GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's tennis team returns home to host in-state foe UNCW Sunday in a noon showdown.
 
A Look At UNCG

• This is UNCG's second home match in the month of March.
• The Spartans are coming into this match after defeating Mercer, 4-3, last Saturday.
• Juliana Craft, Olivia Gallagher, and Erika Barquero were winners in singles matches last week against Mercer.
• Barquero and Gallagher have combined for nine singles victories for UNCG.
• The No. 1 doubles tandem of Barquero and Ariana Chan have won three straight matches.
• Barquero and Chan has six victories as a pair.
• The No. 3 doubles squad of Gallagher and McCullough Perry were winners last week against Mercer.
• The win over Mercer was UNCG first-year head coach Paul Thomson first in charge of the Spartans.

 
A Look At UNCW

• Prior to its match at Elon on Saturday, UNCW has won four of its last five matches.
• UNCW starts this two-match road trip to Elon and UNCG with a 9-3 overall record.
• Sasha Belaya was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Women's Tennis Player of the Week.
• UNCW defeated Towson, 6-1, in its last match on Sunday, March 19.
• The Seahawks got singles victories from Belaya, Zoe Huffman, Lauren Gish, Anna Daniels, and Sarah Merrill.
• UNCW swept all three doubles matches against Towson.
• Gish and Huffman lead UNCW with seven singles victories.
• Brinley Bell and Belaya have won six singles matches.
• Merrill has won all three of her singles decisions this season.

 
Final Word
Thomson on Sunday's match and how much the win over Mercer last week helped the team.
"Another tough non-conference match. Win versus Mercer was good for the team but they can't rest on one win. Pretty good week of practice after a couple of days off. Now it's back to work."
 
Up Next

• The Spartans visit Wofford on Friday, April 2 in a match that begins at 1:00 p.m.