No. 21 Virginia Hosts No. 19 Miami, Pittsburgh In Weekend Action

March 22, 2018

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 21 Virginia (9-4, 4-2 ACC) women’s tennis team returns to action at home this weekend, hosting No. 19 Miami (9-4, 5-1 ACC) and Pittsburgh (6-6, 0-5 ACC) in a pair of matches.

Both matches are scheduled to be played at the Snyder Tennis Center. The match with Miami is set for a 3 p.m. first serve on Friday (March 23), while the match with Pittsburgh is set for a noon start on Sunday (March 25).

Admission to all home Virginia tennis matches is free. Concessions are available at the Snyder Tennis Center. Free parking is available at the Culbreth Garage.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
Fans can keep up with the action through live stats and a live video stream linked at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account @UVAWomensTennis.

PROMOTIONS FOR THE WEEKEND
The Friday match against the Hurricanes is a Sabre Rewards match with five points for attending. The first 200 students will also receive free Domino’s pizza. Sunday’s match against Pittsburgh features the Sunday Sundae bar with free ice cream for fans between doubles and singles.

CAVALIERS IN THE RANKINGS
The Cavaliers are in the top 25 of the team rankings for the third week this season. Virginia is ranked No. 21 in the latest Oracle/ITA Women’s Tennis rankings. Virginia is coming off a road sweep in ACC action with wins last weekend at No. 49 Louisville and Notre Dame. It was the first time for the Cavaliers to win a pair of ACC road matches in the same weekend since the 2015 season.

Virginia features a doubles team in the national rankings as the pairing of Rosie Johanson (Abbotsford, British Columbia) and Meghan Kelley (Falmouth, Maine) is ranked No. 12 in the ITA Women’s Doubles rankings. In singles, the Cavaliers also have one player make an appearance with Johanson ranked No. 74 nationally.

A LOOK AT MIAMI
The Miami Hurricanes enter the weekend matchup having won four of the last five matches played. Miami split action last weekend, falling in its only ACC match, 4-3, at No. 1 North Carolina. The Hurricanes then defeated No. 46 NC State 5-2. Miami also has posted wins over No. 6 Georgia Tech and No. 16 Florida State in that stretch. Miami has two players ranked in the ITA singles rankings with Estela Perez-Somarriba coming it at No. 9 and Sinead Lohan at No. 71. Perez-Somarriba is also part of two doubles pairings in the rankings for the Hurricanes, with the highest a No. 38 pairing with Ana Madcur.

A LOOK AT PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh enters the weekend with a Friday match at Virginia Tech and the Panthers have dropped four of the last five matches played. The Panthers defeated Morgan State two weeks ago, but then lost to No. 16 Wake Forest last weekend at home upon returning to ACC play. Pittsburgh does not have any players in the ITA singles or doubles rankings.

UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS
Virginia will continue to play at home next week with a non-conference match against William & Mary on Thursday (March 29) and then return to ACC competition with Florida State on Saturday (March 31).