BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis swept Campbellsville 7-0 on Thursday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
The Lady Toppers improved to 10-12 overall this season with the win over the Tigers (8-5). With the win, WKU has now won double-digit matches in five consecutive seasons for the second time in program history, while Head Coach Greg Davis became the second-winningest head coach in program history with his 88th victory leading the Lady Toppers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles (Order of finish: 4,1,3,2,6,5)
- 1. Isabelle Einess (WKU) def. Ekaterina Amosova (CU) 6-0, 6-1
- 2. Emily Schut (WKU) def. Belen Cavallero (CU) 6-1, 6-1
- 3. Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Valentina Curli (CU) 6-1, 6-0
- 4. Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Jimena Palomo (CU) 6-1, retired
- 5. Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) def. Evdokiia Volkova (CU) 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 10-4
- 6. Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) def. Miho Akita (CU) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles (Order of finish: 3,1)
- 1. Emily Schut/Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Miho Akita/Jimena Palomo (CU) 6-0
- 2. Barbara Olvera/Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) vs. Evdokiia Volkova/Belen Cavallero (CU) 3-0, unfinished
- 3. Isabelle Einess/Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) def. Ekaterina Amosova/Valentina Curli (CU) 6-0
NOTABLES
- WKU improves to 10-12 overall with the win and 8-5 in home matches this season.
- The Lady Toppers are now 8-1 all-time against Campbellsville.
- With the win, WKU has now finished with at least 10 wins in each of the last five seasons. It is the second time the program has accomplished the feat, also doing so between the 2009-13 seasons.
- The Lady Toppers have won 72 matches during that five-year period, which is the highest win total over a five-year period in program history.
- With the win, Head Coach Greg Davis moved to second place on the Lady Topper Tennis career coaching wins list with 88 wins. Davis has 347 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.
- The Lady Toppers have now won the doubles point in seven matches this season. WKU is 7-0 when winning the doubles point.
- Emily Schut and Virginia Madueño picked up their first doubles win together this season.
- Madueño now has eight doubles wins this spring.
- The doubles win was the eighth of the season for Schut and the 22nd of her WKU career, which ranks 13th in program history.
- Isabelle Einess and Elizabeth Sobieski are now 5-5 together in doubles this season and 4-3 at the No. 3 position. It was Einess' seventh doubles win of the season and Sobieski's fifth.
- Einess improved to 9-9 in singles play this season, with all matches played at the No. 1 position.
- Schut improved to 9-10 in singles this season. It was her second win at the No. 2 singles position. Schut now has 24 career singles wins at WKU, which ranks tied for 13th in program history.
- Madueño improved to a team-best 14-4 in singles this season, including a 4-1 record at the No. 3 position.
- Barbara Olvera is now 10-9 in singles this season. It was her third win at the No. 4 position.
- Ariadna Fernandez improved to 9-6 in singles this season and 2-2 at the No. 5 position.
- Elizabeth Sobieski improved to 4-5 in singles this season, with all coming at the No. 6 position.
QUOTABLES
- "It was good to get back in the winning column today. I thought everybody performed pretty well. In doubles, it was good to see us play well today and we've been looking for that for quite some time. Doubles had been improving, so it was good to get the doubles point today, especially with two tough matches coming up in Austin Peay and Senior Day next week with Middle Tennessee before we go to the conference tournament. We have two real difficult teams coming up, but we are certainly happy to get across the finish line and get a W today." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the win over Campbellsville.
- "Energy is really big and I think getting the doubles point is huge because we start out the match with momentum and then you can go into singles with all that confidence." – WKU Women's Tennis redshirt freshman Isabelle Einess, on the key to Thursday's win.
- "It's really amazing. I'm really glad my time here has an impact. I really want to help continue the legacy so those that come after me can have the same experience and hopefully even better." – WKU Women's Tennis senior Elizabeth Sobieski, on the program reaching double-digit wins for the fifth straight season.
NEXT UP
- The Lady Toppers will be the visiting team for a match against Austin Peay on Saturday, April 4, at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park. The match is scheduled to begin at noon CT.
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