Women's Tennis

Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green Begin Fall Competition

Friday, Sept. 25 Women's Tennis Schedule
Eastern Michigan @ EMU Hudden Duals - Ypsilanti, Mich.
Bowling Green @ EMU Hudden Duals - Ypsilanti, Mich.
Toledo @ EMU Hudden Duals - Ypsilanti, Mich.
Massachusetts @ Dartmouth Foliage Fall Fest - Hanover, NH

Saturday, Sept. 26 Women's Tennis Schedule 
Eastern Michigan @ EMU Hudden Duals - Ypsilanti, Mich.
Bowling Green @ EMU Hudden Duals - Ypsilanti, Mich.
Toledo @ EMU Hudden Duals - Ypsilanti, Mich.
Massachusetts @ Dartmouth Foliage Fall Fest - Hanover, NH

Sunday, Sept. 27 Women's Tennis Schedule 
Massachusetts @ Dartmouth Foliage Fall Fest - Hanover, NH
 
Previews courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments

Toledo Rockets
Women's Tennis opens up the 2026 fall slate at the EMU Hidden Duals in Ypsilanti, Mich. this weekend. The reigning MAC Champions will compete in singles and doubles competitions against Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan and Ferris State beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday. The team returns seven letterwinners from the 2026 championship squad and welcomes in two newcomers.


Eastern Michigan Eagles
YPSILANTI (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University tennis program will lift the lid on its 50th varsity campaign this week as the Eagles will play host to the EMU Hidden Duals, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 25-26, at the Chippewa Club in Ypsilanti, Mich. The Eagles will welcome competitors from Bowling Green, Ferris State, and Toledo to town as each team will play one another in singles and doubles play over the course of two days with action set to begin at 9:30 a.m. each day. Admission to the event is free.

FIRST SERVES:
» The 2026-27 season marks the 50th in the program's varsity history as Eastern has fielded a team every year since 1976-77 except for the 2017-18 campaign. The Eagles are 555-479 all-time and have captured two Mid-American Conference titles (1998 and 2001). The 4-2 win at St. Francis (Pa.), Jan. 24, 2026, stands as the 550th victory in program history.
» The 2026-27 roster features eight players with six returning from the 2025-26 roster, including fourth-year player Kseniia Saenko, third-year players Iva Daneva and Lara Diaz Zayas, and second-year players Pehal Kharadkar, Matilde Parreira, and Sabrina Tolstova.
» The Eagles welcomed a pair of transfers to the roster this year in Maria Batinic, a second-year player, and Valentina Salek, who is in her fourth year. Both come to Ypsilanti after competing for Findlay in their previous collegiate seasons.
» Jeff Westmeyer was hired over the summer as the program's 12th head coach and brings a wealth of success to town after leading both the women's and men's programs at Findlay, an NCAA Division II program in Ohio. During his time in Findlay, his women earn berths in the NCAA Midwest Region tournament all five years and won the regional title in 2026 before reaching the NCAA Elite 8. He also guided the team to five G-MAC titles while the men's program reached the NCAA Tournament in 2026 as well.
» The coaching staff is rounded out by two newcomers in Casey Smith (assistant) and Elina Ivanova (graduate assistant). Smith came to EMU from Henderson State where she was a graduate assistant after playing at Lewis University while Ivanova served as a graduate assistant at Illinois-Springfield last year following her playing career at Findlay under Jeff Westmeyer.
» The Eagles' 2026 fall slate will see the team compete in five events. Along with its own fall-opening event this week, Eastern will play at Michigan State twice with the ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Champaign, Ill.) and MAC Individuals (Kalamazoo) sandwiched between.
» The 2027 spring dual slate features 21 matches, including nine at home and 12 on the road. Throughout the spring season, which runs from January through May, the Eagles will compete in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee and could add Massachusetts to the list by finishing in the top four of the MAC standings and advance to the 2027 MAC Championships, May 1-2, in Amherst, Mass.
» Eastern finished the 2026 spring season with a 10-12 record and a 1-7 mark in the MAC.
» Entering the year, Eastern holds a 25-5 home record since the start of the 2023-24 season after going 21-30 in the six seasons before that stretch.


Bowling Green Falcons
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University tennis team officially opens the Autumn Williams Era this weekend, as the Falcons head to Ypsilanti, Mich., to participate in the EMU Hidden Duals. The four-team event will take place on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 25-26) at the Chippewa Club.

The Falcons will be joined by competitors from Ferris State, Toledo and the host school, Eastern Michigan, in the event. Each team will play one another in singles and doubles play over the course of the two days, with action set to begin at 9:30 a.m. each day. Admission to the event is free.

"We are very excited to play this weekend," said Williams. "The ladies have been working extremely hard to get to this point. I am looking forward to competing and getting better with each match." 

The Falcons' seven-player roster includes seniors Libby Blair and Qianyu Liu, juniors Konstantina Adamopoulou, Richardlyne Francois and Lucia Gaio, sophomore Kiera Taylor and freshman McKenzie Shelton.