Tennis, Barbery Set for Final Regular Season Weekend

Josh Schwam, Athletics Communications Student Assistant Women's Tennis 4/16/2021 11:00:00 AM

PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley Tennis will wrap up its regular season dual match campaign this weekend, hosting non-conference foe Saint Louis Saturday at 11 a.m. before hitting the road to finish Missouri Valley Conference play against Valparaiso Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.

BRADLEY NECESSITIES
Date | Time: Saturday, April 17, 2021 | 11 a.m.
Teams: Saint Louis (4-5, 0-0 Atlantic 10) at Bradley (8-6, 2-2 MVC)
Location: Peoria, IL | David Markin Tennis Courts
Live Stats: BradleyBraves.com
Twitter Updates: @BradleyUTennis

Date | Time: Sunday, April 18, 2021 | 11 a.m.
Teams: Bradley (8-6, 2-2 MVC) at Valparaiso (6-10, 1-2 MVC)
Location: Valparaiso, IN | The Courts of NWI or Valpo Tennis Complex
Post-Match Information: BradleyBraves.com

SERIES HISTORY | LAST MEETING

Bradley has won the last two matchups with Saint Louis, most recently by a score of 5-2 at SLU Feb. 1, 2020.
Sandra Maletin, Bozana Lojpur, Natalia Barbery, Victoria Sánchez-Bronzetti and Nikki Perlwitz all collected wins at Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Singles, respectively, to steer Bradley to victory.
The Billikens lead the all-time series 14-5.
The Braves lead the all-time series against Valpo 14-6 including victories in the last 11 matches, dating back to 2007.
Bradley has not dropped a point against Valpo since 2015 and has swept six of the last seven meetings.

THE SENIOR

One of the most-decorated players in program history, Natalia Barbery will play the final home match of her career Saturday against Saint Louis.
Barbery has seen a resurgence of Bradley Tennis in her time as a Brave, as the program searches for its third consecutive winning season for the first time since 1990-93.
Barbery is one half of the winningest doubles duo in program history, collecting 43 wins with Sandra Maletin.
Her laundry list of accomplishments on the court includes All-MVC in 2019 at No. 4 Singles and No. 1 Doubles with Maletin, as well as two Missouri Valley Conference Player-of-the-Week selections.
Barbery is just as prolific in the classroom, three-times being an MVC Scholar Athlete, including a First-Team selection in 2020, when she also was named the MVC Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

DON'T STOP THE PARTY

Victoria Sánchez-Bronzetti celebrated her 20th birthday last Sunday by earning wins at both No. 1 Doubles and No. 3 Singles in Bradley's dual match against UNI.
The re-freshman went 3-1 across both doubles and singles play against Drake and UNI last weekend, including a 6-3 win at No. 1 Doubles and a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 3 Singles on her birthday against the Panthers.
She is 5-3 at No. 1 Doubles this season alongside Sandra Maletin.
Sánchez-Bronzetti is also 6-3 in her last nine singles matches at the No. 3 spot, proving reliable at the position after spending last season at the No. 4 spot.

TOP OF THE ORDER

Sandra Maletin and Bozana Lojpur went a combined 4-0 at the top two singles positions against Drake and UNI, with neither dropping a set.
Maletin is on a three-match singles winning streak, and holds an 11-2 singles record this season.
Lojour has won five out of her last six singles matches, and is second on the team in singles wins this season, boasting a 9-3 record at No. Singles.

ATTENDANCE POLICY
Due to Restore Illinois Phase 4 COVID mitigation protocols and Bradley Athletics policy, fans will not be permitted to attend Bradley's indoor competitions at The Clubs at River City and will not be permitted inside the gate for outdoor competitions at the David Markin Courts at this time. Fans are permitted outside the fence at the David Markin Tennis Courts.

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