Riverside—The UC Riverside Women's Tennis team gets the 2016 season underway with a home match against Grand Canyon University, Sunday, January 17 at 11 am in the SRC Tennis Center.

The team returns eight players from last year's team and adds two new players to fold, freshmen Arabella Valera and Tracy Van. Coach Mark Henry returns for his 23rd season at UCR, and his 21st as the women's coach.

Expected to compete Sunday for the Highlanders:

Singles
Karla Dulay-So.                  
Sophie El-Kara-Jr.              
Vijaypriya (VJ) Ganesan-Jr.                    
Caroline Hall-Jr.                 
Natalie Penner-So.            
Chloe Pham-So.                 
Arabella Valera-Fr.                       
Tracy Van-Fr.        
 
Doubles
Dulay / Tamilla Vaksman-So.
Pham / Kassie Truong-So.
Van / Penner