LYNCHBURG, VA. – Jacksonville State women's tennis is set for the first round of the 2025 Conference USA Tournament. The Gamecocks will take on Sam Houston at 9 am on Wednesday in Lynchburg, Va.
The Red-and-White went 9-7 this year after their final match of the season against Kennesaw State was canceled before it was concluded due to inclement weather. Meanwhile, Sam Houston is 5-11 this season and lost their last match of the year to Liberty on April 13 by a score of 4-0.
The Gamecocks and Bearkats previously faced one another on Friday, March 14, in Jacksonville. Jax State took that match in a 4-0 win.
The Gamecocks are led by
Zuzana Pavelekova in singles play who is 11-3 this spring. Some other standouts include
Irene Artigas and
Anna Syrova both at 8-4,
Polina Ramenskaja at 8-6,
Aneka Patel at 5-3,
Ella Tuomela at 3-2, and
Ava Thomason at 1-0. Overall, Jax State is 49-30 in singles.
Artigas and Patel pace the Gamecocks in doubles action with an 8-5 mark on the year. Pavelekova and Syrova have combined for a 4-2 record, Ramenskaja and Tuomela are also 4-2, Erenda and Ramenskaja are 3-2, and Tuomela and Thomason are 1-0 together.
Christine Jevicky leads the Bearkats with a 5-3 record in singles. Nayuma Subba is 5-7, Adithi Venkatakrishnan is 5-8, Sara Sadadinovic is 4-6, and and Aaliyah Hohmann has the only other winning record at 3-2. Sam Houston is 24-37 as a team in singles.
Sadadinovic and Hohmann are 3-2 in doubles, Jevicky and Venkatakrishnan are 5-5, Ella Fitcher and Venkatakrishnan are 1-0, Subba and Jacqueline Schnabel are 4-5, and Sadadinovic and Fitcher are 1-0. The Bearkats are 15-18 in doubles.
With the tournament being win and advance, the winner of the Sam Houston versus Jax State match would move on to play Middle Tennessee on Thursday at 10 a.m.
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Wednesday, April 16 // 10 a.m.
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Match 1: (8) NM State vs. (9) UTEP
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Wednesday, April 16 // 10 a.m.
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Match 2: (7) Jax State vs. (10) Sam Houston
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Thursday, April 17 // 10 a.m.
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Match 3: (4) Kennesaw State vs. (5) Liberty
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Thursday, April 17 // 10 a.m.
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Match 4: (2) MTSU vs. W2
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Thursday, April 17 // 1 p.m.
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Match 5: (1) FIU vs. W1
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Thursday, April 17 // 1 p.m.
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Match 6: (3) LA Tech vs. (6) WKU
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Friday, April 18 // 10 a.m.
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Match 7: W3 vs. W5 (Semifinal 1)
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Friday, April 18 // 10 a.m.
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Match 8: W4 vs. W6 (Semifinal 2)
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Saturday, April 19 // 10 a.m.
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Match 9: W7 vs. W8 (Championship)
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