RedHawks Ready for MAC Tournament

Sunday, April 28

Buffalo, NY

12:00 p.m.

Miami University

Akron

4/25/2019 1:59:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Bracket

The regular season champion RedHawks look to add a tournament title this weekend.

OXFORD, Ohio - After closing the season as Mid-American Conference Regular Season Champions, the Miami University women's tennis team will now turn towards capturing a tournament crown this weekend. The MAC Tournament will be held this Friday-Sunday, hosted by Buffalo.

The RedHawks (10-10, 6-1 MAC), the tournament's number one seed, will play Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in the first of two semifinals.

LAST TIME OUT
Miami clinched its 23rd MAC Championship last Friday, taking down the visiting Western Michigan Broncos. The RedHawks earned the 4-2 win off the backs of a doubles point, singles victories from Makenzie Myers and Melati Devi, and a tense third-set tiebreak win from Brindtha Ramasamy.

POSTSEASON AWARDS
The MAC announced its 2019 postseason award winners Thursday, with three RedHawks taking home honors. Head coach Ricardo Rosas was named the MAC Coach of the Year, marking his second such award after he won in 2010 as an interim head coach. Ramasamy not only garnered First Team All-MAC honors but was also named as the conference's Newcomer of the Year as the most outstanding freshman in the league. Milana Lysova also took home All-MAC honors, being named to the second team.

POTENTIAL OPPONENTS
Miami will face either the fourth-seeded Ball State Cardinals (15-5 overall, 4-3 MAC) or the fifth-seeded Toledo Rockets (11-9 overall, 3-4 MAC) in Saturday's semifinal. The Cardinals and Rockets will square off at 10 a.m. on Friday in their first round match; BSU took down UT 7-0 in their regular season meeting. The RedHawks defeated both teams by a 4-3 scoreline in the regular season.

A LOOK AT THE BRACKET
While Miami awaits the Toledo/Ball State winner in the semifinals, the tournament's two seed in Akron does the same on the other side of the bracket. The Zips will face either third-seeded Western Michigan or the defending champions and tournament host Buffalo Bulls, the six seed. The championship match will take place Sunday at noon. The tournament bracket is linked above.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Miami, with five tournament championships, is tied with Western Michigan for the most since tournament play starting in 1997. The RedHawks last won in 2015, the third of a three-peat of tournament titles. Buffalo is the two-time defending champion, while Ball State won in 2016.

For more information on the RedHawks in the tournament, be sure to follow @MiamiOH_Tennis on Twitter and look for updates on MiamiRedHawks.com.