Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

One away, one home for the Lady Raiders
1/29/2020 1:02:00 PM | Women's Tennis
MT heads to Murray State and hosts Ball State
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee women's tennis team heads to Murray State for the 38th meeting in the series on Thursday. Afterwards, the Lady Raiders hosts Ball State at the Adams Tennis Complex. All home tennis matches offer free admission and free parking.
 
Here come the Blue Raiders
	
		
Scouting the Racers
	
		
Scouting the Cardinals
 
Here come the Blue Raiders
- Middle Tennessee's roster features two seniors (Marta Peris Herrero and Lidia Burrows), two juniors (Lee Barnard and Zani Barnard) and four freshmen (Love-Star Alexis, Muskan Gupta, Zoe Klapman and Noelle Mauro).
- The past decade, the Blue Raiders are 60-24 in home matches and 41-56 in away matches.
- Head coach Tayo Bailey-Duvall enters her second season with the Blue Raiders.
- The Raiders finished 11-13 overall and 2-3 in Conference USA, reaching the tournament quarterfinals before falling to C-USA Champions Rice.
- Burrows and Herrero lead the Blue Raiders with a combined over 100 career singles wins.
- Freshman Love-Star Alexis led the Raiders with the most fall wins with seven, look for her to make an immediate impact this season.
- MT moved to 16-0 over Tennessee State last week.
- Marta Herrero Peris and Noelle Mauro are 3-0 in singles.
- The Barnard twins currently hold a 2-0 record in doubles.
| Middle Tennessee at Murray State | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Thursday, January 30, 2020 | 
| Time: | 1 p.m. | 
| Venue: | Kenlake Tennis Center | 
Scouting the Racers
- The Raiders are 30-7 when facing the Racers and have won the 23-straight matches.
- In Murray, KY, the Raiders are 9-3.
- Murray State is 2-0 after defeating IUPUI and Bradley.
- MSU finished 12-9 overall last year.
| Ball State at Middle Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday, February 1, 2020 | 
| Time: | 11 a.m. | 
| Venue: | Adams Tennis Complex | 
| Scoring: | Follow | 
Scouting the Cardinals
- This will be the 10th meeting between the Cardinals and the Blue Raiders. The Raiders lead the series, 6-3.
- In Murfreesboro, the Blue Raiders are 2-1 in hosting Ball State.
- The last time these teams competed was in 1998 where Middle Tennessee downed the Cardinals on their courts.
Players Mentioned
MTSU Tennis Pro-Am 9/6/25
Tuesday, September 09
Facility tour – Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center
Wednesday, July 30
Spring Sports Show hosted by The Boulevard – April 14, 2025: Women’s Tennis and Men’s Tennis
Monday, April 14
MTSU Women's Tennis vs WKU Recap on 04/08/25
Thursday, April 10


















