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No. 31 K-State Begins Road Swing at TCU, No. 16 Texas Tech
Mar 22, 2018 | Tennis
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The 31st-ranked K-State women's tennis team will head to the state of Texas for a pair of Big 12 road matches over the weekend, beginning with a Friday meeting at TCU before traveling to face No. 16 Texas Tech on Sunday.
K-State (11-4, 1-1 Big 12) split its first two conference matches of the season, defeating No. 28 Baylor, 4-3, before falling to 12th-ranked Texas, 4-0, at home. The Wildcats earned their first victory over Baylor since 2011.
Three Wildcats – Maria Linares, Rosanna Maffei, Ines Mesquita – lead the team with nine singles victories in the spring season. As a team, K-State is 51-30 (.630) in singles play and all eight players on the roster are .500 or better.
The No. 1 doubles tandem of Carolina Costamagna and Margot Decker lead the team with 10 wins and are 1-1 in Big 12 play. In total, the Cats are 24-16 (.600) in spring doubles action.
The Cats will meet TCU (9-6, 0-0 Big 12) on Friday at 5:30 p.m., at the Bayard H. Freidman Tennis Center. It will be the Frogs conference opener and they will host 17th-ranked Kansas on Sunday.
TCU, who has not played in 10 days, lost its last outing to No. 3 Duke, 4-0. The Frogs are led by Aleksandra Zenovka, who holds a No. 84 singles ranking while teammate Marie Norris pulls in a No. 114 ranking with a 14-3 record.
On the double side, the Frogs' duo of Donika Bashota and Elizabeth Kennedy hold the team's only doubles ranking at No. 71 with five wins together on the year.
TCU is 8-0 all-time against K-State. This will be the seventh match between the sides played in Fort Worth, with six coming as conference foes.
Texas Tech (10-3, 0-0 Big 12) also commences its Big 12 schedule Friday, as it hosts KU at 5 p.m. K-State and TTU will meet at noon Sunday at the McLeod Tennis Complex.
The Lady Raiders went 1-1 in a pair of home matches last season, sweeping Cornell before falling to No. 6 Georgia Tech, 4-3.
Four players on Tech's roster are in the latest ITA singles rankings. Gabriela Talaba is the nation's ninth-ranked singles player while teammate Felicity Maltby is ranked No. 41. Sabrina Federici (No. 82) and Sarah Dvorak (No. 85) round out the ranked Red Raiders.
In the doubles rankings, Dvorak and Federici hold down the nation's eighth position while Talaba and Maltby check in at No. 68.
The Cats' matchup with the Frogs will have live video streamed as well as live statistics, with links available here. Sunday's match at TTU will have live stat updates.
Following its two Texas matches, K-State will travel to West Virginia on Friday, April 6 before a Sunday matchup two days later at Iowa State. The Cats will return to Mike Goss Tennis Stadium on April 15, hosting rival KU at 1 p.m.
K-State (11-4, 1-1 Big 12) split its first two conference matches of the season, defeating No. 28 Baylor, 4-3, before falling to 12th-ranked Texas, 4-0, at home. The Wildcats earned their first victory over Baylor since 2011.
Three Wildcats – Maria Linares, Rosanna Maffei, Ines Mesquita – lead the team with nine singles victories in the spring season. As a team, K-State is 51-30 (.630) in singles play and all eight players on the roster are .500 or better.
The No. 1 doubles tandem of Carolina Costamagna and Margot Decker lead the team with 10 wins and are 1-1 in Big 12 play. In total, the Cats are 24-16 (.600) in spring doubles action.
The Cats will meet TCU (9-6, 0-0 Big 12) on Friday at 5:30 p.m., at the Bayard H. Freidman Tennis Center. It will be the Frogs conference opener and they will host 17th-ranked Kansas on Sunday.
TCU, who has not played in 10 days, lost its last outing to No. 3 Duke, 4-0. The Frogs are led by Aleksandra Zenovka, who holds a No. 84 singles ranking while teammate Marie Norris pulls in a No. 114 ranking with a 14-3 record.
On the double side, the Frogs' duo of Donika Bashota and Elizabeth Kennedy hold the team's only doubles ranking at No. 71 with five wins together on the year.
TCU is 8-0 all-time against K-State. This will be the seventh match between the sides played in Fort Worth, with six coming as conference foes.
Texas Tech (10-3, 0-0 Big 12) also commences its Big 12 schedule Friday, as it hosts KU at 5 p.m. K-State and TTU will meet at noon Sunday at the McLeod Tennis Complex.
The Lady Raiders went 1-1 in a pair of home matches last season, sweeping Cornell before falling to No. 6 Georgia Tech, 4-3.
Four players on Tech's roster are in the latest ITA singles rankings. Gabriela Talaba is the nation's ninth-ranked singles player while teammate Felicity Maltby is ranked No. 41. Sabrina Federici (No. 82) and Sarah Dvorak (No. 85) round out the ranked Red Raiders.
In the doubles rankings, Dvorak and Federici hold down the nation's eighth position while Talaba and Maltby check in at No. 68.
The Cats' matchup with the Frogs will have live video streamed as well as live statistics, with links available here. Sunday's match at TTU will have live stat updates.
Following its two Texas matches, K-State will travel to West Virginia on Friday, April 6 before a Sunday matchup two days later at Iowa State. The Cats will return to Mike Goss Tennis Stadium on April 15, hosting rival KU at 1 p.m.
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