Bradley University Athletics

Bradley Opens Season With Trip to Chicago

Josh Schwam

Josh Schwam, Communications Student Assistant Women's Tennis 1/20/2022 1:30:00 PM

CHICAGO, IL. – Bradley Tennis opens its 2021-22 spring campaign with back-to-back road matches for the first time since the 2019-20 season this weekend as the Braves travel to Chicago to face DePaul and Army.

BRADLEY NECESSITIES
Date | Time: Friday, January 21^st | 1:30 p.m.
Teams: Bradley (0-0) at DePaul (0-0)
Location: XS Tennis Village, Chicago, IL.
Live Updates: BradleyBraves.com / @BradleyUTennis on Twitter
Post-Match Information: BradleyBraves.com

BRADLEY NECESSITIES
Date | Time: Saturday, January 22^nd | 1:30 p.m.
Teams: Bradley vs. Army
Location: XS Tennis Village, Chicago, IL
Live Updates: BradleyBraves.com / @BradleyUTennis on Twitter
Post-Match Information: BradleyBraves.com

SERIES HISTORY vs. DePAUL | LAST MEETING

This will be the 15^th meeting between the Braves and Blue Demons.
DePaul has claimed 13 of the first 14 matchups, with the last matchup coming in Bradley's opener last season, a 5-2 DePaul victory at The Clubs at River City.
Bradley's last victory against the Blue Demons came on a neutral court in 1994.

SERIES HISTORY vs. ARMY

The Braves and Black Knights have never met on the Tennis court.
The matchup will be BU's first against a member of the United States Armed Service Academies.
Bradley will also get a crack at Navy in Florida later this season.

SEASON OPENERS UNDER TYLER

The Braves are 3-4 under Matt Tyler in season openers.
Tyler is beginning his eighth season at the helm of Bradley Tennis.

NEW NUMBER 1

For the first time since the 2016-17 season, Bradley Tennis will have a new full-time No. 1 Singles player.
Sandra Maletin, who patrolled the position for all but one match in her career, graduated last December.
Bozana Lojpur has played No. 1 once in her career, when Maletin was injured prior to a road contest against #47 Tulsa in 2018-19.
BU will also have to find a new No. 1 Doubles pairing. Maletin and Natalia Barbery – who graduated last spring – hold the program record for most wins as a doubles tandem.

FRESH FACE

Friday will mark the first dual match of Kirstin Hailey's career.
The freshman went 7-2 in singles play during individual competition and captured the Flight 4 title at the Redbird Invite last October.

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