The No. 14 Virginia women’s tennis team (1-1) plays its first home match of the 2021 season today, hosting VCU (1-0) indoors at 3 p.m. at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.

Due to health and safety considerations, in addition to the current guidelines for sports venues set by the Commonwealth of Virginia, attendance for UVA home men’s and women’s indoor tennis competitions will be limited to the family of student-athletes and coaching staff until further notice

TEAM INFORMATION

STORYLINES

• Virginia is ranked No. 14 in the latest ITA team rankings
• The match is the first home match of the season for the Cavaliers after opening the dual season at the ITA Kickoff Weekend at Ohio State
• Virginia went 1-1 in the opening weekend, defeating Tennessee 4-1 before dropping a hard-fought 4-2 match with No. 13 Ohio State
• Emma Navarro was named ACC Co-Freshman of the Week following her collegiate debut when she went 2-0 in singles play
• Virginia has five players ranked in the ITA singles rankings, led by sophomore Natasha Subhash who comes in at No. 11
• The UVA doubles pairing of Rosie Johanson and Vivian Glozman is ranked No. 31 in the doubles rankings from the ITA
• VCU is 1-0 on the season after taking a 5-2 win over Elon in the Rams’ season opener
• Senior Paola Delgado is the lone ranked player in the singles rankings for the Rams and VCU does not have a ranked doubles pairing
• Virginia is 15-9 all-time in the series with the Rams and won the last meeting by a score of 4-2 in the 2018 NCAA Tournament first round