No. 8 Virginia Set For Final Home Weekend of Regular SeasonNo. 8 Virginia Set For Final Home Weekend of Regular Season
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No. 8 Virginia Set For Final Home Weekend of Regular Season

Virginia hosts Wake Forest for Senior Day on Friday at 4 p.m. and NC State on Sunday at 1 p.m.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 8 Virginia women’s tennis team (17-4, 10-0 ACC) concludes its regular season with two home matches this weekend. The Cavaliers host Wake Forest on Friday at 4 p.m. and then No. 14 NC State on Sunday at 1 p.m., both at the Virginia Tennis Facility.

MATCH INFORMATION

  • Live streaming and live scoring will be available for both matches. 
  • Friday will serve as Senior Day, with pre-match celebrations honoring Melodie Collard, Meggie Navarro and Annabelle Xu. Celebrations begin at 3:40, so fans planning to attend should plan on arriving early.

CAVALIER NOTES

  • The Cavaliers moved up to No. 8 in the latest ITA Team Rankings after defeating No. 23 Cal and Stanford on the road last weekend.
  • Virginia leads the ACC and remains the sole undefeated team in conference play with a 10-0 mark.
  • Katie Rolls was named the ACC Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive week after picking up another two key singles wins last weekend. She leads Virginia with a 15-4 dual match singles record and is on a seven-match win streak.
  • Melodie Collard is 12-2 in dual matches in the spring and has won her last eight completed matches.
  • Isabelle Lacy is 11-2 playing on three and four this spring.
  • The Cavaliers have five players appearing in the latest ITA singles rankings: Annabelle Xu at. No. 23, Vivian Yang at No. 81, Rolls at No. 82, Martina Genis Salas at No. 110 and Lacy at No. 111.
  • Virginia also has two ranked doubles pairings: Collard and Yang at No. 8 and Xu and Genis Salas at No. 28.

UP NEXT

  • The Cavaliers compete in the ACC Championships held in Cary, N.C., next Tuesday, April 14, through Sunday, April 19.