EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women's tennis team is set to face Grand Canyon University on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center in its second Western Athletic Conference match of the season.
WAC Cluster Schedule
The complete schedule is as follows:
Friday: Grand Canyon vs Chicago state at 9 a.m., UTRGV vs UMKC at 1 p.m.
Saturday: New Mexico State vs Chicago State at 9 a.m., UTRGV vs Grand Canyon at 1 p.m., and Seattle U vs UMKC at 4 p.m.
Sunday: Grand Canyon vs New Mexico State at 9 a.m., UTRGV vs Seattle U at 1 p.m., and Chicago State vs UMKC at 4 p.m.
All matches will be played at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
Last Time Out
UTRGV (8-8) picked up a 4-3 victory over UMKC to open WAC play. The win improved UTRGV to 7-0 at home this season.
UTRGV swept through singles to grab the 1-0 lead.
Anastasia Belyaeva got things rolling in singles picking up the 6-4, 6-0 win on court four.
Dominique Ibarra quickly followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win on court three.
Doris Aleksovska clinched the win with a 6-2, 6-2 victory on court five.
Scouting Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon is 6-10 after opening WAC play with a 7-0 victory over Chicago State on Friday.
With the win over Chicago State, Grand Canyon snapped its two-match losing streak.
In singles, Grand Canyon is 37-53 in dual match play. Kylie Waschuk leads the team with a 10-4 record while Emilia Occhipinti has won eight singles matches and Celina Buhr has won seven.
In doubles, Grand Canyon is 15-25 with a pair of teams posting five wins. Martina Lo Pumo and Autumn Prudhomme are 5-6 while Occhipinti and Lana Rinaldi are also 5-6.
The All-Time Series
UTRGV is 0-4 against Grand Canyon in a series that dates back to 2014.
Both of these teams met up last year and it was Grand Canyon who came away with the 4-3 victory in Kansas City.
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 closes up the first WAC Cluster of the season when it faces Seattle U at 1 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
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