THIS WEEK: The Cougars conclude their 2019 fall season when they travel to Normal, Ill., Oct. 26-27, to compete in the Redbird Duals.
 
REDBIRD DUALS FIELD: Joining WSU and host Illinois State at the Redbird Duals will be Northern Illinois and IUPUI.
 
REDBIRD DUALS DRAWS SET: The 2019 Redbird Duals have set the draws for the two-day event. There will be three singles flights and one doubles flight. The Cougars will have senior Melisa Ates and sophomore Yang Lee competing in Flight 1, freshman Carla Quadflieg in Flight 2 and freshman Maddie Egan in Flight 3. Yang and Egan will form one doubles team while Ates and Quadflieg will pair for the other.
 
ITA NORTHWEST REGIONALS RECAP: The Cougars sent four players to Stanford, Calif. to participate in the 2019 ITA Northwest Regionals. Senior Melisa Ates posted the biggest win over her career, defeated No. 2 seed and the nation's 24^th-ranked player in California's Julia Rosenqvist in the third round. Ates reached the Round of 16 before falling 7-5, 6-4 to Washington's Katarina Kopcilac. Sophomore Savannah Ly-Nguyen won her first two rounds before falling in the Round of 32 while sophomore Hikaru Sato and freshman Pang Jittakoat both reached the second round.
 
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: For the 2019-20 season the Cougars will have three new players to accompany the five returners. The returning roster consists of seniors Melisa Ates and Jovana Knezevic, junior Michaela Bayerlova and sophomore Yang Lee, Savanna Ly-Nguyen and Hikaru Sato. Newcomers include freshman Maddie Egan, Pang Jittakoat and Carla Quadflieg.
 
BAYERLOVA STARTS 2019 AT NO. 27 IN ITA PRESEASON RANKING: Washington State sophomore Michaela Bayerlova begins the 2019-20 season No. 27 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) preseason rankings. Bayerlova, from Krumbach, Germany, finished her 2019 season ranked No. 45 after reaching the NCAA Championships for the second-straight year.  In doubles, sophomore Hikaru Sato and freshman Pang Jittakoat enter the season ranked No. 32
 
COACH HART: Lisa Hart is entering her 17th season as the head coach at Washington State. Hart has accumulated a 221-118 (.540) record her tenure, finishing the last season with a 19-11 record and a third trip to the NCAA Championships.