Tennis Heads to Las Vegas for Pair of Duals

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University tennis team (8-9) travels West to Las Vegas, Nevada, to take on UNLV on Friday and UTSA on Saturday.

MATCH INFORMATION VS. UNLV
Match Day: Thursday, Mar. 17
Match Time: 1:00 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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MATCH INFORMATION VS. MIAMI (OH)
Match Day: Friday, Mar. 18
Match Time: 1:00 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

HAVE YOU HERD?
The Herd took its dual on Saturday, 4-3, over the Miami (OH) RedHawks.

On court one in doubles, No. 67 Emma Vanderheyden and Liz Stefancic jumped out to a 5-0 lead on Brindtha Ramasamy and Sara Zalukar before splitting the final two games to win 6-1. Then on court three, Aisling McGrane and Gabrielle Clairotte trailed 5-2, but came back and clinched the doubles point with a 7-6 win after taking the tiebreaker over Sarah Dev and Emilia Valentinsson.

In singles, after Vanderheyden fell on court one, Jutte Van Hansewyck trailed 5-4 in both the first and second sets to Zalukar on court four. However, she came back and won each set 7-5 for the straight-sets victory.

Stefancic then fell to Laura Rico in a three-set match, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, on court two.

On court five, McGrane trailed Valentinsson 2-1 in the third set after splitting each of the first two sets. McGrane made the comeback and took court five, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, as neither competitor led by more than two games in any of the sets.

After Madi Ballow lost a three-set contest on court three, it all came down to Clairotte on court six as she faced Dev. Clairotte took the first set 6-2, but dropped the second by the same score and trailed 4-0 in the third. She dug deep and rallied off six consecutive points to win the match for the Herd. It was the second time Clairotte has clinched the win for Marshall this season.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: UNLV
The Rebels are 9-1 this season, with their lone loss coming at Stanford.

UNLV's Zita Kovacs was named Mountain West Player of the Week as Coco Zhao was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week for their performances last week.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: UTSA
The Road Runners are 1-13 this season with their lone win coming over Sam Houston.

Aleksandra Zlatarova is 4-5 this season at number one singles.

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Players Mentioned

Madi Ballow

Gabrielle Clairotte

Aisling McGrane

Liz Stefancic

Jutte Van Hansewyck

Emma Vanderheyden

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