Women’s Tennis Hosting Two Wednesday

Wednesday, March 15

Memphis, Tenn.

9:00 am

University of Memphis

Lamar University

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Mar 14, 2017 | Women's Tennis

Memphis hosting Lamar at 9 a.m. and Missouri State at 3 p.m.

By: Tammy DeGroff

MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis women's tennis team (5-4) will host a pair of non-conference matches, Wednesday, at The Racquet Club of Memphis. Memphis will host Lamar at 9 a.m. and then will wrap up the four-match home slate with a 3 p.m. match against Missouri State.

About Memphis (5-4)

Memphis has used this four-match home stand to build a two-match winning streak heading in to Wednesday's doubleheader. The Tigers beat Jackson State and Southern Illinois by identical 6-1 scores earlier in this home stand.
Anki Wind moved to two singles for the last win against Southern Illinois and moved back to a lead for singles wins on the year with 14 with a straight set victory. Wins is now 3-4 in dual season play and 14-7 overall.
The junior won a super tiebreak for her first win at one singles against Southern Illinois and is now 5-3 in dual season play and 13-8 overall.
Freshman Katherine Cao is the other Lady Tiger at 14 wins already this season. Cao is 6-1 at five singles and has won three straight matches, the longest streak on the roster.
Seniors Gabrielle Paul and Marta Morga will have just one home match left after Wednesday's match and are looking to close their Memphis careers in style. Paul's win at three singles against SIU sealed the team win and pushed her to 3-3 on the year at three and to 6-13 overall. Morga is back to 8-8 on the year and is 3-3 at four singles having dropped just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 win in the SIU victory.
The last two matches in this winning streak have also seen the Memphis doubles lineups shuffled. Katherine Cao and Paul are now 2-0 at one doubles while Morga has teamed with Hanna Sohn at three doubles, where they are 2-0 and Josephine Cao and Wind have played at two, where they are 1-1.

About Lamar (6-3)

Lamar is 6-3 now and is coming off a 4-3 home win over Cleveland State on Monday.
Katya Lapayeva leads the singles lineup at one singles, with a 6-2 mark.
Jasmin Buchta is also 6-2, but at number three, to give the Cardinals some points from the top half of the lineup.
Lamar dropped all three doubles matches in the win over Cleveland State. The three pairing of Jasmin Buchta and Hanna Elfving are 7-1 at three doubles to lead the team. Lapayeva and Anna Spengler are 3-2 at one doubles, but are looking to snap a two-match losing streak.
Lamar will remain in Memphis and will play Christian Brothers in a 3 p.m. non-conference match on Wednesday afternoon.
This is the sixth overall meeting between Memphis and Lamar. The Tigers lead the overall series, 3-2, including the last two matches in 1999 and 2001.

About Missouri State (4-8, 0-1 Missouri Valley Conference)

Missouri State is playing its first match since March 4^th on Wednesday.
The Bears are looking to snap a five-match losing streak. The last MSU victory was on Feb. 17^th against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Alye Darter has gone 5-2 at one singles, 1-0 at two and 1-3 at three. She is looking to snap a two-match losing streak.
No other Bear has a winning record in dual season singles play yet this year. Alexia Meyer is 5-6 so far this spring, while Phoebe Boeschen is working toward .500 with a 5-7 overall mark
This is the eighth matchup between Memphis and Missouri State in women's tennis. Missouri State leads the overall series, 4-3, but the two teams have not met since 1997.