RIVERSIDE, Calif. — This Thursday the UC Riverside Women's Tennis Team (1-7) will host the visiting Nevada Wolfpack (1-3) for a dual match at the SRC Tennis Courts.

LAST MATCH
The Highlanders are coming off of a tight loss where the team was just edged out 3-4 by Youngstown State. Tia Elpusan, Chloe Pham, and Tracy Van all won their singles matches, but Youngstown State took the doubles point. The Highlanders have had a week off since their last match to prepare for Thursday.

SWEEP
UCR picked up its 1st win of the season on January 25th in sweeping fashion at home, as the Highlanders dominated Hope International 7-0. 

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Sophomore Sara Khattab earned the first Big West Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week honor for UC Riverside in nearly six years, excelling in singles and doubles during her matches against Hope International, Long Beach State and Grand Canyon January 25-28 (Recap). Khattab's most outstanding victory came when she won the lone singles match for UC Riverside in its Big West opener against Long Beach State, charting 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) against Lalita Devarakonda at the No. 3 position.

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.

The match with Nevada is set to start at 1:30 PM at the SRC Tennis Courts in Riverside, CA.