ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy women's tennis team is set to play a pair of matches Wednesday as part of its spring break trip, taking on Middle Tennessee and Quinnipiac at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
In their final matches before the start of Patriot League play, the Midshipmen open the day with a noon start against the Bobcats and then turn around for a 7 p.m. showdown with the Blue Raiders. Live scoring will be available via iOnCourt, while live stream links can be found below.
Last Time Out
The Mids bounced back after a 4-1 loss to Long Beach State on Feb. 28 by posting a doubleheader sweep the next day, March 1, with wins over Georgetown, 5-2, and Morgan State, 7-0 … Despite the Mids' No. 3 pairing winning in doubles, sophomore
Manci Pal claimed the lone point against LBSU on Friday with a singles victory in the No. 5 position … Earning wins on all three doubles courts against the Hoyas, Navy then got singles wins from seniors
Emily Tannenbaum and
Parvathi Shanker, freshman
Molly Bellia and Pal to take the first Saturday match … Again going 3-0 in doubles matches against the Bears, the Mids then notched wins from Tannenbaum, rookie
Grace Li, seniors
Sylvia Eklund and
Kate Lee and freshmen
Peyton Amspacher-Philemon and
Ji Soo Oh to sweep the singles courts.
Mids in the National Rankings
Navy was well-represented in the national singles and doubles rankings put out by the ITA at the end of the fall, appearing three times … Slotted at No. 87 in the singles rankings was senior
Emily Tannenbaum, with the Midshipmen having two doubles teams ranked as well … Tannenbaum and fellow senior
Parvathi Shanker rated 51st on the doubles list, while the pairing of Tannenbaum alongside sophomore
Olivia Fermo was slotted at 104th in the same rating list … Tannenbaum came in at No. 112 in the latest singles rankings of the spring on March 4.
Tannenbaum Rewriting Record Book
Now holding three more spots in the Navy record book after setting the program records for career singles, doubles and combined wins during the Milwaukee Tennis Classic, Tannenbaum holds a total of seven school records … Last spring, the then-junior set the program record for single-season singles wins (33) and career No. 1 singles victories (37) while also resetting a pair of program single-season records she had previously set, tallying 18 victories at the No. 1 singles spot and registering 55 combined wins over the course of the campaign … Tannenbaum needs six more doubles wins to break the program single-season record of 24 set by Amanda Keller, Kaylah Hodge and Claudia Mackenzie during the 2017-18 campaign … Tannenbaum also needs four more wins at the No. 1 doubles spot to break the program career record held by Hodge and Keller at 23 top-doubles victories.
Scouting Quinnipiac
The Bobcats arrive in Florida for a four-game week with a 2-5 record, having picked up a 4-3 win at Niagara to open MAAC play … QU will face North Dakota on Monday and NC Central on Tuesday before playing Navy and Hampton in a Wednesday twin-bill … Willow Renton was named MAAC Player of the Week last week for her 2-0 day against Niagara … Renton had a successful end to the fall, reaching the semifinals in both singles and doubles brackets of the MAAC Masters tournament … Quinnipiac went 10-12 last season with a 5-1 MAAC record, falling in the conference championship match to Fairfield.
Scouting Middle Tennessee
The Blue Raiders are 8-5 on the young season, with matches against Navy and Hillsborough Community College set for Wednesday … Back-to-back losses to FIU and Ball State on Saturday snapped a six-match winning streak for MTSU … Alessia Truden paces the Blue Raiders with eight singles wins this spring, tallying an 8-4 record at the top singles spot … Truden and Rutuja Chaphalkar lead Middle Tennessee with a 10-2 doubles mark, going 1-0 as the top pairing and 9-2 on the second court … Last season saw the Blue Raiders go 11-13 overall and 3-3 in Conference USA, falling in the CUSA quarterfinals to Jacksonville State.
Series History
Navy is 3-0 in the all-time series with Quinnipiac … The Mids picked up wins over the Bobcats in 2012, 2013 and 2018, with all three matches being neutral-site contests in Orlando … Wednesday night's match will be the first all-time meeting between Navy and Middle Tennessee.
Up Next
Navy opens its Patriot League slate with road matches on back-to-back days, playing at Lehigh on March 22 and at Bucknell on March 23.
Live Streaming Links
vs. Quinnipiac
Court 1: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/902
Court 2: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/903
Court 3: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/904
Court 4: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/905
Court 5: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/906
Court 6: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/907
vs. Middle Tennessee
Court 1: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/896
Court 2: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/897
Court 3: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/898
Court 4: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/899
Court 5: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/900
Court 6: https://savemyplay.com/facility/344-Jd17jofu-USTA-National-Campus-Team-USA/live-courts/901
