Marshall Tennis Kicks off Weekend Against Winthrop

MATCH 12
Marshall vs Winthrop
Friday, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m.
Huntington Tennis Club

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall (7-4) women's tennis is set to face Winthrop (1-5) Friday, Feb 28 at 4 p.m. for the first home match of the weekend.

HAVE YOU HERD?
Marshall defeated North Texas 4-3 last weekend in a nail biter. It was Madison Riley who secured the win after going into the third set tiebreaker.

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 girls 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: Winthrop
The Eagles collected its first conference and season win last weekend against Hampton University, 7-0.

Senior Alisa Soloveva won her No. 1 singles match up for the fourth time in six matches. Freshmen Samantha Nanere and Angela Georgieva won their first collegiate singles wins with victories at No. 5 and No. 6.

SERIES HISTORY
Winthrop leads the series, 5-4 and the last time the two teams faced off was in 2018 and Winthrop won, 7-0.

UP NEXT
Marshall women's tennis will face Miami (OH) on Sunday, March 1 at 11 a.m. at the Huntington Tennis Center.

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Marshall Tennis Kicks off Weekend Against Winthrop

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Players Mentioned

Madi Ballow

Madison Riley

Liz Stefancic

Jutte Van Hansewyck

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