By: Joseph Hovey
KENNESAW, Ga. — Kennesaw State women's tennis announced its fall 2026 schedule on Monday.
The Owls will compete in five fall tournaments and begin by hosting a multi-team event at Betty Siegel Courts Sept. 18-20.
Georgia Mid-Major Mayhem pits KSU versus Georgia State, Georgia Southern and Mercer, with two dual matches played over each of three days in Kennesaw. All matches are free admission.
October's tournaments include the Mercer Gridiron Classic in Macon, Georgia, Oct. 2-4, the ITA Southeast Regional Championships hosted by Miami, Oct. 7-11 and the Georgia Southern Fall Shootout, Oct. 23-25 in Statesboro. KSU will wind down the fall season at the UTR College Tennis Showcase in Rome, Georgia, Oct. 29-Nov. 1.
The Owls' spring 2027 dual match schedule will be announced at a later date.
KSU is coming off a 2025-26 season in which it went 11-7 in dual matches and finished third in Conference USA. The 2025-26 campaign featured the Owls' first-ever win over a power conference opponent, a 4-3 defeat of Virginia Tech, and their highest-ranked opponent defeated to date, a 4-0 victory over No. 58 South Alabama.
Five Owls return in 2026-27, bringing with them 57 of 82 singles wins from 2025-26.
All-CUSA Second Team selection
Ema Baraniakova is running it back at KSU after a 16-9 junior singles campaign, including 9-6 on court one.
Terezia Baraniakova (14),
Maria Ivankovic (12) and
Irene Serrano Maestre (11) each return with double-digit singles wins from a season ago. Ivankovic earned All-CUSA Freshman Team honors with a 12-8 singles mark while going 9-5 in doubles with Serrano Maestre.
Newcomers
Jenelle Roberts, Lucie Nouzová and
Adela Zingorova are set to join KSU ahead of the coming season.
Roberts returns home to north Georgia to continue her collegiate career after transferring from Western Carolina. The Sugar Hill native ranked top 150 nationally and earned a four-star prospect rating out of North Gwinnett High School.
Nouzová and Zingorova join the Owls from Prague and Rybi, Czechia, respectively. Zingorova is a Czech Junior Olympian and ranks No. 76 among the nation's women's singles players. Nouzová ranks 104
th in Czechia's women's singles standings.
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