Upstate Looks To Stay Hot When It Hosts Charleston Southern On Thursday
3/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 9, 2010
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - One week after earning its first national ranking in the Division I era, the USC Upstate women's tennis team will head into a particularly treacherous part of the schedule, starting with Charleston Southern, which takes a perfect record into the week. The two teams will face off at the USC Upstate Tennis Complex on Thursday at 2 p.m.
Upstate (9-1 overall, 4-0 A-Sun) won't get a breather after the match against the Buccaneers, as they head to Charlotte (3-7 overall) on March 17 before facing A-Sun preseason favorite ETSU (6-2 overall, 2-0 A-Sun) on March 19 in a match that has decided at least a piece of the A-Sun regular-season title in each of the last two years, with Upstate taking the title in 2008 before ETSU split the title with Stetson in 2009.
Last Meeting Recaps
Feb. 13, 2009: Upstate 6, Charleston Southern 1
Senior Daniela Lovera became the fourth player in program history to reach 100 career combined wins, winning two matches, including a point-clinching doubles win, to help the lift the USC Upstate women's tennis team to a 6-1 win over Charleston Southern. The Spartans improved to 3-1 overall and the Lady Bucs' record evened at 1-1. Lovera was the fourth player in school history to reach the mark.
Spartan Volleys
• In their third year of Division I play, the Spartans have an all-time record of 39-8 (.830).
• Upstate is 20-1 (.952) in the D-I era at the Upstate Tennis Complex.
• Upstate won the 200th match in the program's 21-year history on Saturday against Belmont.
• Junior Emilia Milovanvic is one of 10 players in school history to post 10 singles wins in three straight seasons.
• Upstate's three freshmen in the everyday lineup, Monica Pezzotti, Simona Cacciuttolo and Francisca Valderrama, have posted an 19-9 (.679) in singles play.
• Junior Emilia Milovanovic needs just three wins to move into seventh in school history in combined wins ... With 92 career wins, she is three from passing Paloma Castillo (2001-05), who won 95 matches in her career.
• Junior Emilia Milovanovic is currently fifth in school history in doubles wins, passing Maria Herrera (2005-08) with her win against Lipscomb on Saturday ... She is currently fifth with 53 wins.
• Junior Emilia Milovanovic needs just one more win to become the 11th player in school history to reach 40 singles wins.
• Both freshmen Simona Cacciuttolo and Francisca Valderrama each need one more singles win to become the 11th and 12th freshmen in school history to reach 10 in their rookie years.
• Cinthya Lazaro is currently 15th in the school's career combined wins with 57 and her 32 singles wins are 12th in school history ... She is also 15th with 25 doubles wins.
• Senior Carolina Bello showed some versatility during Upstate's trip to Tennessee, earning her first dual meet win of the year in a three-set match at No. 5 against Tennessee Tech and also winning at No. 3 against Lipscomb.
• The Spartans need just one more win to record their 10th of the season for the sixth straight year and the ninth time in the last 10 years.
