Cardinals Host No. 3 Duke and No. 17 Wake Forest

Friday, March 22

LOUISVILLE, KY

11:00 a.m.

University of Louisville

DUKE

Raven Neely and Diana Wong talk between sets during the match against Clemson at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on February 24

Photo by: Jermaine Bibb | Louisville Athletics

March 19, 2019 | Women's Tennis

Friday and Sunday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center

By: Dalton Ray

The University of Louisville women's tennis team (10-7, 2-5) hosts a pair of ranked ACC opponents this weekend in No. 3 Duke and No. 17 Wake Forest. The Blue Devils (13-2, 5-1) are up first, traveling to the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Friday, March 22 at 11 a.m. The Demon Deacons (15-3, 5-1) cap the weekend with a 12 p.m. start on Sunday, March 24.

Louisville is coming off a bye week while Duke and Wake Forest faced off last Friday, March 15 in a match that Duke won 7-0. The Cardinals are looking for their first win over both programs since joining the ACC. Head coach Mark Beckham said Duke has "off the chart" levels of talent.

Senior Sena Suswam posted a singles win over the Deacons last season with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court six. m The Cards nearly pulled off the upset the last time Wake Forest came to town (April 9, 2017), as the Deacons eked a 4-2 victory.

Louisville notes

Junior Raven Neely is having a career season with a 13-2 record in singles, boasting a 5-0 record on court three
Sophomore Nikolina Jovic is just behind Neely with 11 singles wins
Suswan and Neely are 5-2 in doubles, leading the Cardinals
Redshirt senior Aleksandra Mally and freshman Diana Wong are 4-1 in doubles on court three
UofL is 5-0 this season when winning the doubles point

Duke notes

No. 14 Meible Chi is 9-2 in singles and has won six of her last eight matches
Ellyse Hamlin has a team-high 13 wins, winning eight of her last nine
The Blue Devils have three total players ranked in singles (No. 14 Chi, No. 15 Maria Mateas and No. 22 Kelly Chen)
The No. 24 doubles team of Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy have a team-best nine wins
Head coach Jamie Ashworth's team is 7-2 against top 25 teams this season

Wake Forest notes

No. 32 Emma Davis is 12-3 in singles, all on court one
The Deacons have four players with at least nine singles wins
Eliza Omirou has stood out in the middle of the line up, posting 10 wins on court three
The No. 28 doubles team of Davis and Chandler Carter are one of the ACC's premier duos with a 11-4 record
Wake has won six of their last seven matches