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Austin Peay Lady Govs Tennis set for home opener on Friday

APSU Sports: Austin Peay Tennis

Austin Peay State University Lady GovsClarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University women’s tennis team opens its home schedule, 1:30pm, Friday, when it host Memphis at the Governors Indoor Tennis Center.

After a telling loss at Vanderbilt, Monday, the Lady Govs have used the past week to emphasis on lessons learned. With a young lineup and few practices through the early part of the spring semester, Austin Peay looks for continued improvement against Tigers.

APSU Women's Tennis. (Austin Peay Sports Information)
APSU Women's Tennis. (Austin Peay Sports Information)

Senior Vanja Tomic leads the Lady Govs at No. 1 singles, and is joined in the top of the lineup by two freshmen – Alison Carre and Ornella Di Salvo. Austin Peay’s bottom three also includes a pair of freshmen at Nos. 4 and 5 – Weronika Kurka and Vanessa Tavarez – along with sophomore Andra Cornea at No. 6.

Memphis recently handed a shutout loss to Miami (Ohio), picking up a clean sweep of six singles and three doubles matches. The Tigers have three players ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Associations’ top 100 – No. 51 Stefanie Mikesz, No. 60 Courtney Collins and No. 98 Mariya Slupska.

All Austin Peay tennis matches offer free admission to fans.

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