Saturday, April 5
Lynchburg, Va.
12:00 PM ET
Liberty University
vs
Western Kentucky
Women’s Tennis Hosts Western Kentucky in Final Home Match
4/3/2025 3:29:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty (9-11, 3-1 CUSA) prepares its final regular season home match, welcoming Western Kentucky (13-7, 2-1 CUSA) on Saturday at noon. The match from the Liberty Tennis Complex will be streamed live via SwingVision.
Liberty is coming off a 1-1 week in Miami, Fla. The team fell 4-0 at No. 46 FIU on Friday and topped New Mexico State 4-1 in a neutral-site match on Saturday.
The No. 1 doubles pair of Daniella O'Neill and Maria Turchetto were recognized for their 2-0 weekend with their second consecutive Conference USA Doubles Pair of the Week award. The duo topped Panthers' Valery Gynina & Ekaterina Khairutdinova, 7-5 and edged the Aggies' Anna Pinaieva and Nadia Nemeth 6-4.
The Lady Flames currently look to continue its strong play in CUSA matches, currently with an 8-1 mark in regular season meetings. The team owns a 10-2 CUSA record including postseason with both losses against FIU.
The team looks to continue strong play against the Hilltoppers, currently holding a 2-0 mark in the all-time series. Liberty swept WKU 4-0 in its first match in over 10 years after topping the Hilltoppers 5-0 in 2013.
Lady Flames News & Notes
Liberty is coming off a 1-1 week in Miami, Fla. The team fell 4-0 at No. 46 FIU on Friday and topped New Mexico State 4-1 in a neutral-site match on Saturday.
The No. 1 doubles pair of Daniella O'Neill and Maria Turchetto were recognized for their 2-0 weekend with their second consecutive Conference USA Doubles Pair of the Week award. The duo topped Panthers' Valery Gynina & Ekaterina Khairutdinova, 7-5 and edged the Aggies' Anna Pinaieva and Nadia Nemeth 6-4.
The Lady Flames currently look to continue its strong play in CUSA matches, currently with an 8-1 mark in regular season meetings. The team owns a 10-2 CUSA record including postseason with both losses against FIU.
The team looks to continue strong play against the Hilltoppers, currently holding a 2-0 mark in the all-time series. Liberty swept WKU 4-0 in its first match in over 10 years after topping the Hilltoppers 5-0 in 2013.
Lady Flames News & Notes
- Yu-Yun Chen leads the team with a 12-5 record this spring. The freshman is 8-2 in her past 10 results and is 2-1 in her past four matches playing in the No. 2 singles position.
- Celina Joseph (8-10) currently owns a three-match singles winning streak.
- Chen and Joseph are the only Lady Flames undefeated in CUSA play this spring.
- Liberty's O'Neill and Turchetto own a 9-8 record in the No. 1 doubles position. The pair currently own a five-match winning streak.
- The pair of Chen and Joseph own a 7-3 record in their past 10 results.
- The team has secured seven of the past nine doubles points.
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