Toledo Takes On Cleveland State, Wright State This Weekend

Friday, February 8

Toledo, Ohio

1:00 PM

University of Toledo

Cleveland State

Senior Dee Dee Leenabanchong and the Rockets are ready for this weekend's home matches against Cleveland State and Wright State.

Toledo Takes On Cleveland State, Wright State This Weekend

2/6/2019 9:41:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Toledo, Ohio – The University of Toledo women's tennis team is set to face Horizon League foes Cleveland State on Friday, Feb. 8 and Wright State on Saturday, Feb. 9 at Twos Athletic Club. Both matches will be at 1:00 p.m.

Last Friday, the Rockets defeated Saint Francis (Pa.), 6-1, at Twos. Senior duo Thalita Rodrigues/Kokoro Chishaki and freshman/senior duo Christina Fuller/Claire Aleck took victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots to clinch the doubles point. In singles, junior Dee Dee Leenabanchong, freshman Eileen Carney, Fuller, and Aleck all swept their opponents in two sets while Chishaki settled in for a three-set battle on the No. 3 court. On Saturday, the Rockets lost to Cincinnati, 7-0, at Twos.

Last Time Against Cleveland State
The Rockets edged out Cleveland State 4-3 in Cleveland on Jan. 28, last season. Duos Sidnay Huck/Kokoro Chishaki and Colleen O'Brien/Dee Dee Leenabanchong took victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions to clinch the doubles point. Huck, Mimi Kendall-Woseley, and Chishaki swept their opponents in two sets each to seal the win.

Scouting Cleveland State
Last season Cleveland State went 12-13 with a 7-2 record in the Horizon League. The Vikings swept John Carroll, St. Bonaventure, Milwaukee, and Green Bay. In the first round of the Horizon League Championship the Vikings defeated Northern Kentucky 4-1 before falling to Youngstown State 2-4 in the semi-finals.

Isabella Spindler is Cleveland State's lone senior and finished last season with a team-best 19-15 singles record, primarily playing at the No. 1 spot. Spindler also had team-best record for doubles, going 17-7 with Aleksandra Golawska and finishing the season ranked second on the CSU Doubles Wins List with 39 career doubles wins.

Cleveland State has a 1-0 record on the season thanks to a 7-0 sweep of St. Bonaventure in January.

Last Time Against Wright State
Toledo secured a close 4-3 victory over Wright State in Dayton on Feb. 17 last season, . Despite coming up short in doubles with only one victory from O'Brien/Leenabanchong, the Rockets bounced back in singles play, winning four of six matches. Kendall-Woseley, Leenabanchong, Chishaki, and Rodrigues swept their opponents in two sets each.

Scouting Wright State
Last season Wright State went 20-12 and 7-2 in the Horizon League, capturing seven regular season sweeps. The Raiders swept Oakland 4-0 to earn a spot in the Horizon League Championship semi-finals, where they fell to Illinois-Chicago 1-4.

Haily Morgan is the Raider's lone senior and went 18-18 in singles mainly at the No. 2 position and 20-8 mainly at No. 1 doubles last season. Junior Madison Riley went 22-18 at No. 4 singles and 16-12 at No. 3 doubles last season.

Wright State has a 2-1 record on the 2019 season with 7-0 sweeps of Chicago State and West Virginia State.