Troy Hits the Road to Face Samford

TROY, Alabama – Troy will play its third consecutive match on the road as the women's tennis team heads to Birmingham to face Samford Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

The Trojans (4-3) are coming off a pair hard-fought wins at New Orleans and Nicholls State. Chunxi Guo clinched both matches with singles victories and earned Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for her effort.

Guo battled back to win against UNO's Salma Abdelrahim after after falling behind early. Guo fell in the first set, but rallied to with the next two frames, 6-2, 6-4. On Monday at Nicholls State, Guo swept Lingfeng Gu, 6-3, 7-6, to push her season singles record to 4-3.

In doubles action, Guo and partner Pei Ju Hsieh have been perfect posting a 7-0 record on court two. Guo and Hsieh didn't drop a point last week earning a pair of 6-0 victories.

Samford (6-4) enters the contest on a two-match winning streaks after knocking off UAB and Tulane over the weekend.

For more information on Troy women's tennis, visit TroyTrojans.com.

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Chunxi Guo

Pei Ju Hsieh

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