SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team goes for its second win in as many matches when it meets Tiffin University 8 p.m. Friday at the PA Tennis Academy in Wexford, Pennsylvania.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Live in-match results of Friday's match will be provided free of charge by the SRU tennis program HERE or at the below link. 
 
MATCH 2 DETAILS
Opponent: Tiffin University
Date: Saturday – 4 p.m.
Location: PA Tennis Academy - Wexford, Pennsylvania
Live Results: Link
All-Time Series: SRU leads 1-0
Last Played: March 12, 2007 (SRU won 7-2)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock holds a 1-0 record in the all-time series against Tiffin thanks to a 7-2 victory over the Dragons during the 2007 season.
 
ITA RANKINGS CHECK
Slippery Rock, which closed the 2024-25 season as the No. 49 team in Division II, was well-represented on the initial individual national and Atlantic Region rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in November. Tiffin is also represented in the national and regional rankings by Jemimah Choi.
 
National Doubles
No. 12: Nicole Kempton / Alissia Kivi (SRU)
 
National Singles
No. 43: Jemimah Choi (TU)
No. 46: Alissia Kivi (SRU)
 
Regional Doubles
No. 2: Nicole Kempton / Alissia Kivi (SRU / Atlantic)
 
Regional Singles
No. 5: Alissia Kivi (SRU / Atlantic)
No. 5: Jemimah Choi (TU / Midwest)
No. 8: Nicole Kempton (SRU / Atlantic)
No. 9: Amaia Balaguer Brau (SRU / Atlantic)
No. 11: Dari Sakhanova (SRU / Atlantic)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Roster: Link
• Stats: Link
• Overall Record: 1-0
• Home Record: 0-0
• Away Record: 0-0
• Neutral Site Record: 1-0
• Head Coach: Matt Meredith | 28th season (394-224, .638)
 
KEMPTON AND BALAGUER BRAU APPROACHING HISTORY
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Slippery Rock will add at least two more athletes to its 100-win club this year.
 
Nicole Kempton and Amaia Balaguer Brau are both on track to reach 100 career victories at The Rock early in the season. Entering Friday's match, Balaguer Brau has 95 wins at SRU and Kempton is at 94.
 
When they reach the impressive milestone, the duo will become the 17th and 18th members of the program's 100-win club (Singles+Doubles). As such, Kempton and Balaguer Brau would join Tina Slovak and Dari Sakhanova as active members of The Rock's 100-win club.
 
A possibility also exists that Alissia Kivi could make it five members of this year's roster with 100 wins at SRU. Kivi has tallied 68 career wins already with the overwhelming majority of her sophomore year still to be played.
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• A year after earning the doubles point in 17 of its 25 matches, Slippery Rock continued what's been a decade long trend of having strong doubles results by taking two of three flights in its season-opener against Frostburg State.
 
• SRU's second and third flight pairings of Amaia Balaguer Brau / Tina Slovak and Nadia Rodewald / Dari Sakhanova have combined to post a 15-2 record through the fall and its first dual match of the year.
 
• Balaguer Brau and Slovak, who are 19-4 as partners in dual match competition over their careers and 6-1 this season overall, occupied The Rock's second flight against FSU.
 
• In their first year as a team, Rodewald and Sakhanova have won nine of their first 10 matches together.
 
• The top of The Rock's doubles rotation is headlined by Nicole Kempton and Alissia Kivi: the 12th-ranked team in Division II. Kempton and Kivi are 7-4 versus fellow Division II competition this year.
 
• Slippery Rock swept all six singles matches against Frostburg State with the top half of its lineup all posting dominant wins as Balaguer Brau (6-1, 6-1), Kivi (6-0, 6-0) and Kempton (6-1, 6-0) set the tone for a team victory.
 
• Kivi is 10-1 in singles matches this season with both Kempton (8-2) and Balaguer Brau (8-3) close behind.
 
• Slippery Rock's fourth and fifth flights against Frostburg State were occupied by senior veterans Slovak (6-2, 4-6, 11-9) and Sakhanova (6-3, 6-2). Sakhanova holds a 6-3 individual record in 2025-26, while the FSU win pushed Slovak above the .500 mark at 2-1.
 
• Playing in her first dual match for The Rock, Rodewald, a Grand Valley State transfer, captured a smooth 6-0, 6-3 win in the sixth flight versus Frostburg State. A victory against Tiffin would push her season record to an even 5-5.
 
TIFFIN PRIMER
• Roster: Link
• Stats: Link
• Overall Record: 2-3
• Home Record: 1-0
• Away Record: 1-3
• Streak: W1
• Head Coach: Phil Conley
 
SCOUTING THE DRAGONS
• Tiffin was picked to finish second in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference after finishing last season with a 20-7 overall record that included an 8-1 mark in conference play.
 
• The Dragons won the 2025 G-MAC Tournament championship and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for a fourth consecutive year where they made the regional championship match before falling to Wayne State (4-3).
 
• Of Tiffin's five dual matches this season, four have occurred during the spring season. After losing to Fairmont State (4-3) in the fall, TU has returned to action in the spring with 6-1 wins over both Illinois Springfield and Purdue Northeast as well as losses to No. 19 Grand Valley State (7-0) and Davenport (4-3).
 
PROBABLE LINEUP (Last Match Order)
(Dual Match Record)
Singles
1-No. 43 Jemimah Choi (3-0)
2-Francesca Milani (2-3)
3-Brooke McNeal (1-4)
4-Erna Brdarevic (3-1)
5-Tea Schoulmann-Dore (3-2)
6-Anisha Sivakumar (2-3)
Doubles
1-Choi / McNeal (3-1)
2-Brdarevic / Katarina Yates (2-2)
3-Milani / Imani Shah (2-0)
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock returns to competition with five matches over eight days as part of its annual spring break trip in Orlando, Florida. Among SRU's Florida opponent are West Chester (March 13), Rider (March 15), Texas A&M Kingsville (March 17), Saint Leo (March 18) and Angelo State (March 20).
 
 
 


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