GAME DAY CENTRAL
No. 28 IUP Crimson Hawks (1-0, 0-0 PSAC)
at Oberlin Yeowomen (0-3, 0-0 NCAC)
Saturday, February 11, 2017 | 2:30 p.m.
Oberlin, Ohio | John W. Heisman Field House
 
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AT A GLANCE
28th-ranked IUP women's tennis opens its 2017 spring season on Saturday at Division III Oberlin. Start time at the John W. Heisman Field House is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. The Crimson Hawks are seeing their first action this year after going 1-0 in duals last fall. The Yeowomen went 0-2 in the fall and dropped a 7-0 decision to Division I Cleveland State last Friday.
 
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
*The Crimson Hawks have won each of the last two spring season openers defeating Denison (8-1) last year and Seton Hill (9-0) in 2015
*For the first time, IUP opens the spring as the highest ranked Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) team in the ITA Division II Rankings, reaching a program-best No. 28; Mercyhurst is ranked No. 45
*The Crimson Hawks also rank first in the Atlantic Region for the first time
*Luise von Agris (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany/Adalbet-Stifter-Gymnasium) had the most singles wins in the fall with eight; She and Jarka Petercakova (Bratislava, Slovakia/Sport Gymnasium) each had nine doubles victories
 
IUP IN THE RANKINGS
Luise von Agris (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany/Adalbet-Stifter-Gymnasium)
Singles – tied for 50th in Division II; third in Atlantic | Doubles – 15th in Division II; first in Atlantic
 
Jarka Petercakova (Bratislava, Slovakia/Sport Gymnasium)
Singles – fifth in Atlantic | Doubles – 15th in Division II; first in Atlantic
 
Raquel Gonzalez (San Sebastian, Spain/Colegio Sagrado Corazon)
Singles – 11th in Atlantic | Doubles – eighth in Atlantic
 
Katya Minchenkova
Singles – 14th in Atlantic | Doubles – eighth in Atlantic