CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 11 Virginia women’s tennis team (10-3, 2-2 ACC) hosts a pair of home matches, taking on Florida State (7-6, 1-4 ACC) on Friday, March 18 at 3 p.m. and No. 10 Miami (9-2, 3-1 ACC) on Sunday, March 20 at 11 a.m.
Both matches are scheduled to be played on the outdoor courts of the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort
MATCH INFORMATION
- Live scoring and live video will be available for the matches. Links are posted on VirginiaSports.com
NOTING THE CAVALIERS
- The Cavaliers are coming off a bye-week
- Virginia is ranked No. 11 in this week’s ITA team rankings
- Sophomore Emma Navarro, who was named the ACC Player of the Week last week (March 8) has moved up to No. 5 in the ITA singles computerized rankings
- Navarro is 9-0 this spring and 10-0 overall
- Navarro and senior Amber O’Dell are ranked No. 11 in doubles with a 6-1 mark at No. 1 doubles
- Navarro and Hibah Shaikh are 3-0 at No. 1 doubles
- Shaikh has won her last three completed singles matches and is 7-2 this season when playing at No. 6
NOTING THE OPPONENTS
- Florida State is No. 59 in this week’s ITA team rankings
- Fifth-year senior Petra Hule is ranked No. 16 in the ITA singles rankings. She is 18-5 overall and 12-0 this spring at No. 1. She played mainly on courts four and five last season, going 9-1 in ACC play
- The rest of the team is a combined 19-35 in singles in dual matches
- Florida State snapped a four-match losing streak with a 5-2 win last Sunday at Florida Gulf Coast
- Florida State leads the all-time series 28-14
- FSU won last year’s meeting, 4-3, in Tallahassee. The Seminoles were ranked No. 6 at the time
- Miami is No. 10 in this week’s ITA team rankings. The Hurricanes began the season at No. 24 and have made a steady climb up through the rankings
- With the loss of 2021 ITA National Player of the Year and 2019 NCAA Singles Champion Estela Perez-Somarriba to graduation, Eden Richardson is playing at the No. 1 slot, posting a 4-5 record
- The Hurricanes are 9-2 at No. 2 and 10-1 at No. 3 with Daevenia Achong and Isabella Pfenning primarily playing those slots
- Miami leads the all-time series 19-6 and won last year’s meeting 4-3
ON THE HORIZON
- The Cavaliers are back on the road next week, playing at Louisville on Friday, March 25 and at Notre Dame on Sunday, March 27
- UVA’s next home game will be Friday, April 8 when it hosts Wake Forest for its Senior Day match