Washington State University Athletics
Cougars Set to Host Cougar Classic
September 10, 2015 | Tennis
THIS WEEK: The Cougars open their fall season play by hosting the 2015 Cougar Classic at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts, Sept. 11-13. Play begins each day at 9 a.m. The Cougars will have eight players competing in the tournament: seniors Maria Biryukova, Lize Leenknecht and Trang Huyhn, junior Victoria Matejevic, sophomores Holly Monahan and Donika Bashota and freshmen Barbora Michalkova and Aneta Miksovska.
LAST WEEK: The Cougars hosted its annual Play With a Cougar event at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts.
COUGAR CLASSIC FORMAT: The 2015 Cougar Classic will consist of a 32-player singles draw with play-in matches and a 16-team doubles draw with play-in matches. There will also be a consolation bracket guaranteeing each player multiple matches over the weekend.
COUGAR CLASSIC FIELD: Joining Washington State in the Cougar Classic Field will be Montana, Montana State, Lewis–Clark State College and Gonzaga.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: For the 2015-16 season the Cougars will have three new faces to go with five returners. The returning roster includes seniors Maria Biryukova and Lize Leenknecht, junior Victoria Matejevic, and sophomores Holly Monahan and Donika Bashota. New to the squad this season are senior Trang Huyhn, who arrives in Pullman after transferring from Troy, and freshmen Barbora Michalkova and Aneta Miksovska.
LAST SEASON IN REVIEW: Washington State finished off dual match play with a 13-12 overall record in 2015. The Cougars finished 11th in a competitive Pac-12 conference that had the top nine teams finishing with national rankings. WSU started the spring season national ranked at No. 52 and remained in the ranking through February. Departed from last year's squad is Elizaveta Luzina (26-22 singles record), number three all-time on WSU career singles victories list, and Nastia Vasyukhina (18-24).
COACH HART: Lisa Hart is in her 13th season as the head coach of Washington State. Hart has accumulated 154 wins over her tenure, registering a 13-12 record last season. In 2012, the Cougars went 19-7 as Hart was awarded the Pac-12 Conference Women's Tennis Coach of the Year award.
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