SETTING THE TABLE
Fairfield University women's tennis returns home to the Nutmeg State for two straight home matches this week, beginning this afternoon as they take on Quinnipiac at the WAC Tennis Courts. First serve between the Stags and the Bobcats is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. with live action available via Playsight. This match will also be Senior Day for the Fairfield women's tennis team, honoring four members of the team who will graduate at the end of the season.
SCOUTING THE STAGS
Sandra Bozinovic leads the Stags into singles play with an 18-5 record this season, including 11 wins in the topflight. Katarina Plumtree sits second on the team with 11 wins, followed by Aina March with 10 and Amanda Nowak with eight.
In doubles play, Nowak and Plumtree lead the team with four wins as a partnership this season, while overall, Bozinovic and Plumtree lead the team in overall doubles wins, tallying 10 apiece, followed by both Karman and Laina Campos with eight each.
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
Quinnipiac enters Thursday riding high, winners of their last eight contests, including a 4-0 start to the conference season, with just one match left on the docket after today, and have dropped just three matches in conference play.
STAGS TABBED SECOND IN MAAC PRESEASON POLL
The MAAC announced the 2022 Preseason Coaches' Poll for women's tennis on Jan. 13, win Fairfield picked to finish second in the conference heading into the Spring campaign. The Stags earned 41 votes including one first place vote in the poll, just behind Quinnipiac, which was picked to finish first with 46 overall votes and four first place nods.
STAGS SPRING SLATE
Saturday's meeting with UConn kicks off a 16-match spring schedule for Fairfield, including a ten game non-conference slate leading into a three-week sprint to the finish in conference play, before the MAAC championships in late April.
Opening the campaign with four matches on the road, and three against Big East opponents, the Stags will take on Seton Hall, UConn, Lafayette and Providence, before returning to the Nutmeg State to host for four straight matches at home. The home stand will the see the Stags take on Wagner, Stony Brook, Merrimack and Bryant, before heading back out on the road to take on St. John's in Flushing, N.Y. The non-conference side of the calendar concludes with three matches in South Carolina during the middle of March, taking on the College of Charleston, Wofford, and South Carolina State.
After returning from their spring break trip, the Stags will play six MAAC contests, beginning with a trip New Jersey to battle Monmouth Apr. 1 before the Stags return home to host Niagara on Apr. 3. The following week takes Fairfield to the Empire State twice in four days to take on Marist on Apr. 6 and Siena on Apr. 9. Quinnipiac and Rider will be the final opponents prior to the postseason on Apr. 13 and 16, respectively.
The 2022 MAAC tennis championships will be held on Saturday, Apr. 23-24 from the Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J.
LOOKING AHEAD
Fairfield women's tennis will conclude the 2022 regular season Saturday, as they play their final match of the year at the WAC Tennis Courts, hosting Rider. First serve between the Stags and the Broncs is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. with live action available via Playsight.
