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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's tennis team returns to action on Saturday, April 6 for their first match in two weeks as they hit the road to Elsah, Illinois to take on Principia.
ROSE-HULMANÂ WOMEN'S TENNIS NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers come into the match at 2-8 on the season with a very hard schedule. The team has played four of their ten matches against Division I or Division II opponents.
* Rose-Hulman has picked up two wins in their last three matches after taking down Manchester (9-0) and Hanover (7-2).
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Taylor Goldman and
Wynne Aldrich leads the Fightin' Engineers with nine singles wins this season. Aldrich brought home the lone match win against the DePauw Tigers last Tuesday in a three-set thriller at #2 singles.
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Camille Clark and
Brooke Carpenter also come in with multiple singles wins on the season.
* In doubles, Goldman and Aldrich lead with eight wins, and
Ella Dorfmueller has added three wins.
* Carpenter,
Kiana Martin, and
Cathrine Millwood all picked up their first wins of the season in last Saturday's win over Manchester.
* Rose-Hulman was picked to finish 2nd in the HCAC this spring after their 3rd place finish in 2022-23.
* The Fightin' Engineers will return to the road on Wednesday, April 10 as they travel to Richmond to take on the Earlham Quakers in an HCAC contest.
PRINCIPIA NOTES:
* Principia comes in at 4-6 overall on the season and 1-0 in the UMAC.
* The Panthers will face Webster on Thursday, April 4 before hosting Rose-Hulman on Saturday.
* Principia dropped a pair of 5-4 matches to both Anderson and DePauw earlier this season. Rose-Hulman beat Anderson 6-3 and fell to DePauw 9-0.
* The Panthers' #2, 3, 5, and 6 singles players are all tied for the team lead with five wins in 2023-24.
* Gaby Quintero and Mafe Quintero have split time at #1 and #2 doubles, and they have the best doubles record on the team at 4-4.
* After playing Rose-Hulman, the Panthers will return to action on Tuesday, April 9 at 5 PM as they travel to Illinois College.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 3-2 over Principia.
* The Panthers won last season's match 9-0 in Elsah.
* Rose-Hulman's last win against the Panthers came back in 2018 with a 9-0 victory.
ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
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Wynne Aldrich - 9th in Career Singles Win Percentage (70.3%)
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Taylor Goldman - 6th in Career Singles Wins (37)