WKU TEN: Lady Toppers close regular season with matches against Middle Tennessee, Campbellsville and Alabama A&M

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky University Women’s Tennis will close the regular season with three matches this week.

The Lady Toppers will travel to Middle Tennessee on Tuesday, before returning home to play Campbellsville on Wednesday and Alabama A&M on Thursday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.

The Lady Toppers will celebrate Senior Day on Thursday prior to the 2:30 p.m. CT match against Alabama A&M. The ceremony recognizing Sofia Blanco, Sunskrithi Damera, Rachel Hermanova and Mariana Zegada is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. CT.

MATCH INFO
WKU (13-8 overall, 2-2 CUSA) at Middle Tennessee (14-6 overall, 3-2 CUSA)
Tuesday, April 8 | 4 p.m. CT
MTSU Outdoor Tennis Center | Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Watch: https://goblueraiders.com/watch/?Live=1835&type=Live

Campbellsville (5-7 overall, 0-1 Mid-South Conference) at WKU

• Wednesday, April 9 | 4:30 p.m. CT
• Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
• Free Admission

Alabama A&M (7-9 overall, 6-2 SWAC) at WKU

• Thursday, April 10 | 2:30 p.m. CT
• Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park | Bowling Green, Ky.
• Free Admission
• Senior Day ceremony starting at 1 p.m. CT

ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS

• WKU enters the week with a 13-8 overall record, a 2-2 record against CUSA competition, a 3-2 road record and a 10-6 record at home.
• The Lady Toppers have CUSA wins over Jax State and UTEP – both 4-1. The CUSA losses came at home against FIU and in the most recent match at Liberty last Saturday.
• WKU’s 13 wins are tied for the ninth-most in a single season in program history. The Lady Toppers are one win from tying the 2024 win total of 14, which was tied for the fourth-most wins in a single season in program history.
• WKU’s 10 home wins are third-most in a single season in program history. The Lady Toppers won 12 home matches in 2022 and 11 in 2024.
• Senior Sofia Blanco enters the week with 104 combined career singles and doubles wins, which is a program record.
• Senior Rachel Hermanova enters the week with 88 combined career singles and doubles wins, which is second-most in program history.
• Senior Mariana Zegada enters the week with 72 combined career singles and doubles wins, which is third-most in program history.
• WKU has won the doubles point in 14 of its 21 matches. The Lady Toppers are 11-3 when winning the doubles point.
• Blanco and Hermanova are 12-7 together in doubles this season and have won five of the last six matches they have finished.
• Blanco is second on the program’s career doubles wins list with 50 career doubles wins. She trails only Samantha Martinez, who had 56 career doubles wins from 2020-24.
• Hermanova has 28 career doubles wins, which is eighth-most in program history.
• Zegada has 39 career doubles wins, which is third-most in program history.
• Hermanova is 11-6 in singles play this season, all from the No. 1 position. Her 60 career singles wins are a program record.
• Blanco is 14-5 in singles this season, including a 13-5 record at the No. 2 position. Her 54 career singles wins are second-most in program history. Blanco’s 14 singles wins are tied for eighth-most in a single season in program history.
• Zegada is 10-5 in singles this season. She has 33 career singles wins, which puts her in fifth place on the program’s career singles wins list.
• Sunskrithi Damera is 10-7 in singles for WKU this season. Her 30 career singles wins are tied for ninth-most in program history.
• Emily Schut is 13-4 in singles this season. Her 13 singles wins are tied for 13th-most in a single season in program history.
• Head Coach Greg Davis is 335-190 all-time as a college head coach, which includes 76 wins with the Lady Toppers. Davis is third on the program’s coaching wins list. Davis entered the season ranked 29th in total wins and 36th in winning percentage among active Division
• I women’s tennis head coaches with at least five years as a Division I head coach.

QUOTABLE

“Three big matches for us this week. We call it Senior Week to celebrate the accomplishments of our four seniors. Middle Tennessee has a great team this year as always, and Campbellsville and Alabama A&M have put together really good teams this year, so the three matches in three days will be very challenging.” – WKU Women’s Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the matches this week to close the regular season.

SERIES INFORMATION

Middle Tennessee

• The Lady Toppers are 14-29 all-time against Middle Tennessee. WKU claimed a 4-1 victory over the Blue Raiders on Senior Day in Bowling Green last season.

Campbellsville

• WKU is 6-1 all-time against Campbellsville. The last meeting between the two programs took place during the 2014 season and was the only win in the series for the Tigers.

Alabama A&M

• The Lady Toppers hold an 11-1 lead in the all-time series with Alabama A&M. WKU has won 10 consecutive matches between the programs, including wins in each of the last four seasons. The Lady Toppers won 4-0 last season in Huntsville, Alabama.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

Middle Tennessee

• The Blue Raiders enter the week with a 14-6 overall record and a 3-2 record against CUSA foes.
• Against CUSA competition, Middle Tennessee has defeated UTEP, Kennesaw State and Jax State, and lost to FIU and Liberty.
• Middle Tennessee also has wins this season over Louisville, Chattanooga, Lipscomb, Eastern Kentucky, Belmont, Murray State, Austin Peay, Missouri State, Hillsborough Community College, Navy and St. Thomas.
• The Blue Raiders are coached by Tayo Bailey-Duvall, who is in her seventh season in that role.

Campbellsville

• Campbellsville enters the week with a 5-7 overall record and an 0-1 mark in Mid-South Conference play.
• The Tigers have wins over Centre College, UT Southern, McPherson College, Georgetown College and Pikeville.
• Campbellsville has been receiving votes in the NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Ratings throughout the spring.
• Campbellsville is coached by Anna Brown.

Alabama A&M

• The Bulldogs enter the week with a 7-9 overall record and a 6-2 record in SWAC play. They’ll face Jackson State on Tuesday before making the trip to Bowling Green.
• Alabama A&M has wins over Mississippi Valley State, Southern, Grambling, Bethel, Prairie View A&M, Alcorn State and Bethune-Cookman this season.
• Alabama A&M is in the 11th season under Head Coach Willis Mbandi.