• App State (2-2, 0-0 Sun Belt) at Kennesaw State (0-2, 0-0 CUSA) | Kennesaw, GA | Betty Siegel Courts | Friday, Feb. 13 | 11 a.m. EST
• Kennesaw State at Georgia Southern (2-5, 0-1 Sun Belt) | Statesboro, GA | Wallis Tennis Center | Sunday, Feb. 15 | 1 p.m. EST

KENNESAW, Ga. — Kennesaw State women's tennis opens its 2026 home schedule with a match versus App State on Feb. 13, followed by a road trip to Georgia Southern on Feb. 15.

WEATHERING THE STORM
The Owls endured frigid temperatures and difficult travel conditions on their season-opening trip to Bloomington, Indiana, Jan. 23-24. KSU dropped both matches in Bloomington, 2-5 to host Indiana, and 1-6 to DePaul. Winter weather again impacted the Owls the following week, with matches at Virginia Tech on Feb. 1 and at UNCG on Feb. 3 slated to be rescheduled at a later date.

KSU's No. 2 doubles pair of Laura Nadaska and Izabelle Persson has won each of their first two matches of the season. Nadaska and Persson helped the Owls to a doubles point against the Hoosiers with a 6-4 match victory. The duo again delivered a 6-2 win on court two versus DePaul.

Freshmen Irene Serrano Maestre and Maria Ivankovic secured KSU's doubles point versus Indiana with a 6-3 win on court three. Serrano Maestre has won each of her first two singles matches, both straight-set victories on court six.

SERIES HISTORY
KSU and App State meet for the first time on Friday, while Sunday marks the 13^th all-time meeting between the Owls and Georgia Southern. KSU trails 3-9 in the series and seeks its first win over the Eagles since 2014 on Sunday.

KNOW THE FOE
App State arrives in Kennesaw with wins over UNC Asheville and Western Carolina, as well as season-opening losses at No. 3 North Carolina and Virginia Tech. The Mountaineers finished 2025 as Sun Belt runners-up with a 17-6 (9-2) record. App State's Savannah Dada-Mascoll currently ranks sixth nationally in the ITA's Division I women's singles rankings.

Georgia Southern enters the week 2-5 after losses at Mississippi State (2-5) and Georgia State (0-4) a week ago. The Eagles went 11-9 (3-7) to finish 11^th in the Sun Belt in 2025.

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