The women’s tennis team will play its last match of the regular season, and its fourth match in five days, Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. against Binghamton at the TU Pavilion.

The Owls (8-13, 3-6 Atlantic 10 Conference) will look to close out their season winning four of their last five. The Bearcats (4-15, 1-4 America East Conference) have only won one of their past 12 matches.

Junior Alicia Doms is currently dealing with elbow tendinitis. She said it is not very painful, but it will not fully heal until she rests it for a month. It is not affecting her play too much: she is 4-1 in her past five singles matches.

After playing flight six all season, freshman Minami Okajima has played fifth flight for the past three matches. She is 2-1, and has earned praise from teammates on her improved play over the course of the season. She has also won her only doubles match that was finished in that span, coming down from a 6-3 deficit to win 8-6 with junior Carly Bohman.

Binghamton’s best player is freshman Sara Kohtz, who is 8-8 in dual meet play this season. Kohtz has played all of her matches in the top three flights, and sports a 5-2 record in flight two. She is winless in four matches at the top flight.

The women’s tennis team will play their first on-campus match of the year, taking on Big 5 rival Villanova Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Student Pavilion.

The Owls (6-12, 2-6 Atlantic 10 Conference) broke a five-match losing streak after defeating Quinnipiac on Sunday. The Wildcats (6-10, 0-3 Big East Conference) also recently snapped a losing streak, getting their first win in four tries against Saint Francis of Pa. on Sunday.

Temple’s best players this spring have been junior Jordan Batey and sophomore Rebecca Breland. Playing from the first to the fifth flights, Batey has amassed a 10-5 record in singles play and has not lost more than one match in a row. Breland, playing everywhere from the second to the fifth flight, is 7-0 in flights two and three.

The Owls have not won a doubles point in the past six matches, despite the two main doubles teams – Bater and junior Alicia Doms, and Breland and junior Yana Mavrina – both having winning records. Batey/Doms is 7-5, and Breland/Mavrina is 8-4. Winning doubles would have swung matches against Xavier and Fordham, and the Owls defeated Qunnipiac despite losing doubles. If Temple can get the doubles point, its match will be a lot easier.

The men’s tennis team will take on Morgan State tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at Fossler’s Cheltenham Tennis in Elkins Park.

The Owls (3-9, 2-3 Atlantic 10 Conference) are coming off their first win after a nine-match losing streak against Fordham on Sunday, March 24. The Bears (4-14, 3-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) have dropped two matches in a row.

Senior Kacper Rams will not play against Temple due to injury. Sophomore Kristian Marquart took Rams’ place as the top singles player against Fordham, falling 6-4, 6-1. Marquart is 2-9 on the season, all in the top 3 flights.

The only Owl with a winning record this spring is freshman Nicolas Paulus. He is 7-5, including a 2-0 record at the third flight.

Morgan State’s best player is sophomore Duk Young-Park. Young-Park is 9-8 on the season, including a 6-2 record in the top singles flight. He has won four straight matches.

The women’s tennis team (5-10, 2-4 Atlantic 10 Conference) will square off against George Washington (8-5, 2-1 A-10) Saturday at noon in Washington, D.C.

The Owls are currently on a three-match losing streak, having lost two matches last weekend: a 7-0 sweep at the hands of Penn, and a 4-3 loss to Fordham.

Since being elevated to the top flight seven matches ago, junior Alicia Doms is 4-3. Her last match was a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 loss to senior Amy Simidian of Fordham.

A player to watch for Temple is junior Jordan Batey. She has won 5 of her last 7 singles matches, including a 6-1, 6-3 second flight victory over Fordham sophomore Sarah Ali. Batey has normally played in either the third or fourth flight this spring.

George Washington has lost three of its last four matches. The Rams’ best players this spring have been freshman Stephanie Wei and senior Mimi Hamling. Wei normally plays third flight, and Hamling plays fourth flight. Both players are 10-3 this season.

Temple junior Alicia Doms has been named Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis Performer of the Week. She won the award for the week spanning March 4-10.

