GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Paul Thomson era begins for the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's tennis program when it hosts a pair of matches this weekend. The Spartans welcome Georgia State and Richmond to campus.
 
UNCG's weekend starts with Georgia State on Friday at 1 p.m. and concludes with Richmond on Sunday at 12 p.m.
 
A Look At UNCG (1-2 overall)

• The Spartans are 1-0 at home this season, having defeated North Carolina Central, 4-3, last week.
• Erika Barquero was a winner for the Spartans at No. 1 singles in UNCG's last match, a 6-1 loss to East Carolina.
• Barquero has won two straight matches at No. 1 singles.
• Barquero and Ariana Chan are also 2-1 at No. 1 doubles.
• Juliana Craft and Olivia Gallagher also have singles victories this season for the Spartans.
• Craft and McCullough Perry along with the tandem of Gallagher and Hannah Mitchell also have won a doubles match this season.

 
A Look At Georgia State (3-3)

• Georgia State has won three consecutive matches after beating Lipscomb, 4-0, on Sunday.
• The Panthers have also beaten Clark Atlanta and Mercer during their winning streak.
• Georgia State, which has won three matches in four days, has surpassed its win total from last year.
• Angel Carney has been a key performer for Georgia State at No. 4 singles.
• In the win over Lipscomb, Georgia State got doubles wins from the tandem of Sofya Golubovskaya and Carney and Andreea Stanescu and Ellie Aldrich.
• Two of Georgia State's wins have been shutouts.
• Stanescu was named to the 2021 All-Sun Belt Second Team.

 
A Look At Richmond (1-3)

• Members of the Atlantic 10 Conference, Richmond defeated Towson in its last outing, 4-1, last Friday.
• The Spiders have matches against VCU on Thursday afternoon and Davidson on Saturday before meeting the Spartans.
• The Spiders jumped on the Tigers by winning the doubles point behind victories from the No. 1 doubles team of Emily Dunbar and Sara Salemyr and No. 2 doubles tandem of Carly Cohen and Marta Buendia.
• Cohen is 2-1 overall at the No. 2 singles position.
• Helena Heiberg and Buendia earned their first singles victories of the spring in the win over Towson.
• Richmond has dropped matches to No. 7 Virginia, Elon, and Liberty.

 
Recent Series Histories

• This is the first meeting against Georgia State.
• Richmond has won four of the last five meetings, including 4-1 on April 17, 2021.
• UNCG defeated Richmond, 5-2, on Feb. 20, 2016,