Lady Toppers sweep UT Southern in doubleheader

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WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women’s Tennis swept a doubleheader against UT Southern on Friday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park. The Lady Toppers won both matches 7-0.

With the wins over the Firehawks (0-2), WKU has now won three matches in a row to improve to 3-3 overall this season and 3-1 in home matches.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Match 1

Singles (Order of finish: 2,3,5,1,4,6)

1. Isabelle Einess (WKU) def. Sheyla Zombrano (UTS) 6-0, 6-3
2. Andra Sirbu (WKU) def. Natalia Vergara (UTS) 6-1, 6-0
3. Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Maya Balle (UTS) 6-2, 6-0
4. Emily Schut (WKU) def. Sofi Rueda (UTS) 6-1, 6-1
5. Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Agota Juozapaviciute (UTS) 6-0, 6-0
6. Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) def. Sienna Ruberto (UTS) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles (Order of finish: 1,2,3)

1. Emily Schut/Andra Sirbu (WKU) def. Sheyla Zombrano/Natalia Vergara (UTS) 6-0
2. Barbara Olvera/Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Sofi Rueda/Maya Balle (UTS) 6-0
3. Isabelle Einess/Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) def. Agota Juozapaviciute/Sienna Ruberto (UTS) 6-1

Match 2

Singles (Order of finish: 1,4,6,2,3,5)

1. Isabelle Einess (WKU) def. Natalia Vergara (UTS) 6-0, 6-0
2. Andra Sirbu (WKU) def. Maya Balle (UTS) 6-0, 6-1
3. Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Sofi Rueda (UTS) 6-0, 6-0
4. Emily Schut (WKU) def. Maggie Barnett (UTS) 6-0, 6-0
5. Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) def. Sydney Kentish (UTS) 6-0, 6-0
6. Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) def. Ana Sofia Olano (UTS) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles (Order of finish: 1,2)

1. Emily Schut/Isabelle Einess (WKU) def. Sofi Rueda/Maya Balle (UTS) 6-0
2. Virginia Madueño/Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Agota Juozapaviciute/Sienna Ruberto (UTS) 6-0
3. Elizabeth Sobieski/Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) vs. Sydney Kentish/Maggie Barnett (UTS) 5-2, unfinished

NOTABLES

WKU improves to 3-3 overall and 3-1 at home this season with the two wins over UT Southern on Friday.
The Lady Toppers are now 3-0 all-time against UT Southern.
WKU has now won the doubles point in three of its six matches this season, with all three doubles points coming in the last three matches. WKU is 3-0 when winning the doubles point this season.
WKU is now 9-8 as a team in doubles matches this season.
Barbara Olvera and Virginia Madueño improved to 4-1 in doubles together this season, with a 2-0 record at the No. 2 position and a 2-1 record at the No. 3 position. The two have now won three matches in a row when playing together.
Emily Schut now has 17 doubles wins in her WKU career, which is tied for 14th-most in program history.
The Lady Toppers are now 21-15 in singles matches this season, after going 12-0 in singles matches on Friday.
Madueño improved to 4-1 in singles matches this season, with all matches coming at the No. 5 position. She has won three matches in a row.
Andra Sirbu is now 4-2 in singles matches this season, all from the No. 2 position. She has won three matches in a row.
Isabelle Einess, Olvera and Schut each improved to 3-3 in singles play this season after each picked up a pair of wins on Friday, while Ariadna Fernandez moved to 3-2 with her singles wins at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions against the Firehawks.
Schut now has 18 singles wins in her Lady Topper career.
Elizabeth Sobieski moved to 1-1 in singles play with her win at the No. 6 position in the second match against UT Southern on Friday.
WKU Women’s Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis has 340 career wins as a head coach. He entered the season tied for 23rd nationally in wins among active NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis head coaches with at least five years as a Division I head coach, counting all victories as a coach at a four-year institution. Davis entered the season with a career winning percentage of .637, which ranked 36th among that group of coaches.
Davis has collected 81 wins at WKU, which ranks third in program history. He is six wins from being tied with Betty Langley for second in coaching wins in program history.

QUOTABLES

“It was good to get two wins today. We had a chance to play a lot of people and we got a lot of matches, which was important by the end of January. I think that’s a plus, if that first month of the season you can get a lot of matches. Then you play other teams that might only have two or three matches. We’re 3-3 right now and we’ve had a chance to play six dual matches, so we feel fortunate to do that and to have such a great facility out here at Warren County to be able to do it. Next week’s very tough with two tough matches – one at home to Lipscomb, a very good team, and then we’ve got to go on the road the next day to Southern Indiana. Next week’s a big week for us.” – WKU Women’s Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the wins over UT Southern on Friday.

“It was about teamwork and staying positive all throughout, staying calm and not getting angry at ourselves even if we were losing some points. … We just had to keep our head down, fight, stay calm and have positive energy everywhere.” – WKU Women’s Tennis junior Andra Sirbu, on the wins over UT Southern on Friday.

“(The key was to) keep our energy always high, keep our minds in the present even if we lose one point, two points in a row, just go straight and work hard every single point.” – WKU Women’s Tennis junior Ariadna Fernandez, on the wins over UT Southern on Friday.

NEXT UP

The Lady Toppers will remain home to face Lipscomb on Friday, Feb. 6. The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. CT.