WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's tennis team is back in action this weekend while the women's tennis team opens its spring season. Both squads will take on the Howard University Bison, with the men's team returning to action on Friday, January 24 at 12:45 p.m. at Howard while the women's team opens its spring season on Saturday, January 25 at 4:45 p.m. at Yates Field House.
ON THE RECORD: "We are excited to kick off the women's season against Howard this weekend. We play each other every year and it's starting to become a good crosstown rivalry. They have a great team and coaching staff so we know it will be a battle from start to finish. On the men's side, we are looking to bounce back from a solid performance against a strong ODU team. We've had a good week of practice and are looking forward to a battle with the Bison on Friday." - Head Coach Freddy Mesmer
ABOUT MEN'S TENNIS (0-1, 0-0 in BIG EAST)
· GU came up short in its opening match of the season in Norfolk, Virginia to Old Dominion University by a final score of 6-1.
· Jake Fellows won his first singles match of the spring season, defeating Connor Van Schalkwyk of Old Dominion, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 to earn him BIG EAST Men's Singles Player of the Week.
· The Hoyas are coming off a spring season where they went 15-8 overall with a mark of 4-3 in BIG EAST play. The 2024 spring season was the largest win total men's tennis has ever accumulated.
· In its fall season, the men's team competed in seven events from September to November.
· Friday's match will be hosted by Howard at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus.
ABOUT WOMEN'S TENNIS
· Saturday's matchup will be the first match of the spring season.
· Last spring, the Hoyas finished 8-13 overall with a 4-2 record in BIG EAST play.
· In its fall season, the women's team competed in four events from September 20 to October 20.
· The team returns the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Emily Novikov, who put up an 11-4 record in singles matches and a 7-4 record in doubles matches a year ago.
· Saturday's match will be hosted by Georgetown at Yates Field House on the campus of Georgetown University.
