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No. 11 Virginia Hosts FSU, No. 10 Miami This Weekend

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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

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