No. 8 Virginia Hosts ITA Kickoff Weekend Matches

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 8 Virginia women’s tennis team (2-0) hosts ITA Kickoff Weekend matches at the Boar’s Head Sports Club this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28.

MATCH INFORMATION

• Live courts streams and live scores will be available for the matches with links posted on VirginiaSports.com
• Admission is free

ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND SCHEDULE

• Friday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m.: 1-seed Virginia (2-0) vs. 4-seed Washington State (2-0)
• Friday, Jan. 27, 6 p.m.: 2-seed South Carolina (0-1) vs 3-seed Northwestern (2-1)
• Saturday, Jan. 28, 12 pm – UVA men vs. Nevada, 1^st round match
• Saturday, Jan. 28, 3:30 p.m. – women’s championship match
• Saturday, Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m. – women’s consolation

ABOUT ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND

• The ITA Kickoff Weekend is one of the marquee events of the spring season bringing together the top 60 men’s and women’s college tennis teams for a weekend of intense competition. Hosted by 15 men’s and women’s programs from across the country, the ITA Kickoff Weekend is an early-season test for teams against programs they might not typically face.
• Not just playing for pride, the stakes will be high for Kickoff Weekend play as all 120 competing teams are looking to be just one of the 15 teams from each gender to advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• Each season, the ITA Kickoff Weekend field is determined by the ITA Kickoff Weekend Draft which is held in the summer months after the dual-match season. The Top 15 ranked teams in the final ITA Rankings of the season will automatically serve as hosts for both men’s and women’s teams
• In the draft, teams and coaches have the opportunity to choose where they would like to play. The picks start with the No. 16 ranked team and conclude with the No. 60 ranked team (or until all 60 spots are filled)
• With four teams playing at each host site, the winning teams from the opening round will meet in the second round to determine who advances to the 2023 ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• The winner of the Charlottesville regional will earn a spot in the 36^th Annual ITA National Team Indoor Championships, being held Feb. 10-13 in Seattle, Wash.
• The UVA men are also hosting ITA Kickoff Weekend matches and will be playing the preliminary round before the women’s matches on Saturday
• Virginia is one of six schools to be hosting both the men’s and women’s matches alongside Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and Texas

CAVALIER NOTES

• Virginia moved up one slot to No. 8 in this week’s ITA Collegiate Tennis Coaches Poll
• Virginia opened play last weekend with a pair of victories against Richmond and JMU
• Sara Ziodato leads the Cavaliers in victories with a 13-4 record this year
• Julia Adams picked up a pair of wins on the top court last week to improve to 12-9 in singles
• Adams and Melodie Collard were 2-0 on the top doubles court last week and are 5-1 as a duo this year
• Virginia advanced to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships last year after edging Stanford, 4-3, in the championship match. The Cavaliers advanced to the quarterfinals of the championship
• This is the first meeting between Virginia and Washington State
• Virginia is 1-1 against Northwestern. This would be the first meeting between the two teams since 2012
• South Carolina leads the all-time series 8-4, but Virginia topped the Gamecocks 4-1 in their last meeting in 2021

ON THE HORIZON

• The Cavaliers host William & Mary next Sunday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. at the Boar’s Head Sports Club

SINGLES
32 Carolina Gomez Alonso (ARK) def. Julia Adams (VA) 6-7 (3), 6-1, 7-5
C Chloe Beck (Duke) def. Julia Adams (VA) 6-2, 6-2
32 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Kimmi Hance (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
16 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Madison Sieg (USC), WO
QF Carol Lee (GT) def. Elaine Chervinsky (VA) 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES
32 Chervinsky/Subhash (VA) def. Maquet/Quiterio (UNCC) 6-4, 6-1
16 Chervinsky/Subhash (VA) def. Koskel/Weil (MINN) 6-4, 6-1
QF Chervinsky/Subhash (VA) def. Brumfield/Cadar (MD) 6-4, 6-4
SF Crawley/Tanguilig (UNC) def. Chervinsky/Subhash (VA) 6-1, 6-2