Honolulu, Hawaii.— The UC Riverside Women's Tennis Team (4-16) heads west to the island of Oahu this weekend for a pair of dual matches with Chaminade (0-7) and conference foe Hawaii (8-6). 

LAST MATCH
The Highlanders are coming off of a 7-0 loss on the road to Big West Conference opponent Cal Poly this past Sunday.

TIA ON TOP
On March 21st, freshman Tia Elpusan captured her first career Big West Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week award after going 6-0 between singles and doubles. Elpusan posted a 3-0 record at No. 2 singles.  She won twice in three sets, including a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 decision against Southern Utah's Zoe Tanti.  She also outlasted Bradley's Malini Wijesinghe in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The freshman helped the Highlanders to a 2-1 record for the week as they defeated Bradley (7-0) and Drake (4-3) and effectively snapped a 13-match skid.  With partner Sara Khattab at No. 1 doubles, the duo went 3-0 against their opponents, and have now won five straight matches.

RAQUETS? OR BROOMS?
Two of UCR's 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 164 total wins—137 of which have come on the women's side.