CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri women's tennis (6-4) will travel to Paducah, Kentucky, to face Illinois State (10-6) of the Missouri Valley Conference Saturday at the McCracken County High School Tennis Indoor Facility. Doubles will open the dual at 11 a.m., CT in SEMO's final non-conference contest of the season.
 
The dual was originally scheduled to be contested at the Redhawks Tennis Complex on Sunday but was moved to an indoor venue due to inclement weather forecasted for the Cape Girardeau area.
 
Most recently, SEMO secured a doubleheader sweep of William Woods (6-2) on Monday at the Redhawks Tennis Complex.
 
SEMO handed William Woods of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) its first two losses of the 2021 season with a 6-1 opener followed by a 7-0 second match
 
Manuela Barriga, Vivian Lai and Maja Lundell each registered a pair of singles victories in Monday's doubleheader. For Barriga, it was her first time competing since the season opener at Missouri on Jan. 24. The junior who hails from Bogotá, Colombia posted her first three (two singles and one doubles) wins of the 2021 campaign.
 
Lundell made her 2021 debut Monday against the Owls.
 
Daniela Hlacikova, Ksenia Shikanova, Romana Tarajova, Lera Valeeva and Teona Velkoska each secured singles wins on Monday.
 
SEMO went 5-1 in doubles and grabbed the point to open both duals.
 
The doubles team of Hlacikova and Velkoska is currently on a three-match win streak after competing against William Woods.
 
Grace Powderly, a junior from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, captured her first two doubles wins of the 2021 season Monday against William Woods. 
 
The Redbirds improved to 10-6 after they defeated Chattanooga, 5-2, on March 10 at the UTC Tennis Center.
 
Following this Saturday in Paducah, SEMO will travel to Martin, Tennessee, to open their Ohio Valley Conference schedule against UT Martin on March 19. The Redhawks were selected to finish the 2021 season third in the OVC while UTM was pegged tied for seventh.