Final Two Regular Season Matches Ahead

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's tennis program will round out the regular season schedule with two road matches this week against Furman and UNCG.

MATCHDAY INFO
Mercer (11-8, 3-2) vs. Furman (9-11, 4-3)
Wednesday, April 12 | 3 p.m. | Greenville, S.C. | Mickel Tennis Center
LIVE STATS

Mercer (11-8, 3-2) vs. UNCG (4-14, 0-5)
Sunday, April 16 | 11 a.m. | Greensboro, N.C. | UNCG Tennis Courts

RECENT ACTION
The Bears closed out the home schedule with a non-conference win over Alabama State, 4-0, after suffering a tough 6-1 defeat to ETSU.

Teodora Ristic and Mary Courville went 2-0 last week, defeating ETSU 6-3 and ASU 6-1. These wins brought their record to 12-7, 3-1 together at the first doubles slot. Courville defeated both singles opponents on court two and is at a 13-6, 4-0 record.

SCOUTING FURMAN
The Paladins have defeated all five SoCon opponents so far this season: UNCG, Western Carolina, Wofford, Chattanooga, and Samford.

Jess Dawson and Sara Snyder have played at the first doubles slot for a majority of the season and are at a 10-8, 5-0 record together. Marissa Pennings and Ellie Schulson have played at the second slot, going 7-9, 3-2 with Madison Dillon and Luca Victoria Vocke at the third slot going 8-5, 2-2.

Schulson has played on court one in singles for most of the season, going 6-11, 5-0. Pennings is 6-12, 2-3 this season at the second singles slot and Snyder is 9-7, 3-2 and has played at multiple singles slots. Dawson is 7-10, 3-2 so far and Dillon is 13-6, 5-0, and both have played at multiple slots. Vocke is 8-5, 4-0 at the fifth and sixth slots and won both matches last week.

SCOUTING UNCG
Unlike Furman, the Spartans have lost all five SoCon matches so far: Furman, ETSU, Wofford, Western Carolina, and Chattanooga.

Hanna Giddings and Olivia Gallagher have played at the first doubles slot most consistently and are 6-7, 0-2 together. Court two for doubles has been up in the air as to who has competed, but Arina Babkova and Raegan Mitchell have played the most, going 1-4, 0-1. Court three is similar to the second slot, but Alexandra Dodashev and McCollough Perry are 1-3, 0-1 together.

Giddings recently started playing at the first singles slot and is 4-9, 1-4 with Gallagher going 0-5, 0-5 on court two. Mitchell is 8-5, 1-3 this season and just played her first match at the third singles slot, losing 7-5, 7-5. Dodashev played at the fourth slot last week and is 5-12, 1-3 this season while Luna Urso is 4-12, 0-4 this season playing at the fifth singles slot. Craft played at the sixth singles slot and is at a 2-9, 1-4 record so far.

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Teodora Ristic

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