LIVE STATS
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's tennis team returns home to host IU-Kokomo on Sunday, February 16, at 11 AM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman stands at 1-4 overall this season.
* The Fightin' Engineers picked up their lone win of the season with a 5-2 decision over the Earlham Quakers.
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Emerson Donaldson leads the team in wins this season with a 4-4 overall record in singles play.
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Nova Gladden has also picked up three wins on the year to join Donaldson as the only players at .500 in singles.
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Lia Taylor joins Donaldson and Gladden to lead the team with four wins on the year.
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Addie Patterson has also won three doubles matches in her freshman campaign.
* The Fightin' Engineers were selected to finish second in the HCAC preseason poll, tied with Anderson with 39 points.
* Rose-Hulman brought home a 2nd-place finish in the conference last season after falling to Transylvania in the HCAC Championship match.
* The Fightin' Engineers brought in nine new players to their roster this season with players from five different states including Indiana (3), Illinois (2), Arizona (2), Wisconsin (1), and Kentucky (1). The team returns just three players from last year's team.
* After hosting IU-Kokomo, Rose-Hulman will travel to Florida for their Spring trip. The team will open their trip taking on Allegheny on Monday, March 3, at 9 AM.
IU-KOKOMO NOTES:
* The Cougars stand at 1-4 overall this season.
* The team comes off their first win of the season against Shawnee State University with a score of 7-0.
* Ava Allen represents the team in No. 1 singles this year.
* The No. 1 doubles team includes Reilery Hiser and Ava Allen.
* After facing Rose-Hulman, IU-Kokomo will host the University of Saint Francis on Wednesday, February 19, at 7 PM.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman trails in the all-time series between both teams with a record of 0-2 against the Cougars.
* Rose-Hulman fell short against IU-Kokomo last season with a final score of 1-8.
* The teams faced off again in 2019 with Rose-Hulman falling short 1-8.
HCAC STANDINGS:
T1) Transylvania - (2-0, 2-0 HCAC)
T1) Hanover - (3-1, 2-0 HCAC)
3) Rose-Hulman - (1-4, 1-0 HCAC)
4) Anderson - (1-2, 0-0 HCAC)
T5) Earlham (1-2, 0-1 HCAC)
T5) Franklin (1-6, 0-1 HCAC)
T5) Berea (0-1, 0-1 HCAC)
8) Manchester (0-5, 0-2 HCAC)