7-6, with a 5-4 record at No. 2 and a 2-1 mark at No. 3.
- 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 345 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 86 wins at WKU, which ranks third in program history. He is one win from being tied with Betty Langley for second in coaching wins in program history.
- The full 2026 WKU Women's Tennis schedule can be found HERE.
QUOTABLE
- "Sam Houston is probably the most improved team in the conference. The coaching staff has done a tremendous job in filling out the roster with depth and talent. We are looking forward to a large turnout Thursday at Buchanon Park from Hilltopper Nation." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the upcoming match against Sam Houston.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Thursday's match will be the first between WKU and Sam Houston.
SCOUTING THE BEARKATS
- *Sam Houston was 3-9 overall entering its road trip. The Bearkats were scheduled to face UT Southern on Tuesday. No results from the match were reported.
- The Bearkats had wins over Alcorn State, Southern Miss and Hardin-Simmons entering their current road trip.
- Sam Houston is coached by Rob Hubbard. He was named Sam Houston's eighth Women's Tennis Head Coach on July 11, 2016.
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