Huskers Set to Host Rams, Coyotes on Saturday

Colorado State at Nebraska Cornhuskers 
Saturday, Feb. 19 at 10 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

South Dakota at Nebraska Cornhuskers 

Saturday, Feb. 19 at 2:30 p.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 will host two matches this weekend at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center. On Saturday, the Huskers will face Colorado State (10 a.m.) and South Dakota (2:30 p.m.).

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

 

Scouting Colorado State  

• The Rams finished the 2020-21 season with a 4-6 overall record, including a 3-3 record in Mountain West conference play.

• Head coach Mai-ly Tran is in her first season with the Rams, and she is only the second head coach in school history.   

• Colorado State’s doubles team of Radka Buzkova and Matea Mihaljevic is ranked No. 46 in ITA. 

Series History with Colorado State 

• Nebraska is on a 22 match winning streak against Colorado State, with its last victory coming on Feb. 21, 2020 in Lincoln, Neb. 

• This will be the Huskers’ 24th year competing against the Rams.

Scouting South Dakota 

• The Tigers finished the 2021 spring season with a 5-9 overall record, including a 3-3 record in Summit League conference play.

• This is head coach Brett Barnet’s eighth season with the Coyotes. 

• This year, the Coyotes’ roster contains 11 players. 

 

Series History with South Dakota 

• Nebraska is on a four-match winning streak since February 2016.

 

Up Next

• The Huskers will host Kansas State on March 2 at 4 p.m. 

Novak Ranked No. 108 in ITA 

• Kristina Novak is 9-5 in singles play this season, including a ranked win over No. 45 Julia Adams of Furman.

• The sophomore from Slovenia has competed out of the No. 1 spot for the Huskers in every match this season and is currently on a one-match winning streak.

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