No. 14 Ranked Cyclone Tennis ITA Indoor Nationals Primer

Friday, February 10

Seattle, Wash.

5:30 PM

Iowa State

Vanderbilt

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

No. 14 Ranked Cyclone Tennis ITA Indoor Nationals Primer

02.08.2023 | Tennis

ITA Indoor Tournament Page Notes

SEATTLE – No. 14 Iowa State makes the trip to Seattle to compete in the ITA National Indoor Team Championships for the first time in school history. The Cyclones will face off against No. 9 Vanderbilt in their opening draw Friday.

The Schedule
Friday, Feb. 10^th – 5:30 p.m. CT
No. 14 Iowa State (6-1) vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt (4-0)
Saturday, Feb. 11^th – 5:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. CT
No. 14 Iowa State (6-1) vs. No. 1 Texas (6-0) or Washington (5-1)
Saturday, Feb. 12^th – TBD CT
No. 14 Iowa State (6-1) vs. TBD
Nordstrom Tennis Center – Seattle

Following the Matches
Live coverage links for this weekends matches are available at the top of the page.

The Series
Friday will mark the inaugural meeting between the 14^th-ranked Cyclones and the ninth-ranked Commodores. On Saturday, Iowa State will face either No. 1 Texas or tournament host, Washington. The Cyclones have yet to win a match against either school in the all-time series.

Last Time Out
Last weekend, head coach Boomer Saia and his squad traveled to Starkville, Miss. and went head-to-head with Mississippi State and Memphis. Iowa State would leave the weekend with two wins and did not give up a single point to either opponent. To read more about last weekend, click here.

Player to Watch
To start her last dual season as a Cyclone, Thasaporn Naklo is leaving her mark on the record books. With a collegiate record of, 130-71, the senior from Bangkok, Thailand is four wins shy of moving up to the No. 6 spot in program history for overall career wins. She is also six wins away from moving up to the No. 4 spot in school history in overall career singles wins.

This season alone, Naklo is among the top of her peers with a record of 31-6 and has a team high winning percentage of .838. She has taken down six ranked opponents, second most only to Miska Kadleckova.

Cyclone Tennis Quick Hit
In the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association individual rankings, the Cyclones had three individuals ranked and three doubles teams ranked. Iowa State and North Carolina are the only schools in the country with at least three singles players and three doubles teams ranked.

Sophomore Ange Oby Kajuru jumped into the singles rankings for the first time this season. Kajuru was slotted at the No. 53 spot, the highest ranking of her career.

Singles Rankings
No. 42 Thasaporn Naklo
No. 53 Ange Oby Kajuru
No. 123 Miska Kadleckova

Doubles Rankings
No. 21 Ange Oby Kajuru/Chie Kezuka
No. 48 Miska Kadleckova/Ange Oby Kajuru
No. 52 Chie Kezuka/Thasaporn Naklo

Road Warriors
Saia and his team have yet to have a home match this season, but that has not slowed them down. In their seven away/neutral site matches, the Cyclones have earned a record of 6-1 with two of those wins against top-20 opponents in No. 18 UCLA and No. 10 Miami. Iowa State will look to continue its strong performance on the road as it still does not have its first home match of the spring season until March 10 against the Kansas Jayhawks when conference play begins.

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