Tigers Travel to Blacksburg for First ACC Contest of 2016

Match Information:

Who: Clemson (0-0) at Virginia Tech (2-2)When: Thursday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m.Where: Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center, Blacksburg, Va.Live Stats: HokieSports.com (http://www.hokiesports.com/wtennis/live/)Follow: @ClemsonWTennis on Twitter

Match Notes:

• The Tigers will be playing their first dual match of the 2016 season against the Hokies, as their season-opening double header scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 was postponed due to weather.
• Joana Eidukonyte is the number-one ranked player in the nation in singles according to the ITA preseason poll released Jan. 5. The senior from Vilnius, Lithuania was 11-5 in fall tournament play, which included advancing to the finals of the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. in November.
• Freshman Fernanda Navarro is ranked 59^th in singles, and is 11-1 in tournament play, most recently claiming the Flight 1 singles title at the Duckworth Winter Classic two weeks ago.
• Freshmen Ayan Broomfield and Ally Miller-Krasilnikov also won singles titles at the Duckworth Winter Classic, at Flight 2 and 3, respectively.
• The Hokies are 2-2 on the season, after opening the year with wins over Radford and Western Carolina, and then falling to Illinois and Oregon in the ITA Kickoff in Lubbock, Texas.
• Clemson has a 17-3 all-time advantage in the series against Virginia Tech, including a 5-2 record in matches played in Blacksburg.
• In the most recent meeting between the two teams, the Tigers defeated the Hokies by a score of 5-2 in Clemson on Feb. 20, 2015. Eidukonyte and fellow senior Tristen Dewar each won singles matches in the victory.

ITA Rankings:

TEAMClemson – 20^thVirginia Tech – T-48^th

SINGLESJoana Eidukonyte (Clemson) – 1^stFernanda Navarro (Clemson) – 59^thTheresa Piontek (Clemson) – 72^ndIlinca Stoica (Virginia Tech) – 104^thCaroline Daxhelet (Virginia Tech) – 108^th

DOUBLESJoana Eidukonyte & Theresa Piontek (Clemson) – 20^th