THIS WEEK: The Cougars hit the road this week to face Idaho State Thursday, March 4 at 9 a.m. PT and Utah State at 4 p.m. PT, both in Logan, Utah at the Sports Academy and Racquet Club. WSU continues play in Provo, Utah at 9 a.m. PT against Brigham Young Saturday, March 6. The Cougars enter the week with a record of 10-1, Idaho State 3-5, Utah State 6-5, and BYU at 4-3. WSU women's tennis has yet to face either BYU or Utah State since 2016 when they defeated both, 6-0 against Utah State and 6-1 over Brigham Young.
UP NEXT: WSU women's tennis travels to Boise, Idaho Monday, March 5 to face Boise State at 11 a.m. PT. They end the week against Oregon in Eugene, Ore. Sunday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at the Student Tennis Center.
LAST WEEK: The Cougars captured win No. 8 of the season Feb. 23 after holding off Minnesota and defeating the Gophers 4-3. WSU tennis continued the week with two sweeps Saturday Feb. 24 with a 4-0 sweep against Seattle and a 7-0 win against Eastern Washington. With these wins the Cougars improved to 10-1 for the 2017-18 season. WSU women's tennis improved to 2-0 all-time against Minnesota, 12-1 against Seattle and 34-2 all-time against Eastern Washington.
BAYERLOVA RANKED 34 IN ITA NATIONAL SINGLES: Freshmen Michaela Bayerlova rose to No. 34 in ITA Single rankings following Bayerlova's 6-2, 6-2 straight-set victory against No. 48 Maria Kononova of North Texas. This ranking is the highest since Liudmila Vasilieva was ranked 33 in ITA Preseason Single Ranking in 2012. Bayerlova was No. 54 in the first of 2018 ITA National Singles rankings.
BAYERLOVA NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For the second time this season, WSU freshman Michaela Bayerlova has been named the Pac-12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the conference announced Feb. 27. Bayerlova was first named Pac12's Women's Tennis Player of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 23. This season, Bayerlova is 3-0 against nationally ranked players and has lost just one set all year. Bayerlova is the sixth player at WSU under Head Coach Lisa Hart to receive player of the week honors.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: For the 2017-18 season the Cougars will have two new players to accompany the five returners. The returning roster consists of senior Barbora Michalkova, junior Aneta Miksovska, and sophomores Melisa Ates and Ege Tomey and Guzal Yusupova. The returning players will be joined by junior Tiffany Mylonas and freshman Michaela Bayerlova.
BAYERLOVA CAPTURES TITLE AT ITF CHARLESTON: Freshman Michaela Bayerlova gained her second career title at the ITF Charleston Tournament on Oct. 1. Seeded No. 5, she defeated No. 1 seed Montserrat Gonzalez in the championship match, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Gonzalez entered the tournament with a singles world ranking of 438. With Bayerlova's victory, her world ranking now stands at 629.
COUGARS IN ITA RANKINGS: Bayerlova was ranked No. 3 among freshmen/newcomers in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's preseason rankings and junior Tiffany Mylonas was ranked No. 90 in the ITA preseason singles poll. Bayerlova is the first Cougar to enter the freshman/newcomer rankings since the ranking began in the fall of 2010. Mylonas is WSU's most recent player to be ranked for preseason singles since junior Elizaveta Luzina in 2014.
COACH HART: Lisa Hart is entering her 15th season as the head coach at Washington State. Hart has accumulated 191 wins over her tenure, the most victories in school history. In 2012, the Cougars went 19-7 as Hart was awarded the Pac-12 Conference Women's Tennis Coach of the Year award.
LIVE STATS/VIDEO: For all home matches, fans wishing to follow the Cougars can go to wsu.statbroadcast.com to get live results. Live video of the Utah match this week can be found at http://www.utahstateaggies.com/livestats/w-tennis/xlive.htm.
THINGS TO KNOW:
•The duo of Michaela Bayerlova and Aneta Miksovska have only lost a combined 18 games in their 11 matches this season while Tiffany Mylonas and Guzal Yusupova have only lost a combined 10 games in their 10 matches, all wins.
