Women’s Tennis Weekend Preview: Barton & Chowan

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University women's tennis team will host Barton and Chowan this weekend in their final regular season matches of the season.

Since the 2008-09 tennis season, the Converse tennis team is 3-11 against the Barton Bulldogs. Barton has won the past two matches against the Valkyries, including knocking Converse out of the Conference Carolinas Tennis Championships last season.

This is the sixth all-time meeting between Converse and Chowan dating back to the 2017-18 tennis season. Converse is 3-2 against the Hawks over that span and have won the last three meetings dating back to the 2018-19 season.

Converse Women's Notes:

Converse is 4-14 overall this season and 1-7 in Conference Carolinas action. The Valkyries have been off for over a week, but last time out they lost to Erskine 6-1.
In the Valkyries last match, Lais Martins was the lone bright spot for the Valkyries with a straight sets win at the No. 4 singles flight.
Kharb leads the women's team with a 10-6 record in singles action, while Lais Martins is second on the team with a 6-11 record.
The Valkyries No. 1 doubles team of Glogowski-Watson/Kharb are 11-7 overall this season and 4-4 in Conference Carolinas play. The Valkyries No. 2 pairing of Martins/ Marleen Prinz is 4-5 overall on the season.

Barton Notes:

Barton is 9-9 overall this season and 5-2 in Conference Carolinas play. The Bulldogs have won three straight matchups and they are 3-3 in away games this season.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 5-2 win over Emmanuel on Monday afternoon. Barton won at the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles courts to take an early 1-0 advantage over the Lions. In singles action, the Bulldogs clinched the match with wins at the No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles courts.
Hellum-Lilleengen leads the team with an 11-7 overall record in singles play this season, playing predominantly at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles courts. Irma Granstam is second on the team with a 9-6 overall record and Tilda Howeier is third on the team with an 8-9 overall record.
In doubles action, the top doubles team of Granstam/Howeler is 12-2 overall and 5-1 in Conference Carolinas action. The No. 3 double pairing of Osenyonye Nwokolo/Saez Lozano is second on the team with a 9-6 overall record this season.

Chowan Notes:

Chowan is 6-12 overall and 1-6 in Conference Carolinas action this season. The Hawks are 0-5 in away matches this season and they have lost three straight matches.
The Hawks are coming off a 5-2 loss to Emmanuel on Tuesday afternoon. Chowan fell early with only one win in the doubles portion of the competition. In singles action, Micayah Porter and Sreshta Puducheri picked up the lone court victories for the Hawks.
Porter leads the team with a 7-6 overall record in singles action, while Manuela Jimenez and Valentina Domenicone are both second on the team with six wins each.
The doubles pairing of Porter/Domenicone is 6-3 overall this season, while the pairings of Kentish/Puducheri and Jimenez/Estinvil both have five wins on the season.