Women's Tennis Travels To Cleveland State on Saturday

Saturday, March 2

Cleveland, Ohio

1 PM

Xavier University

Cleveland State

Women's Tennis Travels To Cleveland State on Saturday

03.01.24 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers face Vikings at 1:00 p.m.

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis heads out on the road, traveling to Cleveland to face the CSU Vikings on Saturday, March 2, set for a 1:00 p.m. start

Xavier is 8-3 on the season after going 2-0 last weekend, with a 7-0 sweep of Cincinnati and a 4-0 win over Cornell.

OPPONENT INFO

Cleveland State enters the match at 6-4 with wins over Valpo, Ball State, Dayton, Radford, Bowling Green and St. Bonaventure.
CSU went 15-8 overall and had a 5-1 record in Horizon League play last season. The Vikings topped Chicago State 4-2 in the Horizon League Semifinals before falling 4-3 to Youngstown State in the Finals.
Xavier has a three-match winning streak over the Vikings after taking a 7-0 win last season.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After continuing their win streak in No. 1 doubles and helping the Musketeers to a pair of team wins over the weekend, Imani Graham and Anna Roggenburk were named the BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week by the league office on Monday.
Roggenburk, a redshirt senior from Avon Lake Ohio, and Graham, a senior from St. Johns, Fla., combined for a 6-1 win on the No. 1 court against Cincinnati on Friday, the first decision for the Musketeers on the way to taking the doubles point in Xavier's 7-0 sweep. The win over the Bearcats was the fifth-straight dual win over Cincinnati, a streak that dates back to 2019.
On Saturday against Cornell, the pair clinched the point for Xavier on the No. 1 court with a 7-5 win to help the Musketeers to a 4-0 victory in the match. The win over Cornell marked the pair's ninth win in a row and 10th overall of the dual season.
This is the third time this season the pair have been named the league's Doubles Team of the Week.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Xavier now travels to Florida, where the Musketeers will face the Villanova Wildcats on Thursday, March 7.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier women's tennis completed a 2-0 weekend with a 4-0 win against Cornell at Eastern Hills on Saturday.
In doubles action, Xavier picked up the the first decision, with Abby Nugent and Ellie Brotherton taking a 6-1 win on the No. 2 court. Cornell picked up a 6-2 win on the No. 3 court against Emily Flowers and Sofia Mazzucato, but Anna Roggenburk and Imani Graham clinched the point for Xavier on the No. 1 court with a 7-5 win, the pair's 10 win of the dual season and ninth in a row.
Sofia Mazzucato made it a 2-0 Xavier lead, taking the No. 5 court, 6-3, 6-1, her seventh-straight singles win and ninth overall.
Emily Flowers also picked up her eighth singles win of the season, taking the No. 6 court, 6-4, 6-2, to make it a 3-0 Xavier lead.
Anna Roggenburk took a 6-4, 6-4 win on the No. 2 court to clinch the match for the Musketeers at 4-0.

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.