Marshall University Athletics
Friday, February 21
Huntington, W.Va.
4:00 PM
Marshall University
vs
North Texas
Photo by: Cody Linn
Marshall Women’s Tennis Hosts First Home Contest of the Season
2/20/2020 5:38:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Tennis faces North Texas in Huntington on Friday
MATCH TEN
Marshall vs North Texas
Friday Feb. 21 at 4 p.m.
Huntington, West Virginia
LIVE STATS:
Live stats will be available at this website:
https://herdzone.com/sports/womens-tennis
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall (6-3) women's tennis faces North Texas (7-2) Friday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in its first home dual of 2020 season.
HAVE YOU HERD?
Marshall ended the nine-match game away stretch with a 6-1 win against Fordham. Anna Smith and Madison Riley both had doubles and singles wins.
Liz Stefancic and Jutte Van Hansewyck pulled off a doubles win against the No. 3 ranked doubles team in the country last weekend against Yale. Both women were named Conference USA Co-Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week.
Although Marshall lost in Yale Friday, Madi Ballow and Riley both collected singles wins.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: NORTH TEXAS
The Mean Green women's tennis team is coming off of a 7-0 sweep against UTEP and a 4-3 victory vs Louisiana Tech. North Texas sits at 7-2 on the season and 2-0 in conferences play.
All six of the singles matches were won in straight sets. Junior Nidhi Surapaneni and sophomore Maria Ponomareva had perfect weeks in singles. Ponomareva also had a huge comeback against UNT earlier last week, down 5-2 in the third set, she fought back and beat her opponent 7-5.
SERIES HISTORY
North Texas currently leads the series, 2-0. The last time Marshall faced North Texas, North Texas came out victorious, 4-3. That match was in March 2019, in Texas.
UP NEXT
Marshall women's tennis will face FIU in the second match of the weekend on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 11:00 a.m, in Huntington.
FOLLOW THE #HERDFAMILY
For the latest information on Marshall women's tennis, follow on Twitter at @Herd_Tennis, on Facebook at Herd Tennis and online at HerdZone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android.
Marshall vs North Texas
Friday Feb. 21 at 4 p.m.
Huntington, West Virginia
LIVE STATS:
Live stats will be available at this website:
https://herdzone.com/sports/womens-tennis
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall (6-3) women's tennis faces North Texas (7-2) Friday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in its first home dual of 2020 season.
HAVE YOU HERD?
Marshall ended the nine-match game away stretch with a 6-1 win against Fordham. Anna Smith and Madison Riley both had doubles and singles wins.
Liz Stefancic and Jutte Van Hansewyck pulled off a doubles win against the No. 3 ranked doubles team in the country last weekend against Yale. Both women were named Conference USA Co-Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week.
Although Marshall lost in Yale Friday, Madi Ballow and Riley both collected singles wins.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: NORTH TEXAS
The Mean Green women's tennis team is coming off of a 7-0 sweep against UTEP and a 4-3 victory vs Louisiana Tech. North Texas sits at 7-2 on the season and 2-0 in conferences play.
All six of the singles matches were won in straight sets. Junior Nidhi Surapaneni and sophomore Maria Ponomareva had perfect weeks in singles. Ponomareva also had a huge comeback against UNT earlier last week, down 5-2 in the third set, she fought back and beat her opponent 7-5.
SERIES HISTORY
North Texas currently leads the series, 2-0. The last time Marshall faced North Texas, North Texas came out victorious, 4-3. That match was in March 2019, in Texas.
UP NEXT
Marshall women's tennis will face FIU in the second match of the weekend on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 11:00 a.m, in Huntington.
FOLLOW THE #HERDFAMILY
For the latest information on Marshall women's tennis, follow on Twitter at @Herd_Tennis, on Facebook at Herd Tennis and online at HerdZone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android.
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