MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Double's duo Alexandra Belle and Mayya Perova of the Milwaukee Tennis team will look to remain perfect together this weekend as the team takes on Cardinal Stritch Sat., February 23 and host Dayton Sun., February 24.
 
WHEN & WHERE: MKE will travel just across the street to take on Cardinal Stritch on Saturday. The dual is set for a 2 p.m. start at North Shore Elite. The team will then follow-up with the Flyers Sunday on their home courts, River Glen Elite. The Panthers vs. Flyers match will begin at 12 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT: The weekend of Feb. 15-16 was highlighted by double's team Alexandra Belle and Mayya Perova. In the team's losses to Drake and Eastern Illinois, the duo shined and improved their record to 8-0 on the season so far. In Saturday's match against EIU, Belle and Perova met up with Rachel Papavasilopoulos and Srishti Slaria who came into the match undefeated as well at 6-0 – but it was MKE who came out on top 6-3.
 
ABOUT CARDINAL STRITCH: The Stritch Wolves are coming off a 15-7, 6-0 (CCAC) record and fifth consecutive Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) title. Last year's team made it to the NAIA National Championships winning it's first match over Indiana Wesleyan University 5-1, before falling to Keiser University in the Quarterfinals.
 
The Wolves return 2017-18's CCAC Freshman of the Year Lisa Keller who concluded her freshman campaign 11-5 in singles and an overall double record of 10-8. Keller also received All-conference honors for singles and doubles competition.
 
Last season when the two teams met, MKE defeated the Wolves 5-2.
 
ABOUT DAYTON: The Flyers finished the 2017-18 campaign 14-9, 3-1 (A-10) and fell to George Washington in the A-10 Quarterfinals. So far this season the Flyers are 1-4 with their lone win against Saint Francis. Recently, the team lost to fellow Horizon League opponents IUPUI (0-7) and Northern Kentucky (2-5) last weekend.
 
Dayton loses three to graduation with twins Jackie and Jade Kawamoto garnering most of the Flyer's success last season.
 
AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS: The Panthers took home HL honors in the first two weeks of competitive play.
 
Belle earned Singles Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 22, and the Panthers swept the awards for the week of Jan. 28 with Nicole Clarke grabbing Singles Player of the Week and Belle/Perova earning Doubles Team of the Week.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: After this weekend, Milwaukee will have just three more non-conference duals before league play begins on March 23 against Cleveland State.
 
The Panther will host North Dakota, Sunday, March 3 at River Glen Elite. The dual is slated for a 12 p.m. start time.