Lindsey Gelinas

Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis to Host Trio of Matches

RIVERSIDE, Calif.— The UC Riverside Women's Tennis Team is set for a full week at the SRC Tennis Courts as the Highlanders host three matches in four days. The team will face Villanova and Weber State on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon before taking on Ball State Saturday morning.

FRESHMEN ON FIRE
The Highlander freshmen have truly made an impact in just their first year in blue and gold combining for 12 of the team's 19 singles wins. Mahli Silpachai leads the team with five in dual match play.

DYNAMIC DUO
The doubles team of sophomore Tia Elpusan and junior Sara Khattab, which earned all conference honors last season, is back at it this year with a 5-2 record on court one so far.

TIA ON TOP
On January 30th, sophomore Tia Elpusan picked up her 2nd career Big West Athlete of the Week Award despite a pair of tough matches for the Highlanders. Elpusan competed intensely picking up a 2-0 mark at doubles and splitting a pair of singles bouts.

R'HOUSE
The Highlanders have a very favorable schedule this season that features 14 home matches. The February 23rd matchup with UC Irvine was the first of nine-match home stand for UCR.

KOBE YEAR
Head Coach Mark Henry enters his 24th season as the head of the UCR Women's Tennis Team. He has now been a Highlander tennis coach for 26 years.