Women's Tennis Heads to Michigan State for a Pair of Matches

Friday, February 24

East Lansing, Mich.

10:00 AM

Xavier University

Michigan State

Women's Tennis Heads to Michigan State for a Pair of Matches

02.22.23 | Women's Tennis

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Xavier faces MSU on Friday at 10 AM, Illinois State on Saturday at noon

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis travels to Michigan State to face the host Spartans and Illinois State this weekend, facing MSU on Friday, Feb. 24 at 10:00 a.m and Illinois State on Saturday, Feb. 25 at noon.

Next weekend, Xavier is set to host Southern Indiana on March 4 at Eastern Hills.

MICHIGAN STATE

The Spartans are 4-2 on the season with wins over Toledo, Miami (Ohio), Bowling Green and Marquette.
MSU went 9-14 overall last season with a 1-10 record in Big Ten play.
Michigan State fell, 4-3, to Iowa in the Spartans' first Big Ten Tournament match.
Xavier faced the Spartans last season, falling 5-2 at Eastern Hills.

ILLINOIS STATE

Illinois State is 5-1 with wins over EIU, UIS, Milwaukee, Northern Illinois and Chicago State.
The Redbirds went 17-7 last season, with a 4-1 record in Missouri Valley Conference play.
Illinois State topped Missouri State (4-0), Bradley (4-0) and Drake (4-3) on the way to the MVC Tournament Championship, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Redbirds faced Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Championship, falling 4-0 to the Buckeyes.
This is the first match-up against Illinois State since 1995.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After picking up a win over a ranked opponent, Xavier women's tennis freshman Abby Nugent was named the BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week.
Playing from the No. 3 spot, Nugent captured the first ranked win of her collegiate career, defeating No. 125 Ines Oliveira of James Madison in straight sets (6-4, 6-1).
Nugent's victory on the singles court was supplemented with a 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles with teammate Kat Lyman as Xavier narrowly defeated James Madison, 4-3.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier picked up a 4-3 win over James Madison on Sunday at Eastern Hills.
In doubles, JMU took the first decision, a 6-2 win on the No. 2 court against Anna Roggenburk and Imani Graham. Kat Lyman and Abby Nugent combined for a 6-2 win on the No. 1 court, and Emily Flowers and Paulina Franco Martinessi took a 6-4 win on the No. 3 court to seal the win.
Abby Nugent made it a 2-0 Xavier lead with a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 125 Ines Oliveira on the No. 3 court.
James Madison cut the Xavier lead back to 2-1 with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Anna Roggenburk on the No. 4 court, but Kat Lyman pushed it back to a two-point advantage with a 7-5, 6-2 win on the No. 2 court.
JMU pulled back within one, 3-2, with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 win on No. 5 against Abigail Siminski before Imani Graham sealed the match for the Musketeers with a come-back win on the No. 1 court, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
James Madison took the final decision, a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) win over Emily Flowers on court No. 6.

THE MUSKETEERS

The Musketeers wrapped up the 2022 spring season at 14-10 overall, brought home the program's third overall and second-straight BIG EAST Championship and earned Xavier's third bid to the NCAA Championships.
Five letterwinners return from last season's BIG EAST Championship squad, including All-BIG EAST selection Imani Graham, Kat Lyman, Anna Roggenburk, Blessing Nwaozuzu and Bella Kirby.
Xavier also added four-person freshman class, Emily Flowers, Paulina Franco Martinessi, Abby Nugent and Abigail Siminski.