No. 7 Virginia Hosts No. 18 UCF Friday Morning

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis (5-0) hosts No. 18 UCF (2-1) on Friday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va.

MATCH INFORMATION

• Live streaming and live scoring will be available for the match with links for both are posted on VirginiaSports.com
• Fans will be required to wear a mask while attending the matches in person

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

• The Cavaliers moved back up to No. 7 in this week’s ITA team rankings after dipping to No. 9 the previous week
• Singles and doubles rankings will not be updated until Feb. 22
• The Cavaliers topped No. 16 Stanford 4-3 to earn an invitation to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, being held next week in Wisconsin
• Emma Navarro was named the ACC Co-Player of the Week after winning the deciding match against No. 9 Connie Ma of Stanford
• Elaine Chervinsky went 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles during ITA Kickoff Weekend to earn ACC Freshman of the Week honors
• Sofia Munera has started dual season 5-0 in singles along with Chervinsky
• Natasha Subhash and Chervinsky are 5-0 in doubles in dual matches and 7-2 overall this season

NOTING UCF

• The Knights were ranked No. 10 in the ITA team rankings before falling 4-0 to then-No. 25 Auburn in the ITA Kickoff Weekend final. The Knights are No. 18 in this week’s poll
• Last season, the Knights posted a 20-5 overall record and went on to win their second consecutive American Athletic Conference title and its seventh conference title in program history
• UCF continued to the NCAA Tournament where it earned its second-straight Sweet Sixteen appearance. They return eight players from that squad plus two newcomers
• Evgeniya Levashova, who was last season’s AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, ranks No. 37 in singles and No. 50 in doubles
• This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools

ON THE HORIZON

• The Cavaliers will be one of 16 teams competing at the 35^th Annual ITA National Team Indoor Championships, being held Feb. 11-14 at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wisc.
• Seeds and schedule will be announced next week