Friday, March 6
Lynchburg, Va.
2:00 PM ET
Liberty University
vs
Georgia State
Liberty Men’s and Women’s Tennis Host Simultaneous Matches Friday and Sunday
3/4/2026 2:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Liberty Flames and men's (5-7) and women's (8-3) tennis teams will host a pair of simultaneous home matches at the Liberty Tennis Complex on Friday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
On Friday, the women's team will be in action in the lower stadium courts against ETSU (7-2), while the men's team will take on Georgia State (3-5) on the upper courts.
On Sunday afternoon, the men's team will be featured in the lower stadium courts meeting William & Mary (3-4), while the women's team will match up against Memphis (2-9).
The men's team is coming off a testing 1-2 weekend in the eight-team, Diablos Collegiate Invitational, in Tempe, Ariz. The Flames topped No. 61 Washington (4-1) to begin the event but suffered defeats against No. 11 Arizona State (4-0) and No. 31 (4-1).
The women's team is seeking a five-game winning streak after they bested Marshall (4-3) and East Carolina (4-0) over the weekend.
Men's Tennis News & Notes
Women's Tennis News & Notes
On Friday, the women's team will be in action in the lower stadium courts against ETSU (7-2), while the men's team will take on Georgia State (3-5) on the upper courts.
On Sunday afternoon, the men's team will be featured in the lower stadium courts meeting William & Mary (3-4), while the women's team will match up against Memphis (2-9).
The men's team is coming off a testing 1-2 weekend in the eight-team, Diablos Collegiate Invitational, in Tempe, Ariz. The Flames topped No. 61 Washington (4-1) to begin the event but suffered defeats against No. 11 Arizona State (4-0) and No. 31 (4-1).
The women's team is seeking a five-game winning streak after they bested Marshall (4-3) and East Carolina (4-0) over the weekend.
Men's Tennis News & Notes
- The Flames are 3-0 all-time against Georgia State, most recently sweeping the Panthers 4-0 in 2024.
- Liberty is 8-7 against William & Mary in program history. The two previously met last season, with the Flames securing a 4-3 triumph.
- The Flames are 3-1 at home and have yet to have an outdoor match in Lynchburg this spring.
- Liberty shook up its lineup last weekend, headlining Siwanat Auyatakul in the No. 1 slot followed by Rodrigo Santiago Arraez and Carl Roothman.
- The Flames moved the doubles pair of Benjamin Sparks and David Ekpenyong (5-2) to the No. 1 slot and the No. 3 duo of Arraez and Guy Vorwerk (4-2) to No. 2. Siwanat Auyatakul debuted together at No. 3 doubles, going 1-2 in Arizona.
- Liberty is collectively 13-14 in doubles and 30-35 in singles.
Women's Tennis News & Notes
- Liberty is 1-5 all-time against ETSU, most recently meeting in 2019 when the Lady Flames suffered a 4-0 loss.
- The Lady Flames will be meeting Memphis for the first time in program history.
- Liberty is 5-0 at home this season, but has only played one match outdoors at the Liberty Tennis Complex.
- Liberty's No. 1 doubles pair of Yoanna Radulova and Maria Turchetto were named the Conference Doubles Pair of the Week for the second time this season.
- The No. 1 duo owns an 8-1 record this season and a 15-4 mark for the year.
- Celina Joseph and Milana Tsulygina pace the squad with an 8-2 singles record. Joseph
- In the singles round, the Lady Flames sport a .667 winning percentage with a collective 40-20 record.
- Liberty owns a combined .742 winning percentage (23-8) between the No. 4-6 singles positions.
- The Lady Flames are collectively 21-8 (.742 winning percentage) in doubles. The No. 3 pair of Celina Joseph and Candy Wai is 5-2 together.
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