Southeast Missouri (1-4) at North Texas (4-3)

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Time: 2:30 p.m., CT
Location: Conway, Ark.
Series: First Meeting

Southeast Missouri (1-4) at Central Arkansas (4-3)

Date: Friday, February 16, 2024
Time: 2 p.m., CT
Location: Conway, Ark.
Series: UCA leads, 3-5

Redhawks Travel to Arkansas for Two Matches this Week
Southeast Missouri (1-4) heads to Conway, Arkansas for two matches this week. The Redhawks face North Texas (4-3) Thursday at 2:30 p.m., CT and Central Arkansas (4-3) Friday at 2 p.m. 

Series History
Southeast Missouri meets North Texas for the first time in 2024. North Texas is out of the American Athletic Conference. SEMO is 3-5 all-time against Central Arkansas. The Redhawks beat the Bears the last two matches of the series.

Only One Loss
Trinity Calinescu is currently on a three-match winning streak in singles play. Calinescu has a team-high 4-1 record thus far. In doubles, Daniela Hlacikova and Juliette Talieu only have one loss and are 3-1 this spring.

About North Texas
The Mean Green started the season with wins in four of their first five matches, but have dropped their last two.Sophomore Stadfany Nformi and freshman Carolina Laydner have the best singles records at 4-1 apiece. In doubles, North Texas has  lost two doubles matches and is 13-2 so far.

About Central Arkansas
The Bears are coming off of a 4-3 win over Omaha. Central Arkansas began its spring season with a 6-1 win over Oral Roberts and beat both Kansas City and Arkansas Tech. Vichitraporn Vimuktananda, Central Arkansas's No.1 singles player  has one loss in singles and two losses in doubles action. Vimuktananda has a singles record of 5-1 and a doubles mark of 4-2. 

Calinescu, Hlacikova and Talieu Grab OVC Weekly Honors 
Trinity Calinescu has won back to back Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week honors. Calinescu was named last week's OVC Player of the Week on Feb. 6, and claimed this week's award on Feb. 13. She won the awards based on her victory over Lindsey Wilson's Mariangeles Mateu and Middle Tennessee's Cassidy Mataia. Daniela Hlacikova and Juliette Talieu also posted their  first OVC weekly award as Doubles Team of the Week. They went 2-0 in doubles play for the week.

Away for Awhile
The Redhawks first nine matches of the 2024 season will be played outside of Cape Girardeau. Southeast Missouri opened the year with a pair of matches in Paducah, Kentucky. The Redhawks then traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky before making another stop in Paducah to face Lindsey Wilson College this past Tuesday. SEMO then heads to Middle Tennessee (Feb. 9) and will make a trip to Conway, Arkansas this weekend (Central Arkansas/North Texas, Feb. 15-16) and Springfield, Missouri (UL Monroe/Missouri State, Feb. 24-25). The Redhawks then host Bradley in their home-opener on Mar. 2.

Redhawks Picked to Win OVC in 2024
The Redhawks are the Ohio Valley Conference preseason favorite entering the 2024 campaign. Southeast Missouri received 35 points and five first-place votes in the overall voting. SIU Edwardsville, Eastern Illinois, Tennessee State, first-year OVC member Western Illinois, Lindenwood and Southern Indiana completed the poll. Daniela Hlacikova (No. 1), Vivan Lai (No. 4), Trinity Calinescu (No. 7) and Juliette Talieu (No. 9) are ranked among the league's top 10 players ahead of the spring.