Women's Tennis Prepares to Host Stony Brook, URI

Saturday, February 17

North Haven, Conn.

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Stony Brook University

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Quinnipiac vs. Stony Brook
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 | 6:00 PM
North Haven Health & Racquet Club | North Haven, Conn.

Quinnipiac vs. URI
Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024 | 6:00 PM
North Haven Health & Racquet Club | North Haven, Conn.

HAMDEN, Conn. -- Quinnipiac women's tennis is preparing to host Stony Brook and URI this weekend in North Haven. The match versus Stony Brook will be at 6:00 PM on Saturday, Feb. 17 at North Haven Health & Racquet, while Sunday's match will be against URI at 6:00 PM.

SCOUTING STONY BROOK

Stony Brook is 1-2 with their lone win coming over Fairfield, 5-2 a week ago.
The doubles team of Cornelia Bruu-Syversen and Darian Perfiliev are 2-0 on the year.
The Bobcats are 4-9 versus Stony Brook since 2001 but have won the last two meetings.

SCOUTING URI

URI is 2-2 with wins over Siena and Stonehill.
The Bobcats are 3-3 versus URI since 2007 and have won the last two matchups.

FLOWER TABBED MAAC TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

First Year Caitlin Flower went 4-0 in her matches last week to be named MAAC Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
She won both of her matches against UConn between singles and doubles.
Flower also won both matches against Stonehill while only dropping one game.
She has won four straight singles matches to start the spring.

DOMINANT WIN OVER STONEHILL

The Bobcats topped Stonehill at home 7-0 on Saturday, Feb. 10.
QU only lost 17 total games between singles and doubles.
Caroline Schulson and Caitlin Flower moved to 7-2 as a doubles team.

ROAD LOSSES AT UMASS, UCONN

The Bobcats dropped two matches last week to UMass, 5-2, and UConn 4-3.
On Saturday, Feb. 3, the Bobcats won two matches at UMass.
First Year's Caitlin Flower and Ella Lewis each won their matches in three sets.
On Wednesday, Feb. 7, the Bobcats won three singles matches at UConn.
Anagha Shankar continued her dominance, winning in straight sets at the No. 1 spot while Caitlin Flower and Ella Lewis also won their matches in straight sets.

SHANKAR NAMED MAAC TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

First Year Anagha Shankar was named MAAC Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday, Jan. 31 for her efforts over last weekend.
She went 2-0 against Hofstra, winning her singles match in straight sets and her doubles match 6-3.

FIRST WIN OVER HOFSTRA

On Saturday, Jan. 27, the Bobcats battled past Hofstra, taking the doubles point as well as four singles matches.
Anagha Shankar, Caroline Schulson, Caitlin Flower, and Ella Lewis each won their singles matches.
The tandems of Anagha Shankar / Vera Sekerina and Caroline Schulson / Caitlin Flower won their doubles matches.

LOSS AT YALE TO OPEN SPRING

The Bobcats fell 7-0 at Yale University to start their season last weekend.
Caroline Schulson was the lone Bobcat to win a set, taking the first set in her match in a tiebreaker.

FALL SEASON RECAP

Over six events in the fall semester, the Bobcats had a combined record of 39-17 in singles and 17-13 in doubles.
Graduate student Jenna Sloan advanced to the ITA Regionals Women's Tennis Round of 16.
Sloan and Dominque Yeo also advanced to the Round of 16 doubles.

UNANIMOUS PRESEASON NO. 1 IN MAAC COACHES POLL

The Bobcats were picked to win the MAAC for the third consecutive time as picked by the league's coaches.

LAST YEAR (2022-23)

Quinnipiac women's tennis won its second consecutive MAAC title on April 23, 2023, defeating Fairfield by the final score of 4-1 at Mercer County Tennis Courts.
The Bobcats went 13-8 (6-0 MAAC) during the regular season in 2022-23, earning their ninth-straight MAAC regular season title.

MAAC DOMINANCE

QU has now won seven MAAC championships/advanced to the NCAA Tournament seven times since joining the league (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2021-22, 2022-23) under Head Coach/Director of Tennis Paula Miller.
Under the guidance of Head Coach Miller, the Bobcats have earned at least a share of the regular season MAAC title nine straight times since joining the MAAC in 2013-14. Miller has been named MAAC Coach of the Year seven times (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023). She has led Quinnipiac to six MAAC Tournament titles and six NCAA Tournament appearances (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022).

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