DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's tennis team will head to Pittsburgh over the weekend to play their final regular season conference matches against St. Bonaventure and Duquesne. The Flyers will play the Bonnies in a neutral-court match on Saturday at 3 p.m. before taking on the Dukes on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Alpha Tennis & Fitness of Pittsburgh.
 
Dayton is 7-8 so far this season after dropping a pair of A-10 matches last weekend in Charleston, S.C. against Davidson and UMass. Freshman Neena Katauskas went 3-1 individually between singles and doubles play to earn Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Rookie of the Week. Katauskas paired with sophomore Sarah DeMarco for a win in doubles play against UMass before finishing the day beating Thamonpan Jonglertrakul in three sets in No. 3 singles for a 2-0 day.
 
Katauskas won her 10^th singles match of the season the following day against Emma Heiderscheit of the Wildcats also in No. 3 singles. Those 10 wins are the most on the team this season, one ahead of both junior Elizabeth Hamilton and fellow freshman Laura Greb. Junior Erica Wojcikiewicz has 11 wins in doubles play to lead the Flyers and has a winning record in all three doubles flights this season.
 
St. Bonaventure enters the weekend at 4-10 after beating Niagara on March 11. The Bonnies will take on Duquesne on Friday before returning for a match against the Flyers on Saturday. The team has had two different student-athletes split time at the top singles flight, with Alexandra Jansson and Amelia Haley both playing at No. 1 singles. Jansson leads the team with 12 wins, with four of them coming on Court One this season. Jansson has also paired with Emily Stanley for five doubles wins, the most of any doubles pair this season.
 
Duquesne is 5-7 in 2022, falling 4-3 to Youngstown State last Friday. Margot Pessy has played a majority of the season at No. 1 singles, sitting at 4-4 this season. Pessy is one of five different Dukes with exactly four singles wins this season, with Daniela Latoni pacing Duquesne with eight wins in dual match play on the year. Latoni has played between the fourth, fifth, and sixth flights and has won three straight matches entering the weekend. Meredith Lee and Priyanka Mitta lead the team with five wins in doubles play this season.
 
The Flyers have won the last three matches against St. Bonaventure and are 10-1 against the Bonnies dating back to 2005. Dayton won the last matchup 4-0 in New York on March 18, 2017. UD got wins from Marlys Bridgham, Jade Kawamoto, and current assistant coach Natalie Allen during singles play.
 
Dayton is 8-24 against Duquesne and are looking to snap a four-match losing streak to the Dukes. The Flyers fell to the Dukes in the first round of the A-10 Championship in 2021. DeMarco and Kelly Pleiman picked up a victory in No. 3 doubles against the Dukes, but were blanked during singles play.