The women’s tennis team has not lost a match this year.

Although we are only one month into the new year, the Cougars have a 6-0 record. This weekend they will be competing in two matches on Saturday. With playing two matches in one day, there iWs a lot of training that goes into the matches.

Conditioning to run that much and hit the ball enough and not become fatigued can be hard.

Sophomore Donika Bashota has played well in the fall and the start of the spring season, as she has won every singles match in the Cougars 6-0 start to the season.

“We try to be mentally prepared since some of us play four matches in a day,” Bashota said. “If we can stay focused, we can win quicker and get more rest for the next match.”

The first match is against in-state opponent Seattle University, which will be a good indicator of where teams rank in the state.

Senior Lize Leenknecht, who competed in the first dual matches against Montana State and Idaho, has been a leader among the team and was named captain prior to the fall season.

Despite missing the past two weekend’s matches, she is vocal in supporting her teammates at matches.

“We don’t know them, but they’re still in our state so we want to be better them,” said Leenknecht.

That type of mentality of proving themselves and never settling for anything but a win is exactly the reason why the Cougs are successful. After every key point that is won, the whole team cheers for the player on the court, a quick outburst to pump the player up before the next serve.

Freshman Aneta Miksovska said that although the team has lost few singles and doubles matches that if they lose, they cannot hang their heads for too long.

“If you lose, you have to forget it and go cheer for the others,” Miksovska said.

As for the match against Northern Arizona, the team is ready to go out there and complete the objective.

“We just want to get to four points, that’s our goal,” Leenknecht said.

Those four points she’s referring to is to win the tennis match. The match between two schools is a best of seven format. There are six points to fight for in singles competition and one point for the team that wins two out of three doubles matches.

The Cougars play Seattle and Northern Arizona at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday at Hollingbery Fieldhouse.