Quinnipiac University
Hofstra University
QU Women's Tennis Prepped for Match Against Hofstra
3/10/2017 9:14:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (4-6, 3-0 MAAC) vs.
Hofstra University Pride (4-7, 0-0 CAA)
Date: March 11, 2017
Time: 4 P.M.
Location: Point Set Racquet Club - Oceanside, New York
BACK IN ACTION
The Quinnipiac women's tennis team is back in action on Saturday, March 11, as it travels to take on the Hofstra University Pride at the Point Set Racquet Club in Oceanside, New York.
SCOUTING THE PRIDE
Hofstra comes into the weekend with a 4-7 record, and have yet to play any matches in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Pride have lost their last three contests but have earned wins over Wagner, Fairfield, Sacred Heart and Loyola University.
MAAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Quinnipiac women's tennis senior Sydney Young (Austin, Texas) was named the MAAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week, as announced by the league on Wednesday, March 8. Young's player of the week honors are the second of her career, and she is the second Quinnipiac women's tennis player to be honored with a weekly award this season, as Rachel Horton (Stamford, Connecticut) won the award earlier this season.
Young went 1-0 in Quinnipiac's loss to Army on Saturday. Young teamed up with Horton to defeat Nancy Porter and Melanie Allen, 6-4 in the No. 1 doubles match. Young also took on Porter in the No. 4 singles draw but the match went unfinished since the teams played in a clinching style format, where Army won 4-1. However, before the match concluded, Young had won the first set 6-2 and the second set was tied 6-6 when it was called
KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE
After defeating Niagara on Saturday, Feb. 18, including MAAC Tournament matches, the Bobcats are now 30-0 in matches against MAAC opponents since joining the new league coming from the Northeast Conference.
MAAC MONSTERS
In the Bobcats' three MAAC dual matches, they have gone 26-1 in competition. The team has posted a 17-1 record in singles play against MAAC opponents and a 9-0 record in doubles competition.
DOMINANT DUOS
The Bobcats own a 54-24 (.692) record in doubles play this season. The duo of Horton and Young leads the team in wins with 17. However, the team of Layla Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) and Sitilia Rencheli sit in second with 12 wins.
CHEMISTRY IS EVERYTHING
Of the 15 different doubles combinations that head coach Paula Miller has used this season, 13 of those duos have winning records.
ALL THEY DO IS WIN
As the team heads into the weekend, Young leads the team in overall wins with 28, while Horton sits in second with 26 wins and Rodriguez is in third with 25 wins.
STREAKING BOBCATS
Multiple Bobcats own an above .500 record in their last 10 singles matches. Rodriguez and Young have collected six wins in their last 10 matches.
JOIN THE 10 CLUB
Rodriguez and Young both lead the team with 10 singles wins, but Jennifer Lu (Cypress, California) and Horton both sit with nine wins with the chance to join the 10-win club after this weekend.
What's On Tap?
Following the weekend match against Hofstra, the Bobcats will be back in action on Tuesday, March 21, when the team travels to take on the Providence Friars at 3 p.m.
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