•Freshman Michaela Bayerlova won her 16th straight match, the third-longest winning streak in school history.
•The Cougars are a combined 110-23 (.827) in singles and a combined 47-9 (.839) in doubles play.
•Junior Tiffany Mylonas continues to lead the team with 21 wins this season.
UP NEXT: WSU women's tennis travels to Boise, Idaho Monday, March 5 to face Boise State at 11 a.m. PT. They end the week against Oregon in Eugene, Ore. Sunday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at the Student Tennis Center.
LAST WEEK: The Cougars captured win No. 8 of the season Feb. 23 after holding off Minnesota and defeating the Gophers 4-3. WSU tennis continued the week with two sweeps Saturday Feb. 24 with a 4-0 sweep against Seattle and a 7-0 win against Eastern Washington. With these wins the Cougars improved to 10-1 for the 2017-18 season. WSU women's tennis improved to 2-0 all-time against Minnesota, 12-1 against Seattle and 34-2 all-time against Eastern Washington.
BAYERLOVA RANKED 34 IN ITA NATIONAL SINGLES: Freshmen Michaela Bayerlova rose to No. 34 in ITA Single rankings following Bayerlova's 6-2, 6-2 straight-set victory against No. 48 Maria Kononova of North Texas. This ranking is the highest since Liudmila Vasilieva was ranked 33 in ITA Preseason Single Ranking in 2012. Bayerlova was No. 54 in the first of 2018 ITA National Singles rankings.
BAYERLOVA NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For the second time this season, WSU freshman Michaela Bayerlova has been named the Pac-12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the conference announced Feb. 27. Bayerlova was first named Pac12's Women's Tennis Player of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 23. This season, Bayerlova is 3-0 against nationally ranked players and has lost just one set all year. Bayerlova is the sixth player at WSU under Head Coach Lisa Hart to receive player of the week honors.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: For the 2017-18 season the Cougars will have two new players to accompany the five returners. The returning roster consists of senior Barbora Michalkova, junior Aneta Miksovska, and sophomores Melisa Ates and Ege Tomey and Guzal Yusupova. The returning players will be joined by junior Tiffany Mylonas and freshman Michaela Bayerlova.
BAYERLOVA CAPTURES TITLE AT ITF CHARLESTON: Freshman Michaela Bayerlova gained her second career title at the ITF Charleston Tournament on Oct. 1. Seeded No. 5, she defeated No. 1 seed Montserrat Gonzalez in the championship match, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Gonzalez entered the tournament with a singles world ranking of 438. With Bayerlova's victory, her world ranking now stands at 629.
COUGARS IN ITA RANKINGS: Bayerlova was ranked No. 3 among freshmen/newcomers in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's preseason rankings and junior Tiffany Mylonas was ranked No. 90 in the ITA preseason singles poll. Bayerlova is the first Cougar to enter the freshman/newcomer rankings since the ranking began in the fall of 2010. Mylonas is WSU's most recent player to be ranked for preseason singles since junior Elizaveta Luzina in 2014.
COACH HART: Lisa Hart is entering her 15th season as the head coach at Washington State. Hart has accumulated 191 wins over her tenure, the most victories in school history. In 2012, the Cougars went 19-7 as Hart was awarded the Pac-12 Conference Women's Tennis Coach of the Year award.
LIVE STATS/VIDEO: For all home matches, fans wishing to follow the Cougars can go to wsu.statbroadcast.com to get live results. Live video of the Utah match this week can be found at http://www.utahstateaggies.com/livestats/w-tennis/xlive.htm.
THINGS TO KNOW:
•The duo of Michaela Bayerlova and Aneta Miksovska have only lost a combined 18 games in their 11 matches this season while Tiffany Mylonas and Guzal Yusupova have only lost a combined 10 games in their 10 matches, all wins.
•Freshman Michaela Bayerlova won her 16th straight match, the third-longest winning streak in school history.
•The Cougars are a combined 110-23 (.827) in singles and a combined 47-9 (.839) in doubles play.
•Junior Tiffany Mylonas continues to lead the team with 21 wins this season.