The women’s tennis team will face Georgetown this morning at 11 a.m. at Legacy Tennis Center.

The Owls (1-5, 0-2 Atlantic 10 Conference) will look to snap a three-match losing streak against the Hoyas (4-1, 1-0 Big East Conference), who are riding a four-match winning streak.

The Hoyas will be led by junior Kelly Comolli and senior Victoria Sekely, who are both on individual three-match win streaks. They have also recently been paired together in doubles matches, and they have won all three of them,

Temple has had a difficult start to the season. Junior Alicia Doms is the only Owl with a winning record in singles play (3-2). Coach Steve Mauro has said he believes the team will break out of this slump and come together.

The men’s tennis match against Davidson that was scheduled for tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. has been cancelled.

The Owls’ Sunday match at Old Dominion is still set to take place. That will be at 1 p.m.

The women’s tennis team will go up against Richmond tomorrow at noon at the University of Pennsylvania.

The match will be played at Penn because Legacy, the normal Temple home court, is not available. The Owls (1-4, 0-1 Atlantic 10 Conference) are looking for their first victory against Richmond (1-3, 0-0 A-10) since February 2008.

“Richmond will be a tough match,” coach Steve Mauro said. “We’ll do our best and hopefully we can come out on top.”

The Spiders will be led by sophomore Melissa Kandinata, who has played in the top singles flight in every match this year. She is 1-3 in those matches. Temple junior Yana Mavrina will likely be her opponent. She has also played in the top flight each time, and is 1-4.

The men’s tennis team takes on the St. Francis (NY) Terriers this evening at 7:30. This match will be played at the Upper Dublin Sports Club in Ambler, PA.

This is the first match of the spring season for both teams. Temple went 9-10 last season, and St. Francis went 6-14. The two teams played each other last season, when the Owls dominated in a 7-0 rout. Temple did not lose any of the 15 sets that were played, and the Terriers only won 15 games. For comparison, the Owls won 96.

Both teams are very different this year. Temple and St. Francis each only return three players from last year’s match.

Temple number one player will likely be senior captain Kacper Rams, who finished 3-3 in singles in the fall and 16-16 last season. Rams defeated then-senior Danhaldi Robinson 6-0, 6-0 last season.

The rest of the lineup is a toss up at this point, although the smart money is on sophomore Kristian Marquart to play at number two. Marquart played at number two in the fall, when he went 2-5 in singles. Marquart defeated then-senior James Brennan-Tsang last year 6-0 6-0.

The Terriers return their number one player from last year’s match, senior Tita Mba. Mba went 3-3 in singles in the fall. Last year, then-Temple senior Filip Rams defeated Mba 6-0, 6-1.