PREVIEW
SIUE (5-1) vs. St. Thomas (Minn.) (4-2)
Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m.
Waterloo, Iowa
Black Hawk Tennis Center

SIUE (5-1) vs. Northern Iowa (1-7)
Sunday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m.
Waterloo, Iowa
Black Hawk Tennis Center

Live stats are available for St. Thomas match: https://ioncourt.com/ties/679faec93c78a1ac377e870e
Live stats are available for Northern Iowa match: https://ioncourt.com/ties/679faee83c78a1ac377e897f

LAST MATCH RESULT
The Cougars blanked Missouri State 4-0 this past Sunday at the Edwardsville Y Meyer Center. After grabbing the doubles point, SIUE picked up singles wins from Payton Tomichek, Paige Duncan and Stefaniya Anikina.

OVC WEEKLY HONORS PART ONE
Tomichek earned her first Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week honors after winning both of her matches against Maryville and Missouri State. At No. 3 singles, she defeated Maryville's Luana Luersen 6-1, 7-6 as well as Missouri State's Sandra Lukacova 6-2, 7-5.

OVC WEEKLY HONORS PART ONE
Amelia Gorman and Anikina were paired this past weekend at No. 1 doubles and thrived. The duo defeated Maryville's Luersen and Carolina Velazquez 6-3 as well as Missouri State's Elif Gunal and Billur Gonulsen 6-0. SIUE won the doubles point in both the Maryville and Missouri State match. This the first time this season Anikina has been honored in doubles and the fourth time for Gorman.

LAST MEETING VS. ST. THOMAS
SIUE is 3-0 against St. Thomas, most recently winning 5-2 in a neutral site match in Jackson, Wisconsin, last season.

LAST MEETING VS. NORTHERN IOWA
SIUE is 4-1 all-time against Northern Iowa. Last season, the Cougars won in a home match 6-1.

COUGAR LEADERS

• Gorman and Tomichek lead the team in singles wins with 11 followed by 10 from Chloe Koons.
• SIUE is 13-2 in doubles matches during the spring dual season. The Cougars are 6-0 in capturing the doubles point in those matches.

NEXT UP
The Cougars close out the month of February with a road dual at Saint Louis. The Feb. 28 match at the Missouri Athletic Club begins at 6 p.m.