Huskers Host Wichita State on Sunday

Wichita State Shockers at Nebraska Cornhuskers 
Sunday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. CT
Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center (Lincoln, Neb.)
Live Stream: https://huskers.com/sports/2019/8/21/womens-tennis-live-video-court-1.aspx 
Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/nebraska/wtennis/xlive.htm
 
The Nebraska women’s tennis team hosts their second home match of its 2022 spring season against Wichita State on Sunday at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center.

Live stream and stats are available at the links provided above. Updates will be posted to Huskers.com and @HuskerWTennis on Twitter.

 

Scouting Wichita State 

• The Shockers finished the 2020-21 season with a 10-16 overall record, including a 1-2 record in AAC conference play.

• This year marks head coach Colin Foster’s 11th season with the Shockers women’s tennis program.  

• This year, WSU is competing with three graduates, two redshirt freshmen, as well as one freshman and one sophomore. 

 

Series History

• Nebraska is 16-5 overall against the Wichita State Shockers, with its last victory coming on Feb. 29, 2020 at the Dillon Tennis Center. 

• NU has been competing against the Shockers since 1999, with an eight-match win streak. 

 

Up Next

• The Huskers will host Kansas on Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. CT, and then will host Memphis on Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. CT. 

Two Freshmen Join Nebraska

• Lucy Loy, a native of Fishers, Ind., played club tennis at Indianapolis Racquet Club for Coach Jamie Dieveney and competed for Fishers High School, under Coach Dave Heffern. A four-time letterwinner, Loy received all-state honorable mention in 2018, second team all-state honors in 2019 and first team all-state honors in 2021. Loy was a regional finalist in 2019 and a state semifinalist in 2021. On the club side, Loy was a Midwest level 2 and 3 doubles winner and a level 3 singles winner.

• A native of La Crescenta, Calif., Jillian Roa was a standout player in high school where she won the singles junior ITF title in Skopje, Macedonia. She was also regional U18 Champion of the Balearic Islands and reached the singles finals in a junior ITF in La Nucia, Spain. 

Novak Claimed Slovenian Title To Close 2021 

• Novak beat Noka Juric 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the title and win the Slovenian National Championship in Medvode, Slovenia in December.

• With the championship, she wrapped up an impressive year after earning First-Team All-Big Ten honors for the 2020-21 season, while also being named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.