The Nebraska women’s tennis team (11-9, 2-7 Big Ten) hits the road for the final two regular-season matches as NU faces Michigan State (10-13, 1-8 Big Ten) in East Lansing on Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. and No. 2 Michigan (21-3, 9-0 Big Ten) Sunday, April 21 at 12 p.m., in Ann Arbor. Both matches are in central and live video and scoring can be found on Huskers.com.
Scouting Michigan State
- Michigan State has one ranked singles player, Ria Bhakta, who is ranked No. 106. Doubles pair Nicole Conard and Ayshe Can are ranked No. 35.
- The Spartans are currently on a three-match losing streak and will face No. 65 Iowa on Sunday to close the regular season.
Series History vs. Michigan State
- Michigan State leads the all-time series 6-2, but last year NU defeated the Spartans 4-2.
Scouting Michigan
- Michigan has seven ranked singles players: No. 3 Kari Miller, No. 24 Julia
- Fliegner, No. 56 Gala Mesochoritou, No. 85 Lily Jones, No. 116 Piper Charney and No. 121 Bayley Sheinin. On the doubles side, duo Jaedan Brown and Kari Miller are ranked sixth.
- With two wins this weekend, Michigan can clinch their second-straight Big Ten Championship.
- Senior Kari Miller leads the team with a 28-7 singles record and has 93 career wins.
- Series History vs. Michigan
- Michigan holds the all-time advantage over the Huskers, 8-0.
Numbers to Watch
- Freshman Maria Taranova leads the team with a 21-6 singles mark. Her 21 wins are the most for a freshman since Patricia Veresova in the 2009-10 season.
- Isabel Adrover Gallego is 59-41 in doubles play with partner Lucy Loy, who just surpassed 30 doubles wins as a Husker. The pair is 10-4 on the season and 8-2 in the spring.
- Raphaelle Lacasse and Isabel Adrover Gallego are ranked No. 82 in doubles.