Women's Tennis Hosts Butler on Sunday for Senior Day

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis will close out the home portion of the schedule on Sunday, April 10, hosting the Butler Bulldogs for Senior Day. The match is set to start at 3:00 p.m. at the Jim and Mary Brockhoff Tennis facility, and will shift to a 5:00 p.m. start if moved indoors to Eastern Hills Indoor.

Following the match with Butler, the Musketeers (9-8) will close out the regular season with a road trip to a pair of BIG EAST opponents, facing Marquette and DePaul on April 15-16.

CHARLOTTE

Butler is 7-12 on the season and 0-1 in BIG EAST play. The Bulldogs are coming off a 6-1 win over IUPUI and have won three of the last four.
The Bulldogs went 6-10 overall and 1-2 in BIG EAST play last season.
Butler took a 4-0 win over Seton Hall in the first round of the BIG EAST Championship before falling 4-0 to DePaul in the quarterfinals.
Xavier took the win, 4-3, in last season's match-up with the Bulldogs, winning the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 singles spots.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier fell to the No. 52 Charlotte 49ers, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon.
In doubles action, the 49ers took the point with a 6-1 win in the No. 1 spot against Ahmeir Kyle and Emily Thomas, and a 6-2 win over Kat Lyman and Anna Smith in the No. 3 spot. Imani Graham and Anna Roggenburk led 5-2 in the No. 2 spot when the point was decided.
The first singles decision came on the No. 1 court, a 6-1, 6-2 win against Ahmeir Kyle to make it a 2-0 Charlotte lead. The lead extended to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Blessing Nwaozuzu on the No. 6 court and Charlotte clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-2 win on the No. 5 court against Anna Smith.
Anna Roggenburk picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win on the No. 4 court, and Imani Graham made it a 4-2 match with a 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5) win on the No. 2 court.
The final decision came on the No. 3 court, a 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 loss for Kat Lyman to set the score at 5-2 in favor of the 49ers.

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.

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