ABILENE – Abilene Christian hosts a pair of Western Athletic Conference women's tennis matches this week with Seattle visiting on Thursday and Utah Tech coming in on Saturday.
ACU vs. Seattle | 10 a.m. | Thursday | Eager Tennis Pavilion
ACU vs. Utah Tech | 11 a.m. | Saturday | Eager Tennis Pavilion
After some early injury struggles caused the Cats to start the season 2-9, ACU has won its last three matches, including its first two WAC contests. The Wildcats are 5-9 overall and 2-0 in the league after successive 4-3 wins against UT Arlington and UT Rio Grande Valley, both on the road.
ACU Storylines
Dramatic Wins: ACU's first two conference matches came down to the final court. Freshman
Libby Blair won on court six to hand UTA a 4-3 loss. On Sunday,
Masha Vrsalovic came back from down 6-3 in the third-set tiebreaker to get a victory to seal the match against UTRGV.
Here and Gone: The Wildcats play two of their three home conference matches this week and then head to Grand Canyon next Friday before playing the home finale on April 7 against Stephen F. Austin.
Streaks: Andrea Guerrero and
Libby Blair are on three-match winning streaks in singles. Guerrero and
Olivia Sears have won three straight in doubles.
Leaders: Andrea Guerrero is 8-5 this season in singles to lead the Wildcats this spring. She has 15 wins when the fall tournaments are included and is 15-7.
Libby Blair is 16-9 in all matches this season, including a 7-6 record this spring.
History: ACU scored a 5-2 win over the Redhawks in Seattle and won by the same score against Utah Tech in St. George in matches last season.
Scouting Seattle: Seattle comes into the week at 6-6 overall and 1-1 in the WAC following a 4-3 loss to Grand Canyon. Lamija Avdic and Elena Kraleva are both 6-4 in singles this spring. Avdic and Lola Tavcar are 6-1 as a doubles tandem.
Scouting Utah Tech: The Trailblazers are 5-10 this season and have lost three straight as they head to Stephenville to play Tarleton State on Thursday. UTU is 0-2 in the league with losses to Grand Canyon and Stephen F. Austin.
