No. 15 Virginia Travels to Louisville, Notre Dame
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 15 Virginia women’s tennis team (11-4, 3-3 ACC) travels to play at Louisville (8-6, 0-5 ACC) on Friday, March 25 at 3 p.m. and at Notre Dame (8-7, 1-4 ACC) on Sunday, March 27 at 11 a.m.
MATCH INFORMATION
- Live scoring will be available for the Louisville match
- Live scoring and live video will be available at Notre Dame
NOTING THE CAVALIERS
- Virginia slipped from 11 to No. 15 in this week’s ITA team rankings
- The Cavaliers went 1-1 last weekend, winning 6-1 against Florida State but falling 6-1 against No. 10 Miami
- Despite suffering her first loss of the season, Emma Navarro rose two spots in the ITA singles rankings and is now No. 3
- Natasha Subhash is No. 35 and Elaine Chervinksy is No. 55
- Sara Ziodato won both matches last weekend and is 13-9 overall in singles this year with a 7-3 record on court five
- Navarro and Hibah Shaikh went from being unranked to No. 32 in the doubles rankings
- Navarro and Shaikh are a perfect 5-0 playing together on the top court
NOTING THE OPPONENTS
- Louisville is outside the top-75 of the ITA team rankings
- Louisville (8-6, 0-5 ACC) is coming off a 5-2 win over Xavier on Mar. 18
- Tatiana Simova leads the team in singles with a 9-4 record
- Simova and Andrea Di Palma lead the team in doubles with an 8-2 record
- Virginia leads the all-time series 5-1
- Notre Dame is ranked No. 46 in this week’s ITA team rankings
- The Irish will play at Virginia Tech on Friday before heading to Charlottesville
- Notre Dame fell 4-3 at Clemson and 6-1 at Georgia Tech last week
- Page Freeman leads the team with a 10-4 singles record. She is their only ranked player at No. 90
- Freeman and Maria Olivia Castedo are 4-1 at No. 1 doubles this spring
- The Cavaliers hold a 9-1 advantage in the series
ON THE HORIZON
- The Cavaliers play at Virginia Tech on Saturday, April 2 in the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash before returning home for their Senior Day match on Friday, April 8 against Wake Forest