Women’s Tennis Set to Host 2023 MAC Tournament

MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State is the No. 2 seed and host for this weekend's 2023 Mid-American Conference Women's Tennis Championship which is scheduled to be played at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center (April 29-30).

If inclement weather occurs, the tournament will be moved indoors to the Northwest YMCA. For complete tournament information, visit the MAC Championship Central page or follow the Ball State women's tennis team on Twitter at: @BallStateWTNS.

There are four team participating in the tournament: No. 1 Toledo, No. 2 Ball State No. 3 Miami, and No. 4 Buffalo. Two semifinal matches will be played Saturday. The Cardinals will take on the Bulls at 2 p.m. ET and the RedHawks will play the Rockets at 10 a.m. ET.

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This year the Toledo Rockets were crowned the MAC regular season champions earning them the No. 1 seed and the right to host next year's 2024 MAC Championship in Toledo.

The Cardinals enter the tournament with a 20-3 overall record and an 9-1 MAC ledger. After Ball State closed out regular season action with a 4-3 win over Miami last Sunday, the Cardinals were able to secure the No. 2 seed in the tourney. The 20-win season is only the third time in over decade that Ball State has reached that plateau, the last time was in 2020-21 (22-4) and 2015-16 (20-6).

Seniors Isabelle Behrman, Jessica Braun, Emily Desai, Amy Kaplan, Livia Lukacs, and Emma Peeler have all been part of back-to-back MAC regular season titles (2020 & 2021), a MAC Tournament championship (2022) and two trips to the NCAA Tournament (2021 & 2022).

Ball State won its meetings against Miami and Buffalo this season but dropped it lone competition at Toledo. The last time Ball State hosted the MAC Tournament and won it was last season when the Cardinals defeated the Rockets, 4-3. Ball State was the No. 1 seed last year while Toledo was seeded at No. 3.

Toledo enters the tournament with an overall record of 19-3 and 10-0 in MAC play while Miami sits at 11-13 and 5-5 in league action. Buffalo comes to Ball State with a 20-7 ledger while finishing its conference season, 6-4.

Players Mentioned

Isabelle Behrman

Jessica Braun

Emily Desai

Amy Kaplan

Livia Lukacs

Emma Peeler

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