No. 11 Virginia Plays at UCF on FridayNo. 11 Virginia Plays at UCF on Friday

No. 11 Virginia Plays at UCF on Friday

The Cavaliers take on the Knights in their lone match of the week, playing at 5 p.m. on Friday at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona

 

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 11 Virginia women’s tennis team (9-3, 3-1 ACC) travels to play at UCF (6-5, 0-0 AAC) on Friday at 5 p.m. at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.

MATCH INFORMATION

  • Live streaming and live scoring will be available through links posted on VirginiaSports.com

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

  • Virginia moved up four spots in this week’s ITA computerized rankings to No. 11
  • The Cavaliers have two doubles teams ranked in the top 10 of the updated ITA individual rankings, the only school with two in the top 10
  • Elaine Chervinsky and Natasha Subhash are ranked No. 6 with a 13-2 overall record and a 4-0 mark in dual matches
  • Julia Adams and Mélodie Collard are No. 7 with a 13-3 record and a 10-2 mark in dual matches, with nine of those victories coming on the top court
  • Sara Ziodato picked up her team-leading 17th singles victory on Sunday at Boston College
  • Hibah Shaikh has won each of her last three singles matches and is 7-2 in her last 10
  • Subhash is 14-4 this season in singles with a 6-1 record at No. 2
  • Adams (44), Subhash (78), Shaikh (89), Chervinsky (124) and Annabelle Xu (69) are all ranked in the top 125 in singles

NOTING THE OPPOSITION

  • UCF is No. 29 in this week’s ITA team rankings. They have been ranked as high as No. 14 this season
  • This is the second-ever meeting between the two schools. UVA won 5-2 last season in Charlottesville
  • The match is being played at the USTA National Campus, site of this year’s NCAA team and individual championships

ON THE HORIZON

  • Virginia is home next weekend, hosting Notre Dame on Friday, March 17, at 4:30 p.m. and Louisville on Sunday, March 19, at 10:30 a.m.