Women's Tennis to Play ETSU and Indiana this Weekend

Friday, February 25

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 PM

Xavier University

East Tennessee State

Women's Tennis to Play ETSU and Indiana this Weekend

02.24.22 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers hosts Bucs at Eastern Hills on Friday, travels to face Hoosiers on Sunday

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis plays a pair of matches this weekend, hosting ETSU at Eastern Hills on Friday, February 25 at 6:00 p.m. before traveling to Bloomington, Ind., to face the Hoosiers on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 11:00 a.m.

Following the match with the Hoosiers, Xavier will return home to host Saint Francis on March 5 at Eastern Hills.

ETSU

ETSU is 4-6 on the season, winning three of the last five, over MTSU, Belmont, Western Carolina and Appalachian State. The Bucs have fallen to Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, No. 9 NC State and twice to Kentucky.
The Bucs went 13-10 last season, with a 7-2 record in Southern Conference action.
ETSU picked up a 4-0 win over Wofford in the Semifinals of the SoCon Tournament before falling to No. 1 seeded Furman in the championship match.
Xavier last faced ETSU in 2019, a 4-3 win for the Musketeers.

INDIANA

Indiana is 5-3 on the season with wins over Yale, Marquette, Butler, Western Michigan and Bellarmine. The Hoosiers have fallen to Utah, Kentucky and No. 20 Tennessee.
IU will face Cornell on Saturdy before facing the Musketeers.
The Hoosiers went 1-16 with a 1-15 record in an all-Big Ten regular season.
IU fell 5-2 to Minnesota in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Xavier last faced IU in Spring 2020, a 4-0 win for the Hoosiers.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier women's tennis fell 4-0 to Penn State on Saturday afternoon at Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Club.
In doubles action, Kat Lyman and Anne-Sophie Courteau fell 6-2 on the No. 2 court and Anna Roggenburk and Anna Smith fell 6-2 on the No. 3 court to give PSU the point. Ahmeir Kyle and Imani Graham led 5-3 in the No. 1 spot when the point was decided.
Penn State picked up points in two sets on the No. 6 court, 6-0, 6-2, against Anne-Sophie Courteau, on the No. 1 court, 6-1, 7-5 against Ahmeir Kyle and the No. 4 court, 7-6 (2), 6-2 against Kat Lyman, setting the final score at 4-0 in favor of the Nittany Lions.
On the No. 2 court, Imani Graham led 1-0 in the third set after splitting the first two sets, 3-6, 6-4.
Anna Smith led on the No. 5 court, 6-3, 5-4, when the match was decided.
Anna Roggenburk trailed 6-1, 5-4 on court No. 3 when the match ended.

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.