• Kennesaw State (2-3, 0-0 CUSA) at Alcorn State (3-11, 0-1 SWAC)

           Vicksburg, MS | Halls Ferry Tennis Courts | Friday, Feb. 27 | 12 p.m. EST

• Kennesaw State at Southern Miss (4-2, 0-0 Sun Belt)

           Hattiesburg, MS | Southern Miss Tennis Complex | Sunday, March 1 | 11 a.m. EST

KENNESAW, Ga. — Fresh off back-to-back wins, Kennesaw State women's tennis hits the road for matches at Alcorn State and Southern Miss, Feb. 27 and March 1.

LAST TIME OUT
The Owls won their first two matches of the season with a successful road trip in Alabama a week ago. KSU defeated Troy 4-2 on Feb. 18 before beating UAB 4-3 on Feb. 20.

The Owls jumped out to a 3-0 lead over the Trojans with wins in doubles as well as on courts three and six. Troy rallied to a 3-2 match after winning in No. 1 and No. 5 singles. Izabelle Persson clinched the match for the Owls with a win over Troy's Sama Hindawy on court four. Persson took set one 6-2 and bounced back from a 4-6 second set to win the match with a 6-4 third set.

Despite losing the doubles point to the Blazers, KSU came back to win four of six in singles with match victories from Rianna Coreisa, Maria Ivankovic, Ema Baraniakova and Sofia Madrid.

Coreisa won her first collegiate singles match with a straight-set (6-2, 6-2) victory on court six. Ivankovic took sets one and three 6-3 for a court-three win. Madrid won her first set 6-2, then bounced back from a set-two tiebreaker defeat to win 6-2 in the third and clinch the match for the Owls.

SERIES HISTORY
Friday marks the first all-time meeting between KSU and Alcorn State. The Owls face Southern Miss for the fourth time on Sunday, with the Golden Eagles leading the series 3-0.

KNOW THE FOE
Alcorn State has lost eight straight matches, most recently sustaining 0-4 defeats to Alabama State and Southern Miss. The Braves finished seventh in the SWAC a season ago with a 6-17 (3-6) record.
Southern Miss's wins have come over Jackson State (4-3), Lamar (4-1) and Florida A&M (4-0). The Golden Eagles have also dropped a pair of matches, 2-4 to Sam Houston and McNeese. Southern Miss finished 13^th in the Sun Belt in 2025 at 5-13 (1-10).

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