Tulane University
Missouri
Women’s Tennis Set for Mizzou, South Dakota State
Feb 9, 2018 | Women's Tennis
NEW ORLEANS - After a seven day break, the Tulane women's tennis team returns to action with matches on back-to-back days in Columbia, Mo., beginning Saturday, February 10 at Missouri at 11 a.m. (CT).
The Green Wave will remain in Columbia to face South Dakota State on Sunday, February 11 with first serve set for 10 a.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Tulane snapped a two-match losing streak with its first road victory of the season in a 4-1 defeat of UAB on February 3 in Birmingham. The Wave won the doubles point with a pair of 7-6 triumphs on courts one and two, while Christina Sisti, Ivone Alvaro and Sade Atkinson claimed singles wins.
SCOUTING MIZZOU
The Tigers (6-1) enter Saturday's match after a seven day hiatus of their own after dropping a 4-2 decision at Virginia Tech, before shutting out Radford, 4-0, in Blacksburg, Va. Mizzou possesses the No. 49 doubles team nationally, comprising Clare Raley and Serena Nash, while Nash is 4-0 this spring as the team's No. 1 singles player in the lineup. Mackenzie Middlebrooks is 5-0 in dual singles matches with four of those wins coming from the No. 3 position.
SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
The Jackrabbits (0-4) will face Missouri on Saturday before taking on the Green Wave, but are still in search of their first win after losses to Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Nebraska-Kearney and Rockhurst.
ALVARO'S DUAL WIN STREAK
Ivone Alvaro has won 14-straight decisions in dual singles matches dating back to last season. She tied for second on the team in dual wins (18) with Sisti last season, just one behind Muller.
BUILDING ON 20
Tulane posted its first 20-win season in the post-Katrina era by going 22-7 in 2016-17. The year was highlighted by the program's first top-30 win in the post-Katrina era with a 4-3 victory over then No. 28 LSU. The Wave also went 4-0 against American opponents, defeating the likes of UConn, UCF, USF and Houston.
VETERAN MAKEUP
Tulane not only returns a strong cast comprising five letterwinners from last year's team, but each of them finished the 2017 spring campaign at the No. 2-6 spots in the singles lineup, including senior Sade Atkinson, juniors Elena Muller and Sofia Kurtz, and sophomores Christina Sisti and Ivone Alvaro.
NEW FACES
The Green Wave welcomes three newcomers, including sophomore Laura Fabrizi who played her debut season at FAU in 2016-17, as well as freshmen Daniela La Fuente and Alex Alegre.
