Women's Tennis Opens Up Spring Dual Schedule with Northern Kentucky and Dayton

Friday, January 14

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 PM

Xavier University

Northern Kentucky

Women's Tennis Opens Up Spring Dual Schedule with Northern Kentucky and Dayton

01.13.22 | Women's Tennis

Musketeers host Norse on Friday at 6 PM, Flyers at 5 PM on Saturday at Eastern Hills

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis will open up the spring dual schedule for 2022 this weekend, hosting Northern Kentucky on Friday, January 14 at 6:00 p.m. at Eastern Hills. The Musketeers return to the courts on Saturday, Jan. 15 at 5:00 p.m. to host Dayton.ONENT INFO

NORTHERN KENTUCKY

NKU went 7-6 overall last spring, and 4-4 in Horizon League play.
The Musketeers picked up a 5-2 win over the Norse last spring, taking the doubles point with a sweep of all three courts, and picking up wins on courts No. 1-4.
The match with Xavier is Northern Kentucky's first dual of the spring.

DAYTON

The Flyers went 5-14 last spring, with a 0-2 A10 record.
Dayton fell, 4-0, to Duquesne in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship.
The Musketeers took a 7-0 win over the Flyers in Dayton last spring.
The match with Xavier is Dayton's first dual of the spring.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier's women's tennis closed out the fall schedule at the John Cade Invitational at Mississippi State.
Kat Lyman and Imani Graham each collected a pair of singles wins during the three day event. Lyman picked up wins over Nelson of Denver, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, and Chaika from Louisville, 6-1, 6-2, to finish the weekend 2-1 in singles play.
Graham defeated Mississippi's Zadori 7-6(3), 7-5, and Louisville's Verma 6-4, 7-5 to also finish 2-1. Graham also combined with Anna Roggenburk to pick up a singles win against Louisville, taking a 6-1 win over Sawyer and Verma.
Roggenburk also picked up a singles win, 6-4, 6-1, over Memphis' Meyer. Ahmeir Kyle defeated Sawyer of UofL 6-3, 6-1, Anna Smith picked up a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 over Burger from Denver and Blessing Nwaozuzu took a 6-4, 6-4 over Richardson of Louisville.

THE MUSKETEERS

Xavier returned seven letterwinners from last season's BIG EAST Championship squad, including Ahmeir Kyle and Anna Roggenburk, who were were unanimous selections to the All-BIG EAST First Team.
Roggenburk also earned the nod as Freshman of the Year for the conference while Kyle became the first Musketeer to qualify for the NCAA DI Singles Championship.
The Musketeers also return all-conference honoree Kat Lyman, who earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team.
Xavier added a pair of newcomers as well in graduate transfer Anna Smith, joining the Musketeers from Marshall, as well as freshman Bella Kirby.
The Musketeers also added a mid-year transfer in graduate student Anne-Sophie Courteau. She comes to Xavier from West Virginia, where she collected over 75 combined wins in four seasons, including 44 singles wins and 34 doubles wins.