Women's Tennis Heads to Northeast to Face UConn, Boston College

Saturday, February 10

Storrs, Conn.

3 PM

Xavier University

UConn

Women's Tennis Heads to Northeast to Face UConn, Boston College

02.08.24 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers face Huskies on Saturday at 3 PM, Eagles on Sunday 10 AM

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis heads out on the road for a pair of matches, playing at UConn on Saturday, February 10 at 12 p.m., then facing Boston College on Sunday, February 11 at 10:00 a.m.

The Musketeers are 3-2 after taking a 5-2 win over Indiana last Sunday at Eastern Hills.

OPPONENT INFO - UCONN

The Huskies are 4-1 with wins over Merrimack, Fairfield, St. Bonaventure and Quinnipiac and the lone loss coming against Army.
UConn went 11-10 overall and 3-4 in BIG EAST matches last season. The Huskies took a 4-0 win over Seton Hall in the first round of the BIG EAST Championship before falling to Creighton, 4-2, in the Quarterfinals.
Xavier is 1-0 against the Huskies after taking a 6-1 win over UConn last season.

OPPONENT INFO - BOSTON COLLEGE

The Eagles are 2-1 with wins over Brown and UMass, and a loss against Harvard. BC will face Boston on Friday.
BC went 11-11 last season with a 4-9 record in ACC Play. The Eagles fell, 4-3, to Louisville in the First Round of the ACC Tournament.
This is the first match-up between the two programs.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Next weekend, Xavier will travel south to face EKU in Richmond, Ky. on Friday, February 16 at 6:00 p.m.
The Musketeers then head north to East Lansing, Mich., facing Michigan State on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 11:00 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier topped Indiana, 5-2, on Sunday at Eastern Hills, marking the third-straight season Xavier has picked up a win over an opponent from a Power 5 conference.
Emily Flowers and Sofia Mazzucato combined for the first doubles decision, taking a 6-2 win on the No. 3 court. Imani Graham and Anna Roggenburk won the No. 1 court for a third-straight match, 6-4, clinching the point for the Musketeers. Abby Nugent and Ellie Brotherton were tied 5-5 on No. 2 when the point was decided.
Roggenburk made it a 2-0 Xavier lead with a win in the No. 2 spot, 6-4, 6-0, and Graham made it 3-0 Xavier after winning the No. 1 court, 6-4, 6-4.
The Hoosiers picked up a point on the No. 3 court, topping Abby Nugent 7-6 (5), 6-2, and cut Xavier's lead to 3-2 with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 win on the No. 4 court against Abigail Siminski.
On the No. 5 court, Sofia Mazzucato tied in the third set, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 2-2, when she won by default to clinch the match for the Musketeers.
On the final court, Emily Flowers, playing in the No. 6 spot, battled back from falling in tiebreakers in the first set to take the point, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-0, to set the final score at 5-2 in favor of the Musketeers.

THE MUSKETEERS

Xavier returns six from last year's squad that brought home the program's third-straight, and fourth overall, BIG EAST Championship and earned Xavier's fourth bid to the NCAA Championships.
The 2022-23 Musketeers finished the season 14-8 overall with a 6-0 record against BIG EAST opponents.
Among Xavier's returnees are 2023 BIG EAST Player of the Year, Imani Graham, and BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, Abby Nugent.
Anna Roggenburk, Blessing Nwaozuzu, Emily Flowers and Abigail Siminski also return for the Musketeers.
Xavier added a pair of freshmen, Ellie Brotherton and Sofia Mazzucato.
The Musketeers also added Elizabeth Pendergast, a transfer from Cincinnati, who joined the program in the 2024 spring semester.