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Women's Tennis Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamount Tennis Travels to Clemson Tuesday

First road test of the season

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's tennis travels to Clemson, S.C. to take on the Clemson Tigers at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Duckworth Family Tennis Center.

The match will have live stats and possible live video. Find the link here - https://clemsontigers.com/clemson-womens-tennis/
 
The Catamounts are coming off back-to-back home wins over Lenoir-Rhyne. Western Carolina defeated the Bears 7-0 in the first meeting on Jan. 24 and 6-1 on Jan. 29, only giving up one point in the pair of meetings. Western Carolina's 2-0 start to the season is the best for the Catamounts since 1995 when the team defeated Charleston Southern, Southern Carolina State and UNC Asheville to begin the season 3-0.
 
Freshman Kata Foldeak is 2-0 at No. 1 singles, and 1-1 in doubles after moving up to No. 1 doubles in the second match against Lenoir-Rhyne.
 
Junior Jacy Smith won her 20th career match in singles in the first match against Lenoir-Rhyne – the 16th player in program history to reach the 20-career win plateau. In career doubles, Smith has 21 career wins ranking her tied for ninth in the Catamount record books.
 
NOTES ON CLEMSON:
  • Clemson dropped a 4-3 match to visiting Auburn on Sunday, Feb. 7. It was the first lost to the Tigers since 1999.
  • Sophia Hatton earns her first career ranked win, as a Clemson Tiger, in singles defeating Auburn's 99th ranked Taylor Russo 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 at No. 5 singles.
  • Clemson is 2-2 on the season.
 Keep track of everything related to Catamount women's tennis and WCU Athletics through its social media outlets on Facebook (fb.com/catamountsports), Instagram (@wcu_catamounts), and Twitter (@catamounts). Fans can follow in-match updates on the Catamount women's tennis Twitter page (@CatamountTennis).
 
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Players Mentioned

Jacy Smith

Jacy Smith

PLAYER
Junior
Kata  Foldeak

Kata Foldeak

5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jacy Smith

Jacy Smith

Junior
PLAYER
Kata  Foldeak

Kata Foldeak

5' 7"
Freshman