Saturday, February 2
Greenville, SC
12:00 p.m.
University of Louisville
vs
Charleston Southern
Cardinals to Travel to Charlestown Southern and Furman
January 31, 2019 | Women's Tennis
Cards head out on first road trip of the year
University of Louisville women's tennis (5-0) battles Charles Southern (1-0) Saturday, Feb. 2 in Greenville, South Carolina for the Cardinals first road trip of the season.
UofL has outscored their opponents thus far with the combined scores of 28-7. The Cards have two players at 5-0 in singles in junior Raven Neely and sophomore Nikolina Jovic.
Redshirt senior Aleksandra Mally has won her past three matches at No. 1 for head coach Mark Beckham.
Charleston Southern dropped its season opener 4-0 to Clemson. The Buccaneers are coming off an 11-8 season and were selected third in the Big South preseason poll.
Sophomore Madalina Man returns to CSU after earning first team Big South honors. Man will be leaned on to carry the load after the departure of seniors Sophie Cloessner and Valeria Koussenkova.
Head coach Anca Dumitresu has a trio of seniors in Flippa Ericason, Kimberley Koerner and Yana Morar. Korner recorded nine wins at singles last year while Ericason posted eight.
Sophomore Michelle Schmitz posted five wins and will be expected to contribute more this season. Freshman Tiffany Pyritz enters as the fifth ranked player out of North Carolina.
The Buccaneers also added Wofford transfer Liz Williams who is eligible to play this season.
Louisville will play Furman on Sunday, February 4. The Paladins enter the weekend with a 2-0 record. Furman blanked Elon, 7-0, to open the season on Jan. 20, then defeated Georgia State, 5-2, on Jan. 21.  Sunday's match versus the Cardinals marks the sixth meeting between the two teams. Louisville defeated Furman, 6-1, last season in Louisville, to take a 3-2 series lead. Â
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UofL has outscored their opponents thus far with the combined scores of 28-7. The Cards have two players at 5-0 in singles in junior Raven Neely and sophomore Nikolina Jovic.
Redshirt senior Aleksandra Mally has won her past three matches at No. 1 for head coach Mark Beckham.
Charleston Southern dropped its season opener 4-0 to Clemson. The Buccaneers are coming off an 11-8 season and were selected third in the Big South preseason poll.
Sophomore Madalina Man returns to CSU after earning first team Big South honors. Man will be leaned on to carry the load after the departure of seniors Sophie Cloessner and Valeria Koussenkova.
Head coach Anca Dumitresu has a trio of seniors in Flippa Ericason, Kimberley Koerner and Yana Morar. Korner recorded nine wins at singles last year while Ericason posted eight.
Sophomore Michelle Schmitz posted five wins and will be expected to contribute more this season. Freshman Tiffany Pyritz enters as the fifth ranked player out of North Carolina.
The Buccaneers also added Wofford transfer Liz Williams who is eligible to play this season.
Louisville will play Furman on Sunday, February 4. The Paladins enter the weekend with a 2-0 record. Furman blanked Elon, 7-0, to open the season on Jan. 20, then defeated Georgia State, 5-2, on Jan. 21.  Sunday's match versus the Cardinals marks the sixth meeting between the two teams. Louisville defeated Furman, 6-1, last season in Louisville, to take a 3-2 series lead. Â
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