Women's Tennis to Host Michigan State and Virginia Tech in Adjusted Schedule

Saturday, February 5

Cincinnati, Ohio

2:30 PM

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Women's Tennis to Host Michigan State and Virginia Tech in Adjusted Schedule

02.03.22 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers will now face Michigan State on Saturday, Virginia Tech on Monday

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis will host Michigan State and Virginia Tech this weekend for a pair of matches in an updated schedule, now playing on Saturday and Monday, respectively.

Originally scheduled for Sunday, Xavier will now host Michigan State on Saturday, February 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Eastern Hills. The Musketeers with then face off with Virginia Tech, originally set for Friday, on Monday, February 7 at Five Seasons Ohio on Snider Road, set for 11:30 a.m. The match with the Hokies will not be live streamed.

Michigan State and Virginia Tech will also face off on Sunday, February 6, at 4:00 p.m. at Eastern Hills.

MICHIGAN STATE

Michigan State is 1-1 on the season, falling to Notre Dame 6-1 in the season opener before picking up a 5-2 win over DePaul last weekend.
The Spartans went 7-12 overall and 6-11 in an all-Big Ten regular season
MSU picked up a 4-1 over Wisconsin in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament before falling to No. 6 Ohio State, 4-0, in the second round.
Xavier last faced MSU in 2020, a 4-1 win for the Spartans. Xavier picked up a point in doubles actions.

VIRGINIA TECH

Virginia Tech is 1-0 on the season after picking up a 6-1 win over ETSU on January 22. The Hokies will also face Michigan State before the match with the Musketeers.
Virginia Tech went 7-17 overall last season, including a 7-4 record in non-conference play.
The Hokies beat Clemson 4-2 in the first round of the ACC Championships before falling to Georgia Tech in the second round.
Xavier fell 5-2 to the Hokies last spring, with singles wins for Ahmeir Kyle in the No. 1 spot and Kat Lyman in the No. 3 spot.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier women's tennis picked up its third win of the season on Saturday in Memphis, topping South Florida in Memphis, 4-3, to move to 3-2 on the season.
Xavier took the doubles point after Anna Roggenburk and Anna Smith took the No. 3 spot, 6-1, and Kat Lyman and Anne-Sophie Courteau picked up the win in the No. 2 spot, 6-4.
USF tied the match 1-1 with the first singles decision, a 6-2, 6-4 win in the No. 2 spot against Anna Roggenburk.
Imani Graham put the Musketeers back in front with a 6-0, 7-5 win in the No. 1 spot. Anna Smith made it a 3-1 lead with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 win in the No. 4 spot.
Xavier clinched the match in the No. 3 spot, where Kat Lyman battled back from falling in the first set and trailing 5-0 in the second set to take the 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1 win and put the Musketeers ahead 4-1.
USF picked up the final two points, taking the No. 5 spot, 6-3, 6-1 against Anne-Sophie Courteau and the No. 6 spot, 6-2, 7-5, against Blessing Nwaozuzu.

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.