The Marshall University tennis team received the No. 5 seed for the 2016 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Championships, the league announced Monday.

The 14-team bracket begins play Thursday with six matches at the new Adams Tennis Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The Herd is 10-10 overall with a 2-2 record in conference play.

Leading the way for the Herd is junior Derya Turhan with a 14-3 singles record. All of Turhan’s wins have come from the top singles spot.

Junior Rachael Morales holds a 11-6 record with 10 of her 11 wins coming from the No. 2 singles spot.

Marshall’s tandem of Morales and Maddie Silver are 8-0 in doubles action.

Florida International University earned the top spot for the tournament, while Rice University took the second seed.

Marshall is coming off a 5-2 win Saturday over No. 68 Old Dominion University.

Turhan won a singles and doubles match in her final home match as a member of the Herd.

Morales, Anna Pomyatinskaya and Anne Gulsrud won singles matches for Marshall as well.

The teams of Turhan and Pomyatinskaya and Morales and Silver won doubles matches for the Herd.