ABILENE – Abilene Christian heads to the 2024 WAC Women's Tennis Tournament as the No. 5 seed and plays fourth-seeded Seattle in the first round at noon on Thursday.
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The Wildcats went 4-3 in the WAC and 7-12 overall this season.
ACU Storylines
AGAINST THE REDHAWKS: Seattle edged ACU last month in Abilene, 4-3.
Maryjoe Crisologo and
Libby Blair won at No. 2 doubles but Seattle claimed the doubles point.
Andrea Guerrero,
Masha Vrsalovic and
Maria Cascos won their singles matches.
IN THE SEMIS: ACU would meet either top-seeded Grand Canyon or eighth-seeded Utah Tech in the semis if the Wildcats win on Thursday. That semifinal match would be at noon on Friday. GCU beat ACU 7-0 and the Wildcats stopped Utah Tech 6-1.
20-20: Andrea Guerrero and
Libby Blair both have a shot at becoming 20-match winners in singles (including fall tournaments). Blair enters the tournament with a 19-11 record and Guerrero comes in at 19-8.
AGAINST THE WAC: ACU finished the WAC schedule with a 4-3 record.
Andrea Guerrero was 6-1 against the league in singles and
Libby Blair was 5-2. Guerrero and
Olivia Sears went 5-2 as a doubles tandem and Blair and
Maryjoe Crisologo had a 4-3 mark.
TOURNAMENT REWIND: ACU lost its first match in the WAC Tournament last year, falling 4-0 to Grand Canyon. The Wildcats went 1-1 in their first WAC Tournament in 2022, upsetting top-seeded GCU before losing to Seattle in the semis.
SCOUTING SEATTLE: Seattle comes into the tournament at 9-8 overall and 4-3 in the league after a 4-3 win over Utah Tech. Elena Kreleva is 11-5 at No. 1 singles and Lamija Avdic is 11-2 at No. 2, including a 7-0 mark in the WAC.
