Women's Tennis Prepares For NCAA Tournament First Round Matchup

Schedule

Sat. Sep 20

Women's Tennis

vs Xavier Invite

Sat. Sep 20

Women's Tennis

vs ITA All-American Championships

Thu. Oct 16

Women's Tennis

vs ITA Ohio Valley Regional (Hosted by Tennessee)

Fri. Oct 31

Women's Tennis

at Michigan State Classic

Friday, May 13

Ann Arbor, Mich.

10 a.m.

Xavier University

Kentucky

Women's Tennis Prepares For NCAA Tournament First Round Matchup

05.12.16 | Women's Tennis

XU faces Kentucky in the first round

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

Ann Arbor, Mich. --- The Xavier University women's tennis team plays Kentucky on Friday morning in the first-ever NCAA Championships appearance in program history. The first round begins at 10 a.m. at the Varsity Tennis Center at the University of Michigan.

Xavier enters the NCAA Tournament with a 20-5 record after capturing the 216 BIG EAST Championship. Kentucky is 17-9 on the year and fell to LSU in the second round of the SEC Tournament.

The winner of the No. 3 Xavier/No. 2 Kentucky matchup on Friday will face the winner of the No. 1 Michigan/No. 4 Ball State match at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 for a spot in the final 16.

Xavier second-year head coach Doug Matthews, who has led Xavier to first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships for women's tennis, led Xavier as a player to the first-ever men's tennis team appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and 2009. Matthews and his staff earned 2016 BIG EAST Conference Coaching Staff of the Year.