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Friday, March 21
Lynchburg, Va.
3:00 PM ET
Liberty University
vs
Middle Tennessee
Liberty Opens CUSA Play Hosting Middle Tennessee, UTEP
3/19/2025 10:07:00 AM | Women's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Liberty Lady Flames (6-10) tennis team opens up Conference USA action with home matchups against Middle Tennessee (10-5) on Friday and UTEP (6-4) on Sunday. Both matches will be played at the Liberty Tennis Complex with Friday's match set for a 3 p.m. first serve and Sunday's match scheduled for a 1 p.m. start. Friday's match facing MTSU will be streamed live on ESPN+ with commentary provided by Noah Frary and former Flame, Shea Thomas.
Liberty is coming off a 5-2 loss at home to Richmond last Sunday. The Lady Flames are 2-2 in their past five matches including a 4-1 victory over Gonzaga (March 11) and a 4-2 triumph at UNCG (March 2).
The Lady Flames look to improve on a 3-5 home record this weekend with its first matches outdoors in Lynchburg this season.
Liberty went 5-0 in CUSA regular season play last season while picking up a 2-1 record at the 2024 CUSA Women's Tennis Championships. The Lady Flames topped both MTSU (April 5) and UTEP (April 12) 4-0 last season.
Lady Flames News & Notes
The Kids Will Be Alright
Liberty is coming off a 5-2 loss at home to Richmond last Sunday. The Lady Flames are 2-2 in their past five matches including a 4-1 victory over Gonzaga (March 11) and a 4-2 triumph at UNCG (March 2).
The Lady Flames look to improve on a 3-5 home record this weekend with its first matches outdoors in Lynchburg this season.
Liberty went 5-0 in CUSA regular season play last season while picking up a 2-1 record at the 2024 CUSA Women's Tennis Championships. The Lady Flames topped both MTSU (April 5) and UTEP (April 12) 4-0 last season.
Lady Flames News & Notes
- Freshman Yu-Yun Chen leads the team with a 10-4 singles record this season. She owns a 4-2 record between the No. 1 and 2 slots and holds a 6-2 mark in the No. 3 singles position.
- Chen currently holds a five-match singles winning streak, all in the No. 3 singles position. She is 9-1 in her past 10 overall matches. Chen has only lost one match outdoors (8-1) in singles or doubles.
- Freshman Yoanna Radulova has started the last five matches in the No. 1 singles position with a 1-3 record.
- Liberty has combined for a 15-30 record (0.33 winning percentage) between the No. 4, 5 and 6 singles positions. Conversely, the team is 20-20 (.500 winning percentage) between the top three singles slots.
- The Lady Flames have won the doubles point in 8-of-16 matches despite having an overall 21-24 doubles record.
- Liberty's No. 1 doubles pair of Daniella O'Neill and Maria Turchetto have secured a 5-8 record this season.
The Kids Will Be Alright
- Four of Liberty's seven rostered athletes are true freshmen. The team has two true sophomores (Turchetto and Sadie Daavettila) and a redshirt sophomore, O'Neill.
- Of Liberty's 96 total singles matches this season, 62 matches (65 percent), have been played by true freshmen.
- All four freshmen have played at least 15 singles matches.
- Radulova and Chen have combined for a 15-5 record between the No. 2 and 3 singles positions.
- Liberty has featured doubles pairs of just true freshmen, primarily Radulova with Anika Lemus (7-7) and Chen with Celina Joseph (5-5).
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