Tennis to Host Pair of Matches this Weekend

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University tennis team (10-9) returns home to take on the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Friday and the Cincinnati Bearcats on Sunday.

MATCH INFORMATION VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Match Day: Friday, Apr. 1
Match Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Barboursville, W.Va. (7827 Tennis Center)
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MATCH INFORMATION VS. CINCINNATI
Match Day: Sunday, Apr. 3
Match Time: 10:00 a.m. ET (Subject to Change)
Location: Huntington, W.Va. (Brian David Fox Tennis Center)
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HAVE YOU HERD?
The Herd swept a pair of duals in Las Vegas with a 4-3 victory over UNLV on Mar. 17 and a 4-1 triumph over UTSA on Mar. 18.

Against UNLV, the then-ranked No. 67 doubles pairing of Emma Vanderheyden and Liz Stefancic made quick work on court one in a 6-2 victory over Molly Helgesson and Zita Kovacs. Aisling McGrane and Gabrielle Clairotte took a decisive 6-4 triumph on court three against Aura Fang and CoCo Zhan to seal the doubles point for MU.

The Herd got off to a rocky start in singles as Jutte Van Hansewyck fell to Cindy Hu, 6-1, 6-1, and McGrane dropped her matchup with Salsa Aher, 6-1, 6-2, on courts four and five, respectively.

However, Stefancic took down Kovacs, the reigning Mountain West Player of the Week, in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, on court two. Madi Ballow soon followed with a 6-4, 7-5, win on court three over Izumi Asano.

After Sophia Hurrion lost her match on court six, it came down to Marshall's Vanderheyden and UNLV's Helgesson on court one. Vanderheyden took set one 7-5, but fell in set two 6-2. The Herd freshman then cruised to a 6-2 third set win to take the contest for the visitors.

The Herd started doubles with a win on court three against UTSA as Aisling McGrane and Sophia Hurrion got the victory by walkover. Emma Vanderheyden and Liz Stefancic fell on court one 6-1. The pairing of Madi Ballow and Gabrielle Clairotte fought with Alexandra Zlatarova and Stanislava Bobrovnikova on court two. Marshall's duo staved off six match points to tie the contest 5-5. However, it fell to the UTSA pair 7-5 as the Road Runners took the doubles point.

In singles, Rieke Gillar tied the match 1-1 with a walkover victory on court six.

Hurrion then dropped just one point on court five in a straight sets win, 6-1, 6-0, over Sophie Omoworare.

Stefancic continued the Herd's momentum with a 6-2, 6-2, victory over Jasmin Starr on court two.

Clairotte then closed out the match with a straight sets triumph on court four over Eva Beyebach, 6-4, 6-4. It marked the second time in MU's last three victories that she has sealed the win for the Herd.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: MIDDLE TENNESSEE
The Blue Raiders enter the dual with a 9-10 record.

Lee Barnard is 8-11 at number one singles this season, but has won just two of her last 10 decisions.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: CINCINNATI
The Bearcats are 13-4 this season and come into the weekend having won 12 of its last 13 duals.

Emma Miceli has a singles record of 11-4 this season having played matches at positions two through five.

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Players Mentioned

Madi Ballow

Gabrielle Clairotte

Rieke Gillar

Sophia Hurrion

Aisling McGrane

Liz Stefancic

Jutte Van Hansewyck

Emma Vanderheyden

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