COLLEGE STATION – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women's tennis team is set for a pair of matches on Saturday as it faces off against Abilene Christian and No. 21 Texas A&M at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
 
UTRGV will face Abilene Christian at 10 a.m. and then will face Texas A&M at 2 p.m.
 
All-Time Series

• UTRGV is 1-8 all-time against Abilene Christian in a series that dates back to 1988.
• Both teams last faced off on Mar. 5, 2011 as it was Abilene Christian won 6-1.
• UTRGV last beat Abilene Christian on Nov. 11, 1989 when it won 5-4 in a neutral site match.
• UTRGV is 0-2 all-time against Texas A&M in a series that dates back to 2007.
• The last time both teams faced off was on Jan. 13, 2018 as it was Texas A&M won 7-0.

Scouting ACU

• ACU is 3-5 on the season.
• ACU is coming off of a 5-2 win over Tarleton State yesterday. 
• Opened the season with four straight losses with the two other victories coming against Cameron, and Stetson.
• ACU is 18-30 in singles play this spring with Jordan Henry leading the way with a 5-3 record. Autumn Bellow, Nini Memishishi, Ileana Mocciola, and Allison Stewart each have three singles victories apiece. 
• In doubles, ACU is 10-11 with a pair of teams recording three victories. Sarah Adams and Memishishi have a 3-2 record and Bellow and Mocciola have posted a 3-5 record. 

Scouting Texas A&M

• Texas A&M is 9-1 on the season.
• Texas A&M is ranked No. 21 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.
• Texas A&M started the season on an eight-game win streak before falling to 3-4 to Illinois on Feb. 14.
• Wins have come against Utah, Grand Canyon, UTSA, Houston, UNLV, Lamar, TCU, Prairie View A&M, and Oklahoma.
• Is 6-0 at home this season.
• Jayci Goldsmith and Riley McQuaid lead the team with a 9-1 record as Texas A&M is a combined 48-9 in singles play this spring.
• In doubles, Texas A&M is 19-4 with Goldsmith and Tatiana Makarova pacing the team with a 7-1 record. They have used just four doubles teams thus far. 

Last Weekend

• UTRGV fell 0-4 in both of its matches last weekend against TCU and UT Arlington.
• UTRGV's duo of Marine Darzyan and Dominique Ibarra were up 6-5 in their doubles match with Kate Paulus and Mercedes Aristegui before it was stopped. 
• After dropping her first set to Aleksa Cveticanin, Esparza was up 4-3 in the second as her match was stopped when the match was clinched.
• Darzyan and Ibarra picked up the only doubles win of the weekend after defeating UTA's Lucia Natal and Nanaka Takeuchi 7-6 on court one. 
• After dropping her first set to Carla Vives, Sandra Putz was up 4-2 in the second set before it was stopped when the match was clinched.

Upcoming Schedule

• Mar. 2 vs. Houston – 11 a.m.
• Mar. 11 vs. Laredo Community College – 1 p.m.
• Mar. 13 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 2 p.m.
• Mar. 16 vs. Southern Miss – 10 a.m.
• Mar. 22 vs. Chicago State – TBD

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