THE MATCHES
Tarleton Women's Tennis will travel to Florida for a four-match week over spring break. The Texans will begin the week in Orlando to play Lee University at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, before taking on No. 6 Saint Leo University in an 11 a.m. match Wednesday morning at Saint Leo Tennis complex. Tarleton will go up against No. 18 Florida Southern at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Wynee Warden Tennis Center in Lakeland. The Texans will play their first Lone Star Conference opponent of the season in a non-conference game at 5 p.m. on Friday at USTA National Training Center in Orlando.

GAME COVERAGE
A complete recap of the match will be available on TarletonSports.com following the match.

ABOUT THE TEXANS
Tarleton is 4-3 on the season, including 4-2 against NCAA Division II opponents. Tarleton is coming off a two-week break. In their last time out the Texans battled a 4-2 victory over Ouachita Baptist before falling 6-0 to Harding. Tarleton ended the weekend with a thrilling 4-3 defeat against Arkansas Tech.
Sophomore Faustine Palatte played a huge factor in the Texan's 2-1 weekend. Palatte started the weekend by winning the doubles point and handling a 6-1,6-0 win in the No. 4 singles flight against Ouachita Baptist to help Tarleton secure its first team win of the weekend. In the weekend finale, Palatte and doubles partner Alicia Barbaroux clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win against Arkansas Tech and then Palatte went on to extend the Tarleton's lead with a 6-3, 6-3 victory in singles action.

ELIANNE'S INSIGHT
"This week is going to be an immense test for us going up against two nationally ranked teams" said head coach Elianne Douglas-Miron. "It will be a great challenge for the girls as individuals to test their limits going up against multiple individually ranked opponents."

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
LEE UNIVERSITY

• The Lady Flames are 3-5 overall.
• Hynes is in his sixth season with the Lady Flames.PatricLee's head coach
• Matina Ujdur was named Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Week in week three of the season.

NO. 6 SAINT LEO

• The Lions are 5-4 on the season.
• Saint Leo fell 3-4 in a nail biter to No. 7 West Florida March 7th.
• Saint Leo has two top 35 Intercollegiate Tennis Association national ranked singles action players on their roster.

NO. 18 FLORIDA SOUTHERN

• The Moccasins are currently on a four-game win streak, 5-4 overall.
• Florida Southern's head coach Trish Riddell is in her 15th season with the Moccasins.
• Senior Lola Asis is ranked No. 14 in singles action in the ITA south region rankings.

UT TYLER

• The Patriots are 3-5 overall.
• This is UT Tyler's first season in NCAA Division II athletics.
• UT Tyler's head coach Adam Cohen is in his third year with the Patriots.

BARBAROUX RANKED BY ITA
Senior Alicia Barbaroux leads the group as the team's lone senior. The native of France is a two-time All-LSC and the 2018 LSC Player of the Year. She enters the season as the No. 35-ranked individual in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and has five career wins against nationally-ranked opponents. She is also ranked No. 3 in the South Central region.

UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The Texans will return home for a 2 p.m. LSC conference match up against St. Mary's on March 22nd played at Potishman-Lard Complex.