CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 15 Virginia women’s tennis team (11-2, 7-1 ACC) plays its final home match of the regular season when it hosts No. 8 Duke (10-3, 5-2 ACC) on Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m. at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.

FOLLOW ALONG

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

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

  • The Cavaliers remained at No. 15 in this week’s ITA team rankings
  • Virginia has won its last seven matches, all against ACC opponents
  • Virginia and Duke were originally scheduled to play on Feb. 19, but the match was postponed due to an ice storm in the Carolinas and Virginia
  • Individual rankings in singles and doubles were updated this week for the first time since the preseason
  • All three UVA doubles teams are ranked in the top-50
  • Emma Navarro (Charleston, S.C.) has started her collegiate career with a perfect 12-0 record at No. 1 singles and has only dropped two sets in ACC play
  • Navarro picked up her fifth ACC Freshman of the Week honor this week. She has also been named the ACC Player of the Week once during the season (Feb. 2)
  • Navarro moved up to a No. 6 national ranking in singles. Navarro and senior Rosie Johanson (Vancouver, Canada) are ranked No. 21 in doubles
  • Johanson is on a seven-match win streak in singles, winning all in straight-sets
  • Sophomore Natasha Subhash (Fairfax, Va.) has won five straight matches and is 8-1 in her last nine
  • Senior Vivian Glozman (Bellevue, Wash.) and junior Amber O’Dell (New Milford, N.J.) are 6-0 in doubles this season, all coming on the No. 3 court. They are ranked No. 41
  • Glozman and Johanson will be honored in the pre-match Senior Day ceremony happening on the courts approximately ten minutes before first serve

NOTING DUKE

  • The Blue Devils have dropped to No. 8 in this week’s ITA rankings after being ranked No. 6 the previous week
  • Duke has lost two of its last three matches, falling 5-2 to Georgia Tech and 6-1 to North Carolina
  • The Blue Devils have four players in the updated ITA singles rankings, including two in the top-20: Kelly Chen (17) and Chloe Beck (20)
  • Margaryta Bilokin and Meible Chi are ranked No. 5 in doubles
  • Kelly Chen and Georgia Drummy are 10-0 in doubles in dual matches this season. They are ranked No. 36
  • Duke leads the all-time series, 62-7. Virginia’s last win came during the 2016 ACC Tournament

ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES

  • 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 tennis competitions will be limited to the family of student-athletes and coaching staff until further notice

ON THE HORIZON

  • Virginia has four more matches remaining in the regular season, all of which will be played on the road, beginning with a weekend swing at the Florida schools, playing at Florida State on April 2 and Miami on April 4