Women's Tennis to Host Cincinnati, Cleveland State this Weekend

Saturday, March 26

Cincinnati, Ohio

5 PM

Xavier University

Cincinnati

Women's Tennis to Host Cincinnati, Cleveland State this Weekend

03.24.22 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers will face Bearcats on Saturday at Eastern Hills, Vikings on Sunday at Camargo

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis will play a pair of home matches this weekend, hosting a pair of matches against Cincinnati and Cleveland State. Xavier faces the Bearcats on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. at Eastern Hills Indoor, then travels to Camargo Racquet Club on Sunday to face the Vikings at 5:00 p.m.

CINCINNATI

Cincinnati is 12-3 on the season, entering Saturday on a 11-match winning streak, most recently topping IUPUI 7-0.
The Bearcats went 6-10 overall and 0-4 in conference action.
Cincinnati fell 4-1 to USF in the first round of the AAC Championships.
Xavier took a 4-3 win in last season's match against the Bearcats. The Musketeers picked up the doubles point, and singles wins on the No. 2, 3 and 6 courts.

CLEVELAND STATE

Cleveland State is 7-9 on the season, coming off a 7-0 win over Niagara.
The Vikings went 8-12 overall and 6-6 in Horizon League play.
CSU fell 4-1 to UIC in the Horizon League Semifinals.
Xavier took a 7-0 win in the last match-up in 2019-20. Current Musketeers Ahmeir Kyle and Anna Roggenburk took singles wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier picked up a 6-1 win over Miami (Ohio) last Sunday in Oxford.
In doubles play, Xavier took the point after taking the No. 3 court, with Kat Lyman and Anna Smith, 6-2, then clinched the point on the No. 2 court with a 6-1 win for Anna Roggenburk and Imani Graham.
Kat Lyman picked up the first decision in singles, taking a 6-1, 6-1 win on the No. 3 court to make it a 2-0 Xavier lead. Miami picked up a point on the No. 2 court, a 6-2, 6-2 win over Imani Graham.
Emily Thomas took a 6-2, 6-3 win on the No. 6 court to make it a 3-1 Xavier lead and Anna Roggenburk secured the win with a 6-3, 6-3 win on the No. 4 court.
Anna Smith made a 5-1 lead, with a 6-2, 6-1 win on the No. 5 court and Ahmeir Kyle's comeback 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 win on the No. 1 court set the final score at 6-1 Xavier.

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.