University of Memphis Athletics
Saturday, March 18
Houston, TX
12:00 pm
University of Memphis
at
University of Houston
Photo by: Joe Murphy
Women’s Tennis Playing Two in Texas
Mar 17, 2017 | Women's Tennis
MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis women's tennis team (7-4) is in Houston for the first of a pair of matches. The Lady Tigers will face conference foe Houston (8-7, 1-1 American), Saturday, at noon, then will stay in town for a Sunday match at #38 ranked Rice (8-4), at 11 a.m.
About Memphis (7-4)
This will be the first American Athletic Conference foe that Memphis has faced this season. With no conference schedule, Memphis will face just two league foes before the conference championship tournament in Orlando in April, playing at Cincinnati on Apr. 8th.
Memphis has won four in a row heading in to the conference opener. Freshman Katherine Cao and senior Marta Morga have helped generate points from the bottom half of the singles lineup. Cao is on a five match win streak and has gone 8-1 in dual season play, including a 7-1 mark at five. Morga has won four straight and is 6-4 in dual season singles play, including a 4-3 mark at four singles.
In the top half of the Lady Tigers' single lineup has been headed by junior Hanna Sohn over the last few matches. Sohn has responded with a 2-0 mark at one singles to improve to 6-3 there for the spring, while Anki Wind has posted a 3-0 mark at two singles to improve to 5-4 for the spring.
Memphis' doubles lineup has been frequently changing over the last four matches as the Lady Tigers search for a way to get the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead in dual season matches. The team of Morga and Sohn are 3-0 at three doubles, but Memphis has used four different doubles combinations at two and three at one while searching for the doubles spark.
About Houston (8-7, 1-1 American)
The Cougars have a winning streak of their own heading in to the Saturday showdown. Including a conference win on the road at UConn in their last outing, Houston has won four of its last five matches, with the lone loss being a 4-0 loss to #39 ranked Nebraska, a team Memphis saw this fall at a tournament at Mizzou.
Tsveta Dimitrova and Sveva Mazzari each have eight singles win on the top third of the lineup. Dimitrova is 8-2 at one singles, while Mazzari is 8-3 at two. Dimitrova has won four straight, while Mazzari and Constande Nicolaou each have three-match winning streaks. Nicolaou is 5-3 at five singles and is 6-5 in dual season singles play so far this season.
About Rice (8-4)
Rice comes in to the meeting with the Lady Tigers in the national rankings at #38. The Owls' have used a few different singles lineups, but Priya Niezgoda is the one constant, carrying a five match winning streak in to the weekend and a 5-0 mark at six singles. Atop the lineup, Lindsey Hodge is 3-1, while Wendy Zhang is 4-3. Both have also played matches at two, with Hodge carrying a 4-2 record and Zhang a 2-1 mark.
Savannah Durkin is also bringing a five match winning streak in and has improved to 6-2 in dual season play. She is 4-1 at five singles, 1-0 at four and 1-1 at six.
Live scoring and video from the Rice match will be available at: http://www.riceowls.com/facilities/tennis-livestats.html
About Memphis (7-4)
This will be the first American Athletic Conference foe that Memphis has faced this season. With no conference schedule, Memphis will face just two league foes before the conference championship tournament in Orlando in April, playing at Cincinnati on Apr. 8th.
Memphis has won four in a row heading in to the conference opener. Freshman Katherine Cao and senior Marta Morga have helped generate points from the bottom half of the singles lineup. Cao is on a five match win streak and has gone 8-1 in dual season play, including a 7-1 mark at five. Morga has won four straight and is 6-4 in dual season singles play, including a 4-3 mark at four singles.
In the top half of the Lady Tigers' single lineup has been headed by junior Hanna Sohn over the last few matches. Sohn has responded with a 2-0 mark at one singles to improve to 6-3 there for the spring, while Anki Wind has posted a 3-0 mark at two singles to improve to 5-4 for the spring.
Memphis' doubles lineup has been frequently changing over the last four matches as the Lady Tigers search for a way to get the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead in dual season matches. The team of Morga and Sohn are 3-0 at three doubles, but Memphis has used four different doubles combinations at two and three at one while searching for the doubles spark.
About Houston (8-7, 1-1 American)
The Cougars have a winning streak of their own heading in to the Saturday showdown. Including a conference win on the road at UConn in their last outing, Houston has won four of its last five matches, with the lone loss being a 4-0 loss to #39 ranked Nebraska, a team Memphis saw this fall at a tournament at Mizzou.
Tsveta Dimitrova and Sveva Mazzari each have eight singles win on the top third of the lineup. Dimitrova is 8-2 at one singles, while Mazzari is 8-3 at two. Dimitrova has won four straight, while Mazzari and Constande Nicolaou each have three-match winning streaks. Nicolaou is 5-3 at five singles and is 6-5 in dual season singles play so far this season.
About Rice (8-4)
Rice comes in to the meeting with the Lady Tigers in the national rankings at #38. The Owls' have used a few different singles lineups, but Priya Niezgoda is the one constant, carrying a five match winning streak in to the weekend and a 5-0 mark at six singles. Atop the lineup, Lindsey Hodge is 3-1, while Wendy Zhang is 4-3. Both have also played matches at two, with Hodge carrying a 4-2 record and Zhang a 2-1 mark.
Savannah Durkin is also bringing a five match winning streak in and has improved to 6-2 in dual season play. She is 4-1 at five singles, 1-0 at four and 1-1 at six.
Live scoring and video from the Rice match will be available at: http://www.riceowls.com/facilities/tennis-livestats.html
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