Tennis Heads to Virginia Tech for Sunday Showdown

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall women's tennis team looks to break its three-match losing streak Sunday when it faces the Virginia Tech Hokies at 4 p.m.

HAVE YOU HERD?
Marshall is playing its first road match since the season opener when it faces the Hokies in the second half of a doubleheader for the ACC school. Virginia Tech faces Delaware at 10 a.m.

Anna Smith and Daniela Dankanych each won a singles match and teamed to win a doubles match in the Herd's last outing against Louisville.

Marshall has four players with a singles record of at least .500 this spring, led by Smith and Victoria Walter, who each sport a 4-2 record. Dankanych and Madi Ballow are each 3-3 this season.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: VIRGINIA TECH
Virginia Tech has slumped to a 1-4 record through its first five matches of the season, losing each of its last three matches. The Hokies are coming off a 5-2 loss to Clemson Friday.

Natalie Novotna leads Virginia Tech as its lone ranked player, coming in at No. 121. Novotna won her match against Clemson at the No. 1 position in a super tiebreak. Nina Sorkin earned the Hokies' other point in their ACC opener against Clemson with a 6-1, 6-2 win at the No. 4 spot.

Virginia Tech returns eight players from its 2018 team that went 14-12 but most of the returning talent is either at the lower positions in the lineup or from players who did not see much action last year.

Novotna, Nika Kozar and Sorkin are the Hokies' top returning players, but the losses of Katherine Butler, Elena Cerezo-Codina and Caroline Daxhelet to graduation along means Virginia Tech is replacing half of its singles lineup from last year.

SERIES HISTORY
Virginia Tech has a 15-6 in the overall series and won the last match contested between the teams, a 6-1 win in 2018 in Huntington. Marshall won the last contested match in Blacksburg, 5-2, with the Hokies last beating the Thundering Herd on their own home court in 2015.

UP NEXT
Marshall returns home for a two-match weekend against Furman on Friday at 4 p.m. and Penn State on Feb. 17 at 11 a.m.

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Tennis Heads to Virginia Tech for Sunday Showdown

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Players Mentioned

Madi Ballow

Daniela Dankanych

Anna Smith

Victoria Walter

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