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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team is scheduled to open Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition with a home match 4 p.m. Wednesday against Clarion University at the SRU Tennis Courts
 
MATCH 8 DETAILS
Opponent: Clarion University
Date: March. 30 – 4 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania – SRU Tennis Courts
All-Time Series: SRU leads 33-9
Last Played: April 14, 2021 (SRU won 7-0)
 
RECORDS / LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock won two of its final three matches during its annual Spring Break trip to bring a 5-3 overall record back north. SRU is 2-1 against fellow Division II teams this year with wins over Ashland and Shepherd as well as a loss to nationally ranked Newberry.
 
Clarion enters the match looking to snap a six-match losing streak that has dropped the Golden Eagles' record to 1-7 overall and 0-1 in league matches.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Dating back to 1996, Slippery Rock has won 24 straight matches against Clarion to push its record in the all-time series to 33-9. The last four matches in the series have been shutout victories for SRU.
 
SRU IN THE ITA RANKINGS
Atlantic Region Singles: Lois Page (No. 4), Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez (No. 9), Gabriela del Val del Toro (No. 18), Nuria Martin Lopez (No. 19)
Atlantic Region Doubles: Lois Page / Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez (No. 3) Gabriela del Val del Toro / Teddi Isherwood (No. 7)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Overall Record: 5-3
Home Record: 1-0
Away Record: 2-1
Neutral Site Record: 2-2
Streak: W1
Last Five Matches: 3-2
Head Coach: Matt Meredith | 24th season at SRU (336-192)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Anchoring The Rock's singles lineup is Lois Page, who will bring a 12-6 overall record into the week including a 5-3 mark in first flight dual matches. Page has won 107 matches at SRU, the 11th highest total in program history and four away from tying Dunja Drmac for 10th place.
 
• Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez has won two of her last four singles bouts to improve to 6-9 on the year overall. She has competed out of the second flight in seven of SRU's eight dual matches this year.
 
• Gabriela del Val del Toro has won a team-best 13 singles matches in 2021-22 including a 5-3 showing at No. 3 singles. Overall, the reigning PSAC West Athlete of the Week has won seven of her last 10 matches.
 
• After starting the season 3-4 in individual tournament contests, Nuria Martin Lopez has begun the team portion of The Rock's season by going 4-4 in dual matches while primarily playing from the fourth flight.
 
• Teddi Isherwood has been great for SRU as a rookie, producing a 12-3 overall record, a 7-1 showing in dual contests all the while winning a team-high six consecutive matches predominantly from the fifth flight.
 
• Zoe Heed has also supplied The Rock with much-needed wins in the back half of the team's singles rotation as the Coker University transfer has won five of her first eight matches while representing SRU.
 
• Page and Gonzalez Sanchez combine to form The Rock's top doubles team. The duo have won four of their last six contests to improve their overall record to 8-8 in 2021-22.
 
• Isherwood and del Val del Toro have been solid for Slippery Rock as head coach Matt Meredith's No. 2 doubles team as the pair sports a 7-5 overall record and a 3-2 dual match record.
 
• The Rock's No. 3 doubles team has fluctuated early on as four different groupings have played in SRU's eight dual bouts.
 
CLARION PRIMER
Overall Record: 1-7
PSAC West Record: 0-1
Home Record: 1-2
Away Record: 0-1
Neutral Site Record: 0-4
Streak: L6
Last Five Matches: 0-5
Head Coach: Cynthia Copenhaver | Fourth season at CU (4-29)
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
• Alexis Strouse (1-7) has served as Clarion's top singles competitor in all eight matches this year.
 
• The rest of the lineup has shifted around throughout the year with Savannah Buttery (1-7), Alayna McGovern (2-6) and Josie Beckerleg (2-6) each having appeared in all eight matches as well with Alyson Fisher (1-3) and Charlie Allison (0-1) also having played in dual matches as well.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will play a pair of key regional contests on the road Saturday at West Virginia State and Sunday at the University of Charleston. Times and exact location for both of the matches are contingent on weather.  
 
 
 


 
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