Women's Tennis Travels to Charlotte for Sunday Match

Sunday, April 3

Charlotte, N.C.

1 PM

Xavier University

Charlotte

Women's Tennis Travels to Charlotte for Sunday Match

04.02.22 | Women's Tennis

Musketeers take on 49ers on at 1:00 p.m.

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis travels to North Carolina to face the Charlotte 49ers on Sunday afternoon, set for a 1:00 p.m. start.

Following the match with Charlotte, the Musketeers return home for Senior Day on Sunday, April 10, set for a 3:00 p.m. start

CHARLOTTE

Charlotte is 13-4 on the season and have won 11 of the last 13, with the most recent win coming against East Carolina, 4-0.
The 49ers went 21-7 overall and 2-1 in C-USA play last spring.
Charlotte took a 4-0 win over La Tech in the opening round of the Conference USA Championships, then fell to Florida Atlantic, 4-1, in the second round.
Xavier last faced Charlotte in the 2011 Atlantic 10 tournament, falling 4-1.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier women's tennis went 2-0 for the weekend with a 7-0 win over Cleveland State on Sunday, moving to 9-7 on the season.
In doubles action, Xavier picked up the point after Anna Roggenburk and Imani Graham took a 6-1 win on the No. 2 court and Kat Lyman and Anna Smith too the 6-3 win on No. 3. Ahmeir Kyle and Emily Thomas led 5-2 on No. 1 when the point was decided.
Blessing Nwaozuzu's 6-3, 6-0 win on the No. 4 court made it a 2-0 Xavier lead and Kat Lyman made it a 3-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-1 win on the No. 2 court.
Imani Graham picked up the 6-3, 6-2 win on the No. 1 court to clinch the match at 4-0.
Xavier picked up two-set wins on the remaining courts, with Emily Thomas taking the No. 5 court, 6-4, 6-2, Anne-Sophie Courteau taking a 6-4, 6-3 win on the No. 6 court, and Anna Smith picking up a 6-3, 7-5 win on the No. 3 court to complete the 7-0 sweep.

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.