BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women’s Tennis will face Sam Houston at 10 a.m. CT on Wednesday in the first round of the 2026 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Championship at the Adams Tennis Complex in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

MATCH INFO


WKU (11-13) vs. Sam Houston (8-12)
Wednesday, April 15 | 10 a.m. CT
Adams Tennis Complex | Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Social : @WKUTennis | @WKUSports


ABOUT THE LADY TOPPERS


WKU finished the regular season with an 11-13 overall record and a 2-2 record against CUSA opponents. The Lady Toppers are the No. 8 seed in the CUSA Women’s Tennis Championship.
WKU has won at least 10 matches in each of the last five seasons. It is the second time the program has accomplished the feat, also doing so between the 2009-13 seasons. The Lady Toppers have won 73 matches over the last five seasons, which is the highest win total over a five-year period in program history.
The Lady Toppers have won the doubles point in eight matches this season and are 8-0 when winning the doubles point.
Emily Schut, Virginia Madueño and Barbara Olvera each have 10 doubles wins this season.
Schut has 24 doubles wins during her WKU career, which ranks tied for 12th in program history with Karina Ledaja, who had 24 doubles wins from 2002-04.
Madueño has led WKU in singles this season with her 16-4 record. She is 6-1 at the No. 3 position and has won her last three matches. The 16 singles wins are tied for fifth-most in a single season in program history, and only Rachel Hermanova has more singles wins in a season as a true freshman in program history. Hermanova had 19 singles wins during the 2022 season as a freshman.
Olvera enters the conference tournament with an 11-10 record in singles play, with four wins at the No. 4 position.
Ariadna Fernandez is 10-6 in singles, with three wins at the No. 5 position.
Isabelle Einess and Schut each have nine wins in singles this spring.
Schut has 24 singles wins during her WKU career, which is tied for 13th-most in program history.
Elizabeth Sobieski has four singles wins, all at the No. 6 position.
Head Coach Greg Davis now has 348 career wins as a head coach. He entered the season tied for 23rd nationally in wins among active NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis head coaches with at least five years as a Division I head coach, counting all victories as a coach at a four-year institution. Davis entered the season with a career winning percentage of .637, which ranked 36th among that group of coaches.
Davis has collected 89 wins at WKU, which ranks second in program history.
For more information on the 2026 CUSA Women’s Tennis Championship, click HERE.


QUOTABLE


“Had a very close match with Sam Houston at our place in March and we know they will be a very difficult match in the conference championship.” – WKU Women’s Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis.


SERIES INFORMATION


Wednesday’s match will be the second between the two programs, both all-time and this season. The Bearkats claimed a 5-2 win in Bowling Green, Kentucky, earlier this season on March 12.


SCOUTING THE BEARKATS


Sam Houston went 8-12 overall during the regular season and 3-2 against CUSA opponents.
The Bearkats claimed CUSA wins over WKU, Middle Tennessee and Missouri State, and lost to Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State.
Sam Houston is coached by Rob Hubbard. He was named Sam Houston’s eighth Women’s Tennis Head Coach on July 11, 2016.


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