Temple did not have any matches in that time frame, but the press release from the A-10 cites her performance in the March 3 match at Lehigh. Doms teamed with junior Jordan Batey and snared an 8-3 second flight doubles victory over freshman Ali Kaminetsky and junior Taylor Hampshire. Doms also triumphed in singles, defeating junior Jenai Bilimoria 6-4, 6-2 in the top flight.

Doms is 6-3 this spring in singles matches, including a 3-0 mark in the top flight. She is 5-3 in doubles matches, including a 5-1 record with Batey and an 0-2 record with junior Yana Mavrina.

Doms is currently on a three-match singles win streak, and will look to continue that at Xavier on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

The men’s tennis team will take on Binghamton Saturday evening at 6 p.m. at Legacy Tennis Center.

The Owls (2-6, 1-1 Atlantic 10 Conference) are on a six-match losing streak, and have only won one total point in their last three matches.

That point was won by freshman Nicolas Paulus, who is 5-3 this spring. He and freshman Santiago Canete (4-4) are the only Temple players who have won more than one singles match this season.

Temple’s most consistent success has been from their third flight doubles team of sophomore Kristian Marquart and freshman Sam Rundle. They are 3-1 this spring, 2-1 in the third flight and 1-0 in the second flight.

The Bearcats (4-5, 0-0 America East Conference) are coming off two losses at Ivy League schools: a 6-1 loss to #46 Columbia, and a 7-0 sweep at the hands of #24 Cornell.

They will be led by sophomore Robin Lesage, who is 5-4 in the top singles flight. Binghamton’s top doubles team is senior Bastian Bomkessel and sophomore Ismael Dinia, who are 2-5 together in the top doubles flight.

The men’s tennis team will travel to Lehigh Sunday to face the Mountain Hawks at 10 a.m.

The Owls (2-5, 1-1 Atlantic 10 Conference) are on a five-match slide. The Mountain Hawks (7-1, 0-0 Patriot League) are on a six-match winning streak.

Lehigh’s player to watch is sophomore Ben Gilman. He is 6-2 on the season, with a 5-1 record in the top flight. He will be a tough matchup for the injured Kacper Rams, who hasn’t won a singles match this spring.

Lehigh’s top doubles team, junior Mark Goldberg and sophomore Mitchell Petersen, is 4-4 this year. They will likely face Rams and freshman Santiago Canete, who have lost their last two matches.

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The women’s tennis team will also travel to Lehigh Sunday to face the Mountain Hawks. That match will commence at 2 p.m.

The Owls (2-7, 1-2 Atlantic 10 Conference) are looking to build a winning streak after defeating St. Bonaventure last weekend. The Mountain Hawks (2-6, 0-0 Patriot League) are coming off a 6-1 loss to Towson on Saturday.

Lehigh has been swept in four of its losses (at Penn, Rutgers, Delaware and Stony Brook).

The Lehigh doubles team of junior Jenai Bilimoria and sophomore Abby Farrell is 4-4 on the season. They are currently on a three-match win streak. They will likely face one of two Temple duos: juniors Jordan Batey and Alicia Doms (3-1), or junior Yana Mavrina and sophomore Rebecca Breland (3-1).

The men’s tennis team is taking on #50 George Washington Saturday at 5 p.m. at Legacy Tennis Center.

Temple (2-4, 1-0 Atlantic 10 Conference) has lost four straight matches. GW (5-4, 0-0 A-10) is coming off a 4-3 loss at Columbia on Friday.

Since this is a conference match, both teams will have extra motivation to win. Last season, the Colonials knocked the Owls out of the A-10 tournament on their way to their second straight A-10 title.

Each team’s top flight singles player has been struggling recently. Temple senior Kacper Rams is 0-5 this season. He has been struggling with a shoulder injury that, while painful, can be played through. GW sophomore Francisco Dias is 2-7 this spring.

The top doubles match will likely pit Rams and freshman Santiago Canete (2-1) against junior Ulrik Thomsen and senior Alexander Van Gils (2-4). The Temple duo’s success is somewhat surprising, considering Rams’ injury and Canete’s inexperience in doubles.