Riverside, Calif.— The UC Riverside Women's Tennis Team (1-9) will play host to Villanova (1-3) this Monday at 1:30 PM at the SRC Tennis Courts. The match was initially scheduled for Saturday, but was postponed due to weather.

The Wildcats come into Saturday's match with an 0-3 record on the road having lost their last three matches. 

R'HOUSE
The match with Villanova is the first of eight straight home matches. The Highlanders will play every dual match at the SRC Tennis Courts in the month of March.

LAST MATCH
The Highlanders are coming off of a tough road match this past Saturday where they fell 4-0 to UC Santa Barbara. UCR has had a week off since this match to prepare for Villanova.

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.