No. 4 Seeded USF Heads to Dallas for American Athletic Conference Tournament
TAMPA (April 18, 2017) – The No. 4 seeded USF women's tennis team will kick off the American Athletic Conference tournament in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 1 p.m. (EST).
The Bulls (12-9) were seeded fourth in the conference, positioning them to see the winner of No. 12 Temple or No. 5 on Thursday.
USF closed out regular-season play with a tough shutout loss to No. 40, FIU, 4-0, but previously went on a nine-game winning streak from March 4-March 25.
Vanja Klaric (Gaborone, Botswana) leads the team in singles, 13-7 at one, three, four, and five spots. As a doubles pair, juniors Klaric and
Nicole Dzenga (Harare, Zimbabwe) have worked thirteen wins this season at the No.1 and No. 2 spots.
The American Athletic Conference tournament will take place at the SMU Tennis Complex in Dallas, Texas.
Scouting the Opponent:
SMU
The Bulls and the Mustangs met earlier this season in Dallas where USF triumphed, 4-3. SMU is 3-4 in the American with losses to UCF, Tulsa, and Wichita State and wins over Houston, Tulane, and ECU.
Ana Perez-Lopez leads the Mustangs in singles (14-6) with the majority of her wins at the No. 4. In doubles, Tiffany Hollebeck and Anzhelika Shapovalova lead the Mustangs with an 14-5 mark at the No. 2 and 3 spots.
Temple
Temple goes into tournament play seeded in No. 12 with a 2-1 conference record including a loss to ECU and wins over Cincinnati, 4-3, and UConn, 5-2.
Kristina Titova leads the Owls in singles, 11-4, at the No. 2 and 3 positions.
Up Next:
View the full tournament draw
HERE.
Cristina Moros will be in her third year at the helm of after leading the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.
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