TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University tennis team will have its busiest week of the season with six scheduled matches in three states during the week of April 12-18. The Tigers will host Mary Washington Monday afternoon then play at St. Joseph's (Tuesday), host Drexel (Thursday), welcome George Washington (Friday) and wrap up the week by visiting Delaware (Saturday) and Loyola (Sunday).
 
Jamie Peterson's squad enters the week on a two-match winning streak after knocking off Loyola and Mount St. Mary's by 6-1 scores at the Tiger Tennis Complex this month.
 
Towson will have one match on April 20 then head to William & Mary for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament, starting April 22.
 
"It is certainly going to be a lot of tennis, but there is an end to it with the CAA on the horizon," Peterson said. "It will be a tough stretch but it will help prepare us for the tournament. We are going to push hard for a strong finish."
 
SCOUTING MARY WASHINGTON (Monday, April 12, 3 p.m.  – Tiger Tennis Complex)
Mary Washington ran its record to 6-1 with a win over Southern Virginia on Wednesday. The Eagles only loss was a 4-3 decision to George Mason. Towson also lost to Mason by a 4-3 margin. This is the first match-up between the schools since February 2009. 
 
SCOUTING ST. JOSEPH'S (Tuesday, April 13, 3 p.m. – SJU Tennis Complex)
The Hawks opened the season with three straight victories but have dropped seven straight heading into Sunday's match with Lafayette. Towson leads the all-time series between the schools, 6-5, including 6-1 wins in 2018 and 2019. Alexa Martinez had victories in both, while Themis Haliou and Jessica Assenmacher were victorious two years ago.
 
SCOUTING DREXEL (Thursday, April 15, 3 p.m. – Tiger Tennis Complex)
Drexel is 2-3 this season and will host Delaware on Wednesday. The Tigers and Dragons have one common opponent. Both teams dropped decisions to Temple. Towson leads the all-time series, 8-6, including a 4-3 win two years ago. Haliou broke the tie with a three set victory at No. 4 singles.
 
SCOUTING GEORGE WASHINGTON (Friday, April 16, 3 p.m. – Tiger Tennis Complex)
George Washington has won two straight matches, including a victory over George Mason, to improve to 4-5. Towson lost to Mason by a 4-3 margin on March 27.  Both teams have dropped decisions to James Madison and Navy this season. The Colonials lead the all-time series. 11-1.
 
SCOUTING DELAWARE (Saturday, April 17, 2 p.m. – DFH Outdoor Courts)
Delaware is undefeated in five matches, including victories over George Washington (5-2) and St. Joseph's (7-0). Towson has won two of the last five match-ups against the Blue Hens. In a 4-3 loss two years ago, Martinez won at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.
 
SCOUTING LOYOLA (Sunday, April 18, 11 a.m. – McClure Tennis Center at Ridley Athletic Complex)
Towson defeated Loyola (7-3) at the Tiger Tennis Complex on April 2 by a 6-1 margin. Sarah Pospischill, Haliou and Assenmacher combined to lose two games in straight set victories. Towson has beaten the Greyhounds five consecutive times.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
Saturday's win over Mount St. Mary's at the Tiger Tennis Complex improved head coach Jamie Peterson's home record to 26-8.
 
HEY, ALEXA
Alexa Martinez played in her 50^th career singles match against William & Mary (she is now at 58) and made her 50^th career doubles appearances for the Tigers against Loyola. As a sophomore in 2018-19, the John Carroll graduate played both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. She has the distinction of winning matches at all six singles and all three doubles spots in the lineup during her career.
 
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Towson's top doubles duo of Themis Haliou and Alexa Martinez has won six of its last eight matches, with wins over Elon, South Carolina State, Norfolk State, George Mason, Loyola and Mount St. Mary's during the stretch.
 
WINNING STREAK
Since being moved to No. 3 singles, Amelia Lawson has earned four consecutive straight set victories. In wins over Temple, George Mason, Loyola and Mt. St. Mary's, the junior has won 48-of-65 games. 
 
STEADY SARAH
Sarah Pospischill leads the team in singles victories with seven. The sophomore is 4-2 at No. 4, has two wins in the No. 5 spot and is 1-0 at No. 6.
 
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
Over half of the 2021 roster was born outside of the United States. Antonia and Amelia Lawson hail from Wellington, New Zealand, nearly 8,800 miles away from Towson. Jessica Assenmacher is a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, which is 8,085 miles from campus. Themis Haliou is from Strovolos, Cyrus, a town 5,625 miles from Towson. Sarah Pospischill was born and raised in Reisenburg, Austria, which is almost 4,400 miles away. Lea Kosanovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia (4,675 miles from Towson), but her family moved to the United States when she was five years old and she attended Walter Johnson High School in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.
 
STUDENT-ATHLETES
During the fall semester, the Towson tennis team was one of five to finish with a grade point average of 3.5 or better. The 11-person squad averaged 3.635, with Jessica Assenmacher, Alexa Martinez and Lea Kosanovic earning perfect 4.0's. Seven student-athletes made the Dean's List. The cumulative GPA for the Towson tennis team is 3.527.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
Head coach Jamie Peterson was two-time team captain on the Towson men's tennis team from 1991-95 and finished his career with a 64-35 record, the fourth-most wins and fourth-best winning percentage in program history. Peterson helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back appearances in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship in 1993 and 1994.
 
TIGERS IN THE COMMUNITY    
The Towson University athletics department deems community service as one of its highest priorities to give back to the Greater Baltimore area. Towson was on track to have its 8th consecutive year of over 10,000 hours of community service in 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all activity.  Towson finished with 7,527 hours last year, good for third in the NCAA Teamworks HelperHelper competition. Towson ranked #1 nationally for community service and won the 2018 National Championship for Community Service through the HelperHelper NCAA Team Works Competition.  Towson also won the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award from Susan G. Komen of Maryland.