Women's Tennis Travels to Purdue, Hosts Dayton this Weekend

Friday, February 27

West Lafayette, Ind.

4 PM

Xavier University

Purdue

Women's Tennis Travels to Purdue, Hosts Dayton this Weekend

02.26.26 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers take on Boilermakers on Friday, Flyers on Saturday

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis plays a pair of matches this weekend, traveling to West LaFayette, Ind., to face Purdue on Friday, Feb. 27, at 4:00 p.m. The Musketeers will return to the courts on Saturday, Feb.28, hosting Dayton at Camargo Racquet Club, set for a 5:00 p.m. start.

PURDUE

Purdue is 3-4 on the season, picking up wins over Butler, Illinois State and Ball State, while falling to Yale, Columbia, Notre Dame and Kentucky.
The Boilermakers went 11-9 overall and 5-8 in Big Ten play last season.
The two teams faced off last season, with Purdue taking a 4-3 win. Abby Nugent, Madeleine Rexroat and Emily Flowers all picked up singles wins in last season's match.

DAYTON

The Flyers are 3-7 on the season, with wins over Charleston, Duquesne and St. Bonaventure. Dayton will face Marquette on Friday.
UD went 11-12 last season, with a 2-1 record in A10 play. The Flyers took a win over George Washington in the A10 Tournament before falling to No. 1 seed Fordham.
Xavier took a 7-0 sweep of the Flyers in last season's match.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After picking up a pair of singles wins over the weekend, Xavier women's tennis' Madeleine Rexroat was named BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week.
Rexroat, a sophomore from Milton, Ga., went 2-0 in the No. 2 singles spot, picking up the highest ranked singles win in program history in Xavier's match at No. 28 Vanderbilt and helping Xavier to a sweep of Lipscomb.
Against the Commodores on Friday, Rexroat took a 6-2, 4-6, 10-5 win over No. 15 Valeria Ray, the first time in program history a Musketeer has defeated a player ranked in the Top 20.
In Xavier's sweep at Lipscomb on Saturday, she took 6-3, 6-2 win on the No. 2 court for made it a 3-0 advantage on the way to the 7-0 win.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Xavier hosts a pair of matches next weekend, starting with Miami (Ohio) on Friday, March 6.
The Musketeers also host Louisville next weekend, on Saturday, March 7.

THE MUSKETEERS

Xavier returns eight players from last season's BIG EAST Championship winning squad, including senior Abby Nugent, a 2025 All-BIG EAST First Team selection, and 2025 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and All-BIG EAST Second Team selection Madeleine Rexroat.
Sophomore Clara Owen, who partnered with Nugent as one of the top doubles team in the country, returns, as well as seniors Abigail Siminski and Emily Flowers, juniors Ellie Brotherton and Sofia Mazzucato, and sophomore Natalie Smitek.
The Musketeers added freshman Ella DeFord, a five-star recruit from Mount Pleasant, S.C., to the roster.
Xavier finished the 2025 dual season at 14-9 and won the program's fifth-straight and sixth overall BIG EAST Championship, earning the program's sixth bid to the NCAA Championships.