GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG women's tennis takes to the road this weekend, facing No. 34 Furman on Friday, before traveling to Wilmington to face UNCW on Sunday. The Spartans are coming off a loss to Samford this past Friday, after the program's match at Chattanooga on the 21st was postponed, looking to restart the four-match winning streak they had to open the 2021 spring season.
WHAT TO KNOW
Who: Furman
Where: Greenville, S.C. | Mickel Tennis Center
When: Friday, March 26 | 3 p.m.
Live Stats
Who: UNCW
Where: Wilmington, N.C. | UNCW Tennis Courts
When: Sunday, March 28 | 1 p.m.
MATCHUP HISTORY
• The Paladins are 16-2 against the Spartans, going back to 2006, both of those UNCG victories came on the road in Greenville, S.C. however
• UNCG is 2-4 against UNCW since 2012 but the Spartans have won each of their last two meetings with the Seahawks, coming out on top 5-2 and 6-1 in 2020 and 2018 respectively
THE SPARTANS
• Hanna Giddings has started the season on a six-match win streak in singles play, with five of those wins coming while playing the opponent's No. 3 and a single victory while competing at the No. 2 seed
• The Spartans have lost their last two matches but opened the 2021 spring season on their best start in over 15 years, winning four straight against Norfolk State, Western Carolina, Radford and NC Central. UNCG went 19-5 in singles play during that run to start the year
• Brianna Gomez' four singles wins trails only Giddings for a team-high, going 3-2 in the second seed and winning her lone match on court one this year, against NC Central
THE PALADINS
• Furman has ranked as high as No. 24 in the ITA Tennis rankings this year, and currently sit at No. 34 nationally. The Paladins' top individual, senior Katarina Kozarov, is seventh in women's singles this season, and is 15-1 overall. She has combined with junior Julia Adams for a 13-2 record in doubles play, as the pair ranks 16th in the country
• The Paladins are 13-6 on the year, but five of those losses have come to top-25 or power-five programs. The side already has two top-25 wins with victories against previously-ranked No. 16 Wake Forest and No. 18 South Carolina, and has taken decisions against Clemson, Virginia Tech and Alabama this year
THE SEAHAWKS
• Sophomore Zoe Huffman leads UNCW with four singles wins in 2021. She is 3-1 when playing as her team's sixth seed and has won her lone matchup at the No. 5 spot
• UNCW is 5-6 on the year, most recently blanking Methodist University 7-0 this past Saturday. The Seahawks are 1-1 when playing as the hosts this spring, and have not won in Wilmington since January 30th against NC Central
COMING UP NEXT
After their two road contests this weekend, the Spartans come back home to host Appalachian State on Wednesday. That match against the Mountaineers will be one of UNCG's final two home contests this spring, as the program wraps up its home slate against Mercer on April 14th.
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