GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG women's tennis hosts Appalachian State this Wednesday before playing top-ranked ETSU on the road this Friday. The Spartans' match with the Mountaineers will be their last home non-conference match of the spring, while their contest in Johnson City, Tenn. will come against a Buccaneers squad that is an undefeated 3-0 in SoCon play headed into the weekend.
WHAT TO KNOW
Who: Appalachian State
Where: Greensboro, N.C. | UNCG Tennis Courts
When: Wednesday, March 31 | 1 p.m.
Live Stats
Who: ETSU
Where: Johnson City, Tenn. | Dave Mullins Tennis Complex
When: Friday, April 2 | 1 p.m.
MATCHUP HISTORY
• UNCG is 5-3 against the Mountaineers since 2012, but have dropped their last three meetings with App State, most recently taking a 6-1 loss last spring in Boone
• ETSU is on a five-match win streak against UNCG since joining the Southern Conference before the 2014-15 season. The pair have not played since 2019, when the Bucs scored a 5-2 win in Johnson City
THE SPARTANS
• Senior Brianna Gomez earned SoCon Women's Tennis Player of the Week honors this past Monday after earning back-to-back wins in singles play. Gomez took down Furman's No. 77 Julia Brown in No. 2 singles in straight sets last Friday, before beating UNCW's No. 2 in three frames just two days later
• Gomez and Hanna Giddings are tied for a team-high six singles wins in 2021. Both players had a hot start to the season, with Gomez winning her first four individual matchups and Giddings emerging victorious in her first six of the spring
• Giddings has a team best three doubles wins as well, splitting time playing alongside Sophia Adams and Tayah Cross. She is 3-2 in doubles matches against non-conference pairings this year, competing solely against opponents' top duo
THE MOUNTAINEERS
• The combination of senior Sandra Anglesjo and sophomore Helena Jansen has gone 6-2 in doubles play this year, playing all competitions as the No. 2 pairing. Their 5-1 record in Sun Belt play ranks third in the conference among teams with at least two matches played at the No. 2
• Jansen leads the Mountaineers with six singles wins, splitting time at the third, fourth and fifth seeds. She is tied with Anglesjo for a team-high of eight wins in doubles as well
THE BUCCANEERS
• The Bucs sit atop the Southern Conference with a 3-0 record, already defeating Mercer, Samford and Wofford. Those teams finished seventh, fourth and third in the 2019 SoCon regular season standings
• ETSU is the only team in the conference that has five different players that are an undefeated 3-0 at five different seeds in conference play. Laylo Bakhodirova is 3-0 at the No. 2, Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga is 3-0 at the No. 3, Emilia Alfaro is 3-0 at the No. 4, Maria Carvajal is 3-0 at No. 5s and Yunuen Elizarraras is 3-0 at the No. 6
COMING UP NEXT
UNCG will play non-conference foe Elon on April 9th, before playing back-to-back SoCon matchups at Chattanooga on the 12th and at home against Mercer on the 14th. That home matchup with the Bears is the Spartans' last contest at UNCG Tennis Courts this spring.
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