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Owls and Samford Set for Saturday Showdown

1/25/2019 3:03:00 PM

Match 4: Kennesaw State (0-3) vs. Samford (1-1)
Date: Saturday, January 26 ; 1 p.m.
Location: : Betty Siegel Rec Center Tennis Courts | Kennesaw, Ga.
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Match Preview
The Kennesaw State women's tennis team hosts Samford on Saturday (Jan.26) at 1 p.m. as KSU continues its five-match homestand.  

Kennesaw State is looking to win its first match of the season. The Owls dropped a pair of matches to Arkansas on Friday (Jan.18).

Scouting Samford
Samford is 1-1 on the young season. The Bulldogs beat Belmont 6-1 in their season opener before falling 6-1 to Mississippi State on Saturday (Jan.19).

The Series
Saturday's match between Kennesaw State and Samford will be the seventh match between the two programs. Samford leads the series 6-0. The Owls fell 6-1 at Samford on January 20, 2018.

The Last Time Out
The Kennesaw State women's tennis team fell 4-0 and 4-1 in a pair of matches to Arkansas on Friday at the Betty Siegel Courts at KSU.
 
Arkansas (2-0) won four of the six singles contests to take the opening match of the day.
 
KSU was paced in the opening match by Juliana Castellanos, Aspen Jarrett and Zoe Wende. Castellanos came up on the short end of a 6-3, 6-3 defeat. Jarrett and Wende were leading in the second sets of their matches when the match was called.
 
In the second match, Arkansas collected the doubles point taking two of the three matches. Wende picked up the Owls first point of the season with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Shwetha Prabakar at No.6 singles. Jarrett and Brenna Reilly battled tough in their matches that went unfinished.  

Next Up
The Owls host UAB on Friday (Feb.1) at 1 p.m. at the Betty Siegel Courts on the campus of KSU. Admission is free to all matches.   

To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State women's tennis news follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlNation and @KSUOwlsWTenn or by liking Kennesaw State University
 
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