THIS WEEK: Washington State tennis returns home to play Utah Friday March 30 at 1:30 p.m. The Cougars will continue against Colorado Sunday April 1 at 10 a.m. The matches will be played at the outdoor tennis courts, or pending bad weather, inside of Hollingbery Fieldhouse. WSU enters the weekend with a 17-2 season record, 2-1 in Pac-12 play, while Utah is 9-7, 1-3, and Colorado sits at 8-5, 1-2. Last season the Cougars fell 3-4 to both Utah and Colorado. This weekend serves as an opportunity for the teams to take the lead in all-time records, with a 7-7 all-time record between WSU and Utah and a 4-4 all-time record with Colorado.
UP NEXT: The Cougars travel to Arizona to face Arizona State Friday April 6 at 1:30 p.m. in Tempe. The following day, April 7, WSU will continue play against Arizona in Tucson at the Lanelle Robson Tennis Center at noon.
LAST WEEK: After knocking off No. 41 USC and improving to 17-1, the Cougars fell to No. 13 UCLA, which serves as the second loss of the season. With the 4-1 victory over USC the Cougars made series history, winning for the first time in a span of 25 matches.
WSU CLIMBS ITA TEAM RANKINGS: Washington State University soared to No. 31 in the most recent ITA team rankings, released Tuesday. The Cougars, which rose from No. 38 last week to its current No. 31, are at its highest ranking since April 30, 2012.
BAYERLOVA RANKED 43 IN ITA NATIONAL SINGLES: Following the most recent ITA singles rankings, freshmen Michaela Bayerlova came in at No. 43, up six spots from the previous ranking of 49. Bayerlova was No. 54 in the first of 2018 ITA National Singles rankings and rose to 34, her highest ITA ranking thus far.
BAYERLOVA NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For the second time this season, WSU freshman Michaela Bayerlova was named the Pac-12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the conference announced Feb. 27. Bayerlova earned her first Pac-12's Women's Tennis Player of the Week Jan. 23. This season, Bayerlova is 3-0 against nationally ranked players and has lost just one set all season in her 20 singles matches. 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.
COACH HART: Lisa Hart is entering her 15th season as the head coach at Washington State. Hart has accumulated 198 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.
THINGS TO KNOW:
UP NEXT: The Cougars travel to Arizona to face Arizona State Friday April 6 at 1:30 p.m. in Tempe. The following day, April 7, WSU will continue play against Arizona in Tucson at the Lanelle Robson Tennis Center at noon.
LAST WEEK: After knocking off No. 41 USC and improving to 17-1, the Cougars fell to No. 13 UCLA, which serves as the second loss of the season. With the 4-1 victory over USC the Cougars made series history, winning for the first time in a span of 25 matches.
WSU CLIMBS ITA TEAM RANKINGS: Washington State University soared to No. 31 in the most recent ITA team rankings, released Tuesday. The Cougars, which rose from No. 38 last week to its current No. 31, are at its highest ranking since April 30, 2012.
BAYERLOVA RANKED 43 IN ITA NATIONAL SINGLES: Following the most recent ITA singles rankings, freshmen Michaela Bayerlova came in at No. 43, up six spots from the previous ranking of 49. Bayerlova was No. 54 in the first of 2018 ITA National Singles rankings and rose to 34, her highest ITA ranking thus far.
BAYERLOVA NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For the second time this season, WSU freshman Michaela Bayerlova was named the Pac-12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the conference announced Feb. 27. Bayerlova earned her first Pac-12's Women's Tennis Player of the Week Jan. 23. This season, Bayerlova is 3-0 against nationally ranked players and has lost just one set all season in her 20 singles matches. 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.
COACH HART: Lisa Hart is entering her 15th season as the head coach at Washington State. Hart has accumulated 198 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.
THINGS TO KNOW:
- WSU defeated USC for the first time in team history.
- The Cougars have now defeated two nationally ranked teams, No. 41 USC and No. 21 Oregon, but fell to No. 13 UCLA.
- Tiffany Mylonas leads the team with 26 wins, Aneta Miksovska and Barbora Michalkova follow closely behind with 23, and Melisa Ates and Michaela Bayerlova with 22.
- The team has an overall total of 141-32 (.815) in singles play and 60-13 (.822) in doubles action.