Harding Women's Tennis

Harding (4-2) at Missouri-St. Louis (2-1)

Location: St. Louis, Mo.

Time: 9:30 p.m.

Series: First Meeting

Coaches: Harding – Marco Ruiz (4-2, 1st season at Harding); Missouri-St. Louis – Rick Gyllenborg (12th season at UMSL)

·         Harding meets Missouri –St. Louis on Monday in the first-ever meeting between the two teams in women's tennis.

·         Both teams enter the match ranked in their respective regions. Harding is ranked No. 9 in the ITA Central Region Rankings, and Missouri-St. Louis is ranked No. 7 in the ITA Midwest Region Rankings.

·         Harding is coming off a 9-0 blanking of Delta State, its first victory over the Lady Statesmen since 1995. The Lady Bisons improved to 4-2 overall with the victory and 2-0 against Division II opponents.

·         With its six singles victories in the Delta State match, Harding improved to 49-31 in singles matches this season. The team is also 19-14 in doubles matches.

·         Missouri-St. Louis has not played since defeating Bellarmine 8-1 on Feb. 9.

·         The Lady Tritons top-ranked player is Lena Perra, ranked No. 8 in the Midwest Region Rankings.