THIS WEEK: The Cougars travel home to Pullman, Washington to face Purdue, Feb. 3 at 12 p.m. PT at the Hollingberry Fieldhouse. The Cougars enter the match at 5-0 this season in dual play and Purdue enters the match with a 4-1 record. Last season the Cougars fell to Purdue 1-6 on January 27, 2017 in Lafayette, Indiana.

UP NEXT: The WSU women's tennis team travels to Manhattan, Kansas to play North Texas Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. PT and Kansas State Feb 11 at 9 a.m. PT. Last season the Cougars earned a 4-3 victory against North Texas, but fell to Kansas State 3-4.

LAST WEEK: The Cougars captured two 7-0 sweeps against Montana, their third and fourth consecutive sweeps to start the 2017-18 season. The third match of the weekend, against Iowa, provided to be more of a challenge, yet the Cougars still captured the victory by a score of 5-2. With these wins, freshman Michaela Bayerlova improved to 10-0 as a collegian tying for the best start to a season by a Cougar since 2000. Additionally, junior Tiffany Mylonas saw her winning streak end at 14 against Iowa, tying for the third-longest winning streak since the 2000 season. The Cougars improved to 36-4 all-time against Montana and 2-1 all-time against Iowa.

BAYERLOVA NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michaela Bayerlova was named Pac12's Women's Tennis Player of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The Pac12 announcement followed her two straight-set victories against Montana State and Iowa. Her win against Idaho's Marianna Petrei, the nation's 39th-ranked player marked the highest-ranked win by a Cougar player since defeating No. 12 Klara Fabikova of California (April 8, 2016). Bayerlova is the sixth player at WSU under Head Coach Lisa Hart to receive player of the week honors. Michaela missed much of the fall season playing in professional tournaments, capturing the $15,000 ITF Charleston event last October defeating the world's 427th-ranked player, Montserrat Gonzalez, in the final. Bayerlova is ranked No. 3 among freshmen/newcomers in the most recent ITA rankings and is currently ranked No. 629 in the world after achieving a career-best of 583 last July.

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 receive this title 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 186 wins over her tenure, finishing the last season with a 10-16 record. 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 Purdue match this week can be found at wsucougars.com.

THINGS TO KNOW:

• The Cougars are 5-0 to start the season, their best start since going 12-0 to start the 2016-17 campaign.
• Freshman Michaela Bayerlova improved to 10-0 as a collegian, tied for third-best start to a season by a Cougar dating back to 2000.
• Junior Tiffany Mylonas saw her winning streak snapped at 14, which was tied for the third longest winning streak since the 2000 season.
• Senior Bara Michalkova extended her career-best winning streak to 11 matches.