Bradley University Athletics

Tennis Hits the Road for the First Time This Season

Josh Schwam

Josh Schwam, Athletics Communications Student Assistant Women's Tennis 4/2/2021 11:00:00 AM

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Bradley Tennis hits the road for the first time in over a year as the Braves search for their first conference win of the 2021 dual match season against Missouri State at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cooper Tennis Complex.

BRADLEY NECESSITIES
Date | Time: Saturday, April 3, 2021 | 11 a.m.
Teams: Bradley (5-5, 0-1 MVC) at Missouri State (6-8, 0-0 MVC)
Location: Springfield, Mo. | Cooper Tennis Complex
Post-Match Information: BradleyBraves.com

SERIES HISTORY | LAST MEETING

Missouri State leads the all-time series with the Braves, 19-7.
Bradley won the last matchup, 5-2, April 14, 2019 at Missouri State.
Bradley took all but one singles point on the day, with current Braves Sandra Maletin, Bozana Lojpur, Natalia Barbery and Nina Marjanovic all earning victories.

DOUBLES TEAM OF THE WEEK

Bradley's adaptability in doubles has been excellent this season, with the new No. 1 Doubles tandem of Sandra Maletin/Victoria Sánchez-Bronzetti earning its first Missouri Valley Conference Team-of-the-Week award on March 31.
They defeated Illinois States' No. 1 team of Tara Damnjanovic/Tijana Zlatanovic, 6-4. The Redbirds pair was the only duo to win MVC Doubles Teams of the Week on more than one occasion this season.
The Braves took the doubles point from preseason favorite Illinois State for the second time in their last three meetings.
The victory moves Maletin/Sánchez-Bronzetti to 3-1 together.

NEW CLUBHOUSE LEADER

After last week's match against ISU, Bozana Lojpur now has the longest active singles winning streak on the team, winning her last four matches at No. 2 Singles.
Maletin is now 8-2 on the season at the No. 1 position.

CATCHING ON

With Sandra Maletin and Bozana Lojpur being extremely solid at the top two singles positions, Victoria Sánchez-Bronzetti is catching on at No. 3.
The freshman is 5-1 in her last six singles matches.
After playing the first five matches of the year at No. 2 doubles, she has played four of the last five dual matches at the No. 1 position.

ROAD TRIPPIN'

The match against Missouri State will mark the first time Bradley Tennis has hit the road this season, after playing its first nine dual matches at home.
Bradley's last road match was a 5-2 victory at Chicago State in March 2019, with the Braves winning 5-2.

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