EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women's tennis team aims to get back on track as it hosts the University of the Incarnate Word on Sunday at 1:45 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.

The match was originally scheduled for 1 p.m. but was pushed back due to wet courts.

Admission is free and fans are encouraged to attend.
 
Last Time Out
UTRGV (4-5) had its two-match win streak snapped after falling 3-4 to Sam Houston State.
 
UTRGV took an early lead after winning two of three doubles matches. Juniors Marine Darzyan and Dominique Ibarra opened doubles with a win on court one.
 
Senior Dominique Esparza and junior Doris Aleksovska clinched the point with a win on court two.
 
In singles, Sam Houston State won on courts four, five, three and six to clinch the win.
 
Ibarra got UTRGV a point with a win on court three for her sixth straight win.
 
Esparza closed out the match with a win on court one.
 
Scouting Incarnate Word
Incarnate Word is 0-4 on the season before heading into its match with Air Force on Friday.
 
Incarnate Word has losses to Houston, UTSA, Louisiana Lafayette, and Eastern Michigan.
 
Incarnate Word enters the weekend 4-17 in singles play with Sara Djurdjevic leading the way with a 2-2 record.
 
In doubles, Incarnate Word is 3-6 with one win on each of the spots.
 
The All-Time Series
UTRGV is 4-1 all-time against Incarnate Word in a series that dates back to 1990.
 
The last time both of these teams faced each other came back on February 27, 2015 when UTRGV won 6-1 at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
Globetrotters
UTRGV currently has eight student-athletes on the roster representing seven different countries, including the Macedonia, Mexico, Russia, Spain, India, Germany and Denmark.
 
Next Up
UTRGV will be back in action on Tuesday, February 27 when it hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the Orville Cox Tennis Center at 2 p.m. as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union.

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