No. 9 Virginia Hosts the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash on Thursday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 9 Virginia ladies’s tennis group (15-4, 8-2 ACC) performs its ultimate residence contest of the 2023 common season when it hosts Virginia Tech (10-10, 1-9 ACC) on Thursday, April 6 at 4 p.m. on the Virginia Tennis Facility on the Boar’s Head Resort.

MATCH INFORMATION

• Thursday’s match is Senior Day with grad scholar Julia Adams being honored in a pregame on-court ceremony at 3:50 p.m.
• The match is scheduled to be performed open air on the Virginia Tennis Facility on the Boar’s Head Resort. Please test UVAWomensTennis social media accounts for any venue adjustments
• Admission is free
• Dwell streaming and scoring might be accessible by hyperlinks posted on VirginiaSports.com

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

• Virginia moved again into the highest 10 of this week’s ITA group rankings, coming in at No. 9
• UVA has gained 9 of its final 10 matches
• The Cavaliers are in fourth place within the ACC with three matches remaining earlier than the convention event
• Natasha Subhash was named the ACC Co-Participant of the Week on Tuesday. She went 2-0 in doubles and gained each clinching singles matches in final weekend’s wins towards No. 20 Georgia Tech and No. 30 Clemson. Her straight-set victory towards No. 7 Carol Lee was her highest-ranked victory of the 12 months and the fourth top-10 victory of her collegiate profession
• Subhash is 19-5 in singles total this season and 11-3 in twin matches
• Sara Ziodato leads the Cavaliers with 22 singles wins this 12 months. She is 7-3 in her final 10 matches
• Mélodie Collard went 2-0 final weekend to enhance to 17-8 on the season
• The Cavaliers went 5-0 in doubles final weekend
• UVA has gained the doubles level in 10 of its final 12 matches
• Julia Adams and Mélodie Collard are 15-2 at No. 1 doubles and are 9-1in ACC matches
• Natasha Subhash is 14-2 at No. 2 doubles (8-1 with Elaine Chervinsky)
• Adams is 26-9 in doubles this season; Subhash is 25-5

NOTING VIRGINIA TECH

• Özlem Uslu was named the ACC Freshman of the Week after choosing up a win final weekend towards No. 7 Carol Lee of Georgia Tech
• Uslu has moved again into the ITA singles rankings, coming in at No. 67
• The Hokies dropped a pair of 4-3 matches towards Clemson and Georgia Tech final weekend. Their lone convention win was a 5-2 match towards Louisville on March 17
• The Cavaliers are 42-5 all-time towards the Hokies and have gained the final 26 conferences. Virginia Tech’s final win towards Virginia got here in October of 1998

SMITHFIELD COMMONWEALTH CLASH

• The rivalry between Virginia Athletics and Virginia Tech Athletics has a protracted and storied historical past courting again greater than 125 years throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Cavaliers and Hokies first confronted off on the gridiron in Charlottesville in 1895. First coined the Commonwealth Conflict in the course of the 2014-2015 season, the rivalry has expanded and intensified throughout the 22 sports activities the 2 establishments face off in head-to-head competitors
• The winner of immediately’s match will earn one level within the Conflict
• This 12 months’s Conflict is tied 7-7

ON THE HORIZON

• The Cavaliers shut out the common season subsequent weekend, enjoying at No. 7 NC State on Friday, April 14 and at No. 24 Wake Forest on Sunday, April 16