ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Winning nine of its last 10 matches, the Navy women's tennis team (9-3) is set to return to action on Saturday, March 4 with a 2 p.m. against Delaware (7-2) at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
 
Saturday's match will be the Midshipmen's last home contest for over a month, as the team will play seven matches away from Annapolis, including its first three Patriot League contests, before coming home on April 7 for a meeting with Georgetown.
 
Feeling Good at Home
Navy is 7-0 at home this season, including four straight 7-0 sweeps to conclude a six-match homestand earlier in the spring … Through seven home matches, the Mids have posted a 38-4 record in singles play and 19-2 mark on the doubles courts … Navy has posted 11-straight dual wins at home dating back to last season, and the Mids have only lost three home matches over the past two-plus seasons … The Mids are 189-42 all-time at home, posting winning records at home every season during the program's history … The Feb. 12 victory over George Mason guaranteed Navy a winning home record for the 15th consecutive season under head coach Keith Puryear.
 
Last Time Out
The Mids went 1-1 last weekend, as Navy saw an eight-match winning streak snapped with a 5-2 road loss to Liberty but rebounded with a 5-2 home victory against Howard … Liberty was able to claim two doubles matches and jump out to a 1-0 lead on Saturday, and the Flames won the top four singles matches to earn the dual victory despite Navy sophomores Sylvia Eklund and Kate Lee beating their opponents on the No. 5 and No. 6 courts … The Mids bounced back on Sunday, taking an early lead over Howard when the top pairing of sophomore Emily Tannenbaum and junior Samantha Johns and the No. 2 duo of Lee and fellow sophomore Parvathi Shanker both won to secure the doubles point … Navy then captured four singles matches courtesy of junior Stella Ribaudo, freshman Sia Chaudry, Johns and freshman Hanna Elks Smith, while the Bison's Nadia Pegram and Sifa Butcher claimed their singles matches to spoil the Mids' chances of a fifth-straight home shutout.
 
Lee Continues Streak
Winning her last seven singles matches, Lee now has the longest active winning streak on Navy … The sophomore began her streak with her final match of the fall tournament season, and has a 6-0 singles record in dual action … Smith has the second-longest singles winning streak on the team with four consecutive singles wins.
 
Scouting Delaware
The Blue Hens are 7-2 on the spring, bringing a six-match unbeaten streak into Saturday … Delaware's most recent contest was a 5-2 victory against Rutgers on Feb. 24, while the Blue Hens will play Fairleigh Dickinson in a neutral-site match on Friday in Elkton, Maryland before arriving in Annapolis … Isabella Montana and reigning CAA Co-Freshman of the Year Alina Vasilenko were named CAA Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week on Tuesday … Delaware's top doubles pair of Adel-Byanu Abidullina and Eliza Askarova moved up to third in the ITA National Doubles Rankings last week.
 
Series History
Navy leads the all-time series with Delaware at 8-3, winning three of the last five meetings … After the Mids scored a 7-0 win over the Blue Hens in Annapolis on Feb. 23, 2020 that included then-freshman Casey Accola tallying victories in doubles and singles play, Delaware turned the tables in the next matchup, registering a 7-0 victory in Newark, Delaware on Feb. 13 of last season despite Tannenbaum pairing with Katereina Corpuz for a 6-2 doubles win in the No. 2 spot … Askarova has been in the No. 1 doubles pairing and the No. 1 singles position for Delaware in the last two meetings between the programs.
 
Next Up
Navy heads back down to Orlando, Florida for back-to-back doubleheaders on March 13-14. The Mids will face Quinnipiac and UConn on Monday, March 13, before squaring off with South Dakota and Niagara on Tuesday, March 14.