Slippery Rock women's tennis finished the regular season ranked No. 39 in the NCAA Division II rankings (14-6 overall) and will host the four-team regional playoff tournament, May 1-2.
The Rock will make its 11th appearance in the regional competition and look to make it to the round of 16 for the fourth time in school history.
SRU, which is the third seed in the tournament, will face No. 6 West Virginia State (19-8 overall) in the first round of the regional on Sunday at 4 p.m.
In the other game, No. 2 Indiana University of Pennsylvania (19-6 overall) will take on seventh-seeded Winston Salem State (N.C.) (27-1 overall) on Sunday at noon.
The winners of the two matches will meet on Monday at noon to decide which team will go on to the round of 16, which takes place in Altamonte Springs, Fla. from May 11-14.
The Green and White had one earlier match this season against West Virginia State and won by a final score of 6-3, but were swept by IUP in two matches this season.
Last season, SRU won its first-ever regional championship and made it to the national quarterfinals.
SRU head coach Matt Meredith said that he is looking forward to hosting the tournament for the second straight year and is glad that this university has an establishment that is capable of this.
"We are very excited to be the hosts," Meredith said. "It's a real tribute to our school administration that we have a facility that can host this kind of competition for the second straight season."
The Green and White received the opportunity to host this season's tournament because IUP's courts did not meet the qualifications set by the NCAA guidelines.
On the home courts, SRU is 4-1 this season with its only loss coming against California University of Pennsylvania, April 14, in a 9-0 rout by the Vulcans.
The Rock's most recent contest before the regional tournament was against IUP in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Association team championships on April 18, by a final of 5-3.
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