Saturday, February 11
Lynchburg, VA
8 AM CT
University of North Texas
vs
Maryland
Women’s Tennis Takes on Maryland, Liberty Looking to Extend Winning Streak
2/10/2023 2:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis
UNT trying for longest win streak since 2015-16
LYNCHBURG, Va. (Feb. 10, 2023) – Currently riding a five-match win streak, UNT will travel on the road for the first time in three weeks when they head to Lynchburg, Va., to take on Maryland and Liberty over the weekend on the campus of Liberty University.
The Mean Green will be looking to extend the win streak to six and potentially seven matches which would be the longest win streak for UNT since 2015-16.
UNT starts the weekend off with a Saturday morning matchup against Maryland at 8:00 AM and will close the weekend by taking on host Liberty at 8:00 AM Sunday.
Matilde Morais continues to pace UNT in singles play this season as she remains perfect at 7-0 playing exclusively at line two. She and Jasmine Adams are also the staples at line one doubles where they possess a 4-1 record overall this season.
Kexuan Zhou also remains perfect this season at 6-0 in singles play. The senior out of Changsha, China, has wins at lines four, five and six already this season.
Olivia Halvorsen and Adams also possess strong singles records this season as they both head into the weekend with 7-1 singles records with Adams playing exclusively at line one and Halvorsen competing at lines four and five.
In total, UNT will go into the weekend with an impressive 38-7 record in singles play and a 15-4 mark in doubles.
A Look at the Competition
The Mean Green will be looking to extend the win streak to six and potentially seven matches which would be the longest win streak for UNT since 2015-16.
UNT starts the weekend off with a Saturday morning matchup against Maryland at 8:00 AM and will close the weekend by taking on host Liberty at 8:00 AM Sunday.
Matilde Morais continues to pace UNT in singles play this season as she remains perfect at 7-0 playing exclusively at line two. She and Jasmine Adams are also the staples at line one doubles where they possess a 4-1 record overall this season.
Kexuan Zhou also remains perfect this season at 6-0 in singles play. The senior out of Changsha, China, has wins at lines four, five and six already this season.
Olivia Halvorsen and Adams also possess strong singles records this season as they both head into the weekend with 7-1 singles records with Adams playing exclusively at line one and Halvorsen competing at lines four and five.
In total, UNT will go into the weekend with an impressive 38-7 record in singles play and a 15-4 mark in doubles.
A Look at the Competition
- Maryland comes into the weekend at 5-1 overall with their lone loss coming against North Carolina.
- In their five wins this season, the Terrapins have only dropped a total of three matches as a team.
- Maryland finished the 2021-22 season at 18-7 overall and advanced to the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament.
- Liberty heads in at 6-1 with their lone loss coming in a tight 4-3 battle against fellow C-USA opponent FIU.
- The Flames have won five straight matches heading into Friday afternoon.
- Liberty finished last season 19-8 overall that included a 4-1 win over UNT and advanced to the ASUN Tournament Title match.
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