TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's tennis season continues with their penultimate match of the season in Chicago on Sunday. The Fightin' Engineers will take on NAIA St. Francis (IL) at 12:30 PM CT.
ROSE-HULMANÂ WOMEN'S TENNIS NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into this match at 7-12 on the season with wins over both Adrian and Albion during their Florida spring trip last week.
* The Fightin' Engineers have dropped six straight matches in an incredibly tough spring stretch of matches. Three of those matches have come to non-DIII opponents including Goshen (NAIA) and IUPUI (DI) twice.
* Rose-Hulman finished third in the fall HCAC season.
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Wynne Aldrich currently leads the team in singles wins with 13 at #2 singles.
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Taylor Goldman also comes in with double digit singles wins with 12 at #1 singles.
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Julia McGuire and
Violet Keith have added 6 singles wins at #5 and #6 singles.
* Goldman and Aldrich both lead the team in doubles wins as well with 9.
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Ella Dorfmueller has added 8 doubles wins.
* The Fightin' Engineers will finish off their 2022-23 season with a road match at Millikin on April 12.
ST. FRANCIS (IL) NOTES:
* St. Francis (IL) comes in at 4-5 on the season. They have matches on Friday at Northern Illinois and Saturday at Wheaton prior to playing Rose-Hulman on Sunday.
* The Fighting Saints have picked up wins over Wisconsin Lutheran, Piedmont, Warner, and Grace College.
* They have fallen to Lewis, Carnegie Mellon, Creighton, Chicago State, and Eastern Illinois on the season.
* St. Francis (IL) does not have team stats for the majority of their matches this season.
* The Fighting Saints return to action with a home match against Bethel on Monday.
SERIES HISTORY:
* This will be the first ever meeting between the Fighting Saints and the Fightin' Engineers.
* Coach
Greg Couch faced St. Francis (IL) twice as the head coach at Roosevelt, falling in both matches.
ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
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Taylor Goldman - 9th in Career Singles Win Percentage (0.711), 15th in Career Singles wins (27), 18th in Single-Season Singles Wins (12), and 19th in Career Doubles Win Percentage (0.474)
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Wynne Aldrich - 11th in Single-Season Single Wins (13) and 14th in Single-Season Singles Win Percentage (0.813)