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Kristine Wozny

Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis to Host Drake for Friday Dual Match

Riverside, Calif.— The UC Riverside Women's Tennis Team (2-14) will look for its 2nd straight win this Friday as it hosts the Drake Bulldogs (10-3).

The Bulldogs come into Friday's match having won three of their last four matches and boast a 3-1 road record.

LAST MATCH
The Highlanders are coming off of a 7-0 sweep of the Bradley Braves that ended a 13 match skid for the Highlanders. UCR won two doubles matches and five singles matches in the victory.

RAQUETS? OR BROOMS?
UCR's two wins this season have both been 7-0 sweeps at home as the highlanders defeated Hope International and Bradley.

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 161 total wins—134 of which have come on the women's side.