Thursday, October 19
San Diego, CA
All Day
UC Riverside
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ITA West Regional Tournament
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Dulay And Khattab Travel To San Diego For ITA West Regional
10/16/2017 5:20:00 PM | Women's Tennis
San Diego, CA—The UC Riverside Women's Tennis Team continues its 2017 fall season this Thursday at the ITA West Regional, hosted by University of San Diego. This will be the second of four fall tournaments for the Highlanders prior to the start of the regular season in January.
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TOURNAMENT NOTES
LAST TIME OUT
The Highlanders sent eight singles players and four doubles teams to compete in the Beach Fall tournament Oct. 6-8.
Lauren Wolfe and Tamilla Vaksman won their first round doubles match 6-2 (Recap).
In the second round, Senior Karla Dulay and Freshman Tia Elpusan picked up their first doubles win together. Tia Elpusan picked up her first career singles victory 2-0. Tamilla Vaksman also notched another singles win, 2-0. (Recap).
JORDAN YEAR
Head Coach Mark Henry returns for his 23rd season as the women's tennis head coach, and his 25th season overall at UC Riverside. In that time, he has accumulated 160 total wins—133 of which have come on the women's side.
LAST YEAR
The Highlanders won five matches in the 2016-17 season, their most since 2010-11.
RETURNERS
UC Riverside returns ten players from last year's roster for the start of its 2017-18 campaign. That includes senior Karla Dulay and sophomore Sara Khattab, who both earned five singles wins last season while spending much of their time on the no. 1 and no. 2 courts.
Junior Tracy Van and sophomore Lauren Wolfe, who both tied for the team-lead with six wins during the dual season, will also be back in the lineup. The two also combined to lead the way with a 5-5 record in doubles matches, giving them the highest win percentage of any Highlander doubles team since the 2008-09 season.
Rounding out the returners are seniors Tamilla Vaksman, Kassie Truong and Natalie Penner, redshirt junior Chloe Pham, junior Arabella Valera, and sophomore Nicole Hitomi. Vaksman had the most overall wins (8) and highest win percentage (.444) on the team last year.
NEW FACES
The Highlanders will also welcome a pair of freshmen to the lineup in Tia Elpusan (Chula Vista, CA / Otay Ranch HS) and Tammy Van (Garden Grove, CA / Bolsa Grande HS).
NEXT UP
Following the ITA West Regional Tournament, the Highlanders will return to action at the Kramer Fall Tournament in Rolling Hills Estates, CA from Thursday November 2 through Saturday, November 4.
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| ITA West Regional Opening Round Draw | |||
| October 19-23 at Barnes Tennis Center San Diego, CA |
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| DOUBLES | |||
| Court | Â UC Riverside | Opponent | Time |
| Â Dulay / Khattab | Â Bye | ||
| Â Dulay / Khattab | Â Winner of Tilbury / Tsodikova (UCI) vs. Â Anderson / Nonnenmacher (USD) |
Friday, 9:00 AM | |
| SINGLES | |||
| Court | Â UC Riverside | Opponent | Time |
| Â Sara Khattab | Â Clair Dean- UCI | 10:00 am | |
| Â Karla Dulay | Â Amit Lev Ari - UCSB | 9:00 am | |
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TOURNAMENT NOTES
LAST TIME OUT
The Highlanders sent eight singles players and four doubles teams to compete in the Beach Fall tournament Oct. 6-8.
Lauren Wolfe and Tamilla Vaksman won their first round doubles match 6-2 (Recap).
In the second round, Senior Karla Dulay and Freshman Tia Elpusan picked up their first doubles win together. Tia Elpusan picked up her first career singles victory 2-0. Tamilla Vaksman also notched another singles win, 2-0. (Recap).
JORDAN YEAR
Head Coach Mark Henry returns for his 23rd season as the women's tennis head coach, and his 25th season overall at UC Riverside. In that time, he has accumulated 160 total wins—133 of which have come on the women's side.
LAST YEAR
The Highlanders won five matches in the 2016-17 season, their most since 2010-11.
RETURNERS
UC Riverside returns ten players from last year's roster for the start of its 2017-18 campaign. That includes senior Karla Dulay and sophomore Sara Khattab, who both earned five singles wins last season while spending much of their time on the no. 1 and no. 2 courts.
Junior Tracy Van and sophomore Lauren Wolfe, who both tied for the team-lead with six wins during the dual season, will also be back in the lineup. The two also combined to lead the way with a 5-5 record in doubles matches, giving them the highest win percentage of any Highlander doubles team since the 2008-09 season.
Rounding out the returners are seniors Tamilla Vaksman, Kassie Truong and Natalie Penner, redshirt junior Chloe Pham, junior Arabella Valera, and sophomore Nicole Hitomi. Vaksman had the most overall wins (8) and highest win percentage (.444) on the team last year.
NEW FACES
The Highlanders will also welcome a pair of freshmen to the lineup in Tia Elpusan (Chula Vista, CA / Otay Ranch HS) and Tammy Van (Garden Grove, CA / Bolsa Grande HS).
NEXT UP
Following the ITA West Regional Tournament, the Highlanders will return to action at the Kramer Fall Tournament in Rolling Hills Estates, CA from Thursday November 2 through Saturday, November 4.
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