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No. 14 Virginia Hosts Marshall Friday Afternoon

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 14 Virginia women’s tennis team (3-1) hosts Marshall (1-1) on Friday, Feb. 12 at 3:30 p.m. at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va.

MATCH DETAILS

  • Live streaming video and live scoring will be available through links on VirginiaSports.com
  • 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

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

  • This will be Virginia’s first match since its 4-1 victory against No. 18 South Carolina on Jan. 30
  • Virginia used the doubles point and singles wins from senior Rosie Johanson (Vancouver, British Columbia), junior Amber O’Dell (New Milford, N.J.) and freshman Emma Navarro (Charleston, S.C.) to claim the victory. South Carolina’s point came from a win on court four in singles
  • Navarro was named the ACC Player and Freshman of the Week for her performance against South Carolina, as well as her contributions to a mid-week sweep of VCU
  • Navarro has twice been named ACC Freshman of the Week and was listed as the No. 5 newcomer in the ITA’s preseason national rankings. She is 4-0 on the top singles court
  • UVA is 4-0 at six singles this season with senior Vivian Glozman (Bellevue, Wash.) and O’Dell each contributing two wins
  • Virginia remained at No. 14 in this week’s Oracle ITA women’s team rankings
  • Singles and doubles rankings have not been updated since the preseason. Sophomore Natasha Subhash (Fairfax, Va.) leads the way at No. 11. She is joined by Johanson at No. 47, Navarro at No. 80, junior Sofia Munera (Pereira, Colombia) at No. 91 and O’Dell at No. 104
  • The Cavaliers have one doubles pairing in the preseason rankings with the duo of Johanson and Glozman coming in at No. 31

NOTING MARSHALL

  • Marshall opened the season with a 5-2 loss to Kentucky before edging Middle Tennessee 4-3 in a home match last weekend
  • Marshall was 11-4 during the abbreviated 2020 season with a 2-1 mark in Conference USA
  • The Herd returned all seven members from last season’s team
  • Liz Stefancicand Jutte Van Hansewyck are ranked No. 30 in doubles
  • 1 singles player Anna Smith was an All-Conference honoree two seasons ago during her sophomore campaign when she tallied 30 wins, 19 in singles and 11 in doubles
  • Virginia is 12-1 all-time against the Herd

ON THE HORIZON

  • Virginia begins ACC play next weekend, hosting No. 11 Duke at 3 p.m. on Friday Feb. 19 before hosting top-ranked North Carolina at noon on Sunday, Feb. 21 indoors at the Boar’s Head Sports Club

 

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