Three matches over the next two days are coming up for the University of Evansville women’s tennis team. On Friday, the Purple Aces head to Louisville for a 4 p.m. ET match before coming back home on Saturday for a pair of home matches at Wesselman Park.
Home play features a match against Wright State at 1 p.m. before UE faces IUPUI at 4:30 p.m.
Over its last seven contests, the Purple Aces are 5-2 as they had a great run on their spring trip to Orlando. Evansville picked up victories over Florida A&M, Marian, Creighton, Norfolk State and South Dakota on their way to five triumphs in a row.
Diana Tkachenko stands at 13-3 in singles play and is a 2-time Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week. Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga has also been stellar, picking up nine victories while Daria Pentsova checks in with eight.
Louisville comes into Friday’s tilt with a 9-2 mark and are winners of three out of four. Over that span, the Cardinals have defeated Pittsburgh, Marshall and Miami (Ohio) with the loss coming to Notre Dame.
Saturday’s opponents will be Wright State and IUPUI. The Raiders come to Evansville with a 7-7 mark and have picked up wins in their last two outings over Niagara and St. Bonaventure. IUPUI is 2-11 on the season, falling to Indiana University by a 7-0 final last time out.
