No. 31 Arizona and No. 26 Arizona State Primer

AMES, Iowa – The No. 59 Iowa State tennis team is back home this week for two Big 12 Conference matches against the Arizona schools after going 2-1 on its' road trip a week ago.

THE SCHEDULE
Friday, Mar. 7 – 4 p.m. CT
Iowa State Tennis Facility – Ames, IA
No. 59 Iowa State (7-3, 1-1 Big 12) vs. No. 31 Arizona (10-4, 2-0)

Sunday, Mar. 9 – 11 a.m. CT
Iowa State Tennis Facility – Ames, IA
No. 59 Iowa State (7-3*, 1-1) vs. No. 26 Arizona State (7-3*, 2-0)
*Record as of 3/6

FOLLOWING THE MATCHES
Live stats and live streams for the matches are linked on the schedule page.

THE SERIES
Iowa State and Arizona have faced off just one time before, with Arizona taking the match 7-2 in 1980 in Tucson.

Iowa State is 0-5 in the all-time series versus Arizona State, with the last meeting being in 2011.

LAST TIME OUT
The Cyclones fought hard but came up short against No. 13 Texas Tech, falling 4-2 in Lubbock.

PLAYER TO WATCH
By picking up her 109^th career victory against Texas Tech, Anna Supapitch Kuearum moved up to a tie for 16^th in career wins in school history. The senior is also currently the No. 97 singles player in the country, and has a 17-4 singles record in 2024-25.

Kuearum is just two conference wins shy of tying the career school record of 16, set by her former teammate Chie Kezuka.

OPPONENTS IN THE RANKINGS
Arizona
Singles
Josie Usereau - No. 37
Martyna Ostrzygalo - No. 116

Doubles
Midori Castillo and Ostrzygalo – No. 39

Arizona State
Singles
Emilija Tverijonaite - No. 27
Sara Svetac - No. 45
Ada Piestrzynska - No. 125

Doubles
Patricija Spaka and Lily Taylor – No. 30
Svetac and Karin Altori – No. 79

FOLLOW THE CYCLONES
Keep up with Iowa State Tennis by following @Cycloneten on X and Instagram and Iowa State Tennis on Facebook.