Posted: Feb 16, 2022
THE TEAMS
Fresno State (*5-1) at Santa Clara (1-2)
*Plays San Francisco on Friday before facing Santa Clara.
MATCH INFO
When: Saturday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, California)
When: Saturday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, California)
Video: Live Video
NOTES
- The first serve for Saturday's match against Fresno State is now at 1 p.m., a change from the original time of 11 a.m.
- The Sunday match against CSUN has been canceled at CSUN's request.
- Giulia Hayer and Katherine Petty tops the team with 2-1 singles records in the spring.
- Velizara Fileva and Varya Zlotnik have teamed up to pick up the lone doubles victory on the season.
- Santa Clara returns eight players (JennaMarie Gordon, Giulia Hayer, Finley Kalinic, Lindsay Lynch, Lindsey Pesqueira, Katherine Petty, Jamie Schroer and Varya Zlotnik) from last season and add two newcomers (Kacey Feng and Velizara Fileva).
- During the fall season, Feng led the team with five singles wins while Gordon and Hayer topped the squad with eight doubles wins each.
During the 2020-21 season:
- Four freshmen (Gordon, Kalinic, Petty and Zlotnik) were regulars in the starting lineups in both singles and doubles.
- Gordon, a transfer from Gonzaga, was named honorable mention All-West Coast Conference in singles in her first season on the Mission Campus.
- Kalinic posted a team-high seven wins in singles with three of those wins coming on court three.
- Hayer had a team-high eight doubles wins with seven of them coming on court two, all while paired with Gordon last season.
- Head coach Ben Cabell is in his 16th year as the head coach. He owns a 137-162 career record and has coached 26 all-conference singles, 12 all-conference doubles and 41 conference all-academic honorees.