Griz travel west to face WSU and LC State

The Montana women's tennis team travels to two destinations for three non-conference matches this weekend. The Griz kick off the weekend facing Washington State on Friday and will play Lewis-Clark State the next day in a doubleheader.

The Griz (1-1) are set to play at the Simmelink courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse in Pullman to square off against WSU (1-0) on Friday at 3 p.m. (MT). UM will then travel to Lewiston for its final matches of the weekend to face LC State (0-0) on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. (MT) and 4 p.m. (MT) at the LC State Tennis Center.

Links to live video streaming and live scoring (for the WSU match only) can be found at GoGriz.com.

The Griz go into the weekend 1-1 thanks to Big Sky Player of the Week Grace Haugen's performance against Seattle last Sunday. After rebounding from the loss against Utah last Saturday Montana defeated Seattle 4-3. The Griz and the Utes both beat Seattle to improve their records, respectively.

"We're looking forward to playing more matches and working on ideas we learned from our matches last weekend. Always fun to start getting more live play continuously," said head coach Steve Ascher.

Montana is 0-14 when playing Washington State with the last meeting being in January 2021. The Griz look to score their first point against the Cougars in seven years.

WSU goes into Friday's match with a 1-0 record after defeating BYU 6-1 last week. The Cougars return three upperclassman and bring in four new freshmen. Although Washington State brings in new faces, the team continues to bring experience to the table with fifth-year Michaela Bayerlova who ranked as the No. 25 player in the country once last season came to a close.

LC State opens its season facing Montana after posting a record of 5-10 in Spring 2021. The last time the two teams met was in January 2021, when the Griz swept the Warriors 7-0. UM owns a record of 8-1 when facing LC State and has won each time when playing in Lewiston.

A GLIMPSE AT THE GRIZ

Freshman Grace Haugen earned her first duals win as a Grizzly after clinching the team win over Seattle, as well as the Big Sky Player of the Week. Haugen is the first Montana freshman to earn honors since 2012.
Senior Lauren Dunlap returns to the courts with a duals and doubles record of 1-1 after last weekend.
Ivayla Mitkova, Griz junior, enters the weekend 1-1 in duals and 0-1 in doubles.
Claudia Reguant and Rosie Sterk will be joining Montana this weekend for their first duals matches of the season.
Head coach Steve Ascher owns a record of 121-171 in his 14th season with the Griz.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Dunlap

Grace Haugen

Ivayla Mitkova

Claudia Reguant

Rosie Sterk

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