PREVIEW: #41 Tennis Hosts Kansas State in Home Finale

HOUSTON — After the cancellation of its match against #31 Oklahoma State on Friday, the #41 University of Houston Tennis team hosts Kansas State for the final home match of the season at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Barbara Wallace Tennis Facility.

The Cowgirls (8-9, 5-5 Big 12) were forced to forfeit after not having enough available players due to injury which gave the Cougars (15-5, 5-5 Big 12) the win.

Due to forecasted inclement weather and an effort to complete the match, Houston will honor its four seniors, Sophie Schouten, Chems Doha Zeghlouli, Elizaveta Morozova and Gabriela Cortes for their commitment to the program at 1 p.m. Monday in the Great Hall of the Athletics/Alumni Center.

Admission to the match is FREE. Fans can watch the action against Kansas State here and follow live stats here.

LAST TIME OUT
The Cougars split their contests falling to #21 UCF, 4-1, on Saturday and sweeping Missouri State, 4-0 on Sunday.

Schouten was the one bright spot against the Knights claiming straight sets against Lauren Seye on court six for a career-high 14 singles wins on the season.

The Cougars dominated Missouri State, 4-0. Doubles pairs of Schouten and Zeghlouli, and juniors Valeriia Krokhotina and Iva Sepa claimed the doubles point with identical 6-1 scores.

Morozova and junior Petja Drame added points with singles victories while Cortes clinched the match on court five in her season debut.

ABOUT HOUSTON
Houston is in its second season under the direction of Head Coach Katarina Adamovic and returns five starters from a season ago.

The Cougars got off to their best start since 1990 at 11-0, swept its first eight opponents for the first time in program history and were ranked as high as #29 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team poll.

Houston is ranked #41 in this week's ITA team poll while coming in at #42 in the UTR team rankings.

Schouten leads the Cougars with a 14-1 singles record on court five while Krokhotina also holds double fingers singles wins with 12.

Senior duo Zeghlouli and Schouten own a 12-4 doubles record on court one to go along with a 10-4 record from Drame and Morozova on court three.

ABOUT KANSAS STATE
Kansas State enters the weekend with a 5-10 record including a 2-7 ledger in conference play. The Wildcats have lost their last six matches, all to ranked opponents.

Margaloo Chogsomjav leads the Wildcats with six wins on the season including five on court one.

Margaloo and her sister Martaa teamed up for nine doubles victories on the season with seven of them coming on court one. The sister duo is ranked #80 in this week's ITA doubles poll.

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