Tennis Ready for OVC Tournament Matchup with SIUE, Two Named All-Conference

Friday, April 29

Evansville, IN

10 a.m.

Murray State

SIUE

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Tennis Ready for OVC Tournament Matchup with SIUE, Two Named All-Conference

4/28/2022 2:51:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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Murray State and SIUE Square Off on Friday at 10 AM in OVC Quarterfinals, Annika Pschorr and Stasya Sharapova Named All-OVC Second Team

Murray State (11-9) tennis is ready for the Ohio Valley Conference tounament with a quarterfinal matchup with SIUE at 10 am on Friday in Evansville, Indiana. The Racers dropped the regular-season matchup against the Cougars 7-0 on April 9 but won their final two matches entering the tournament including wins over the top two seeds in Southeast Missouri and Austin Peay.

The Racers are led by Stasya Sharapova and Annika Pschorr who were each named All-OVC Second Team on Thursday afternoon. Sharapova has played primarily in the number one flight for the Racers this season while achieving 112 total career victories across singles and doubles play. Pschorr enters the tournament with a singles record of 6-1 in OVC play this season and won the clinching point in the final two matches of the regular season. The award is the second of Sharapova's career after being named All-OVC Second Team in 2018 while this is Pschorr's first All-OVC honors.

SIUE is currently 16-4 overall and 4-3 in OVC play. The Cougars went 2-2 across their final four matches with wins over Tennessee State and Eastern Illinois.

The winner of the matchup will play top-seeded Austin Peay in the Semifinals on Saturday at 10 am.