Women's Tennis To Close Out Regular Season Schedule
4/13/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 13, 2017
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's tennis team will close out its regular season campaign with two home matches beginning with intrastate-rival Nevada, Reno on Friday at 10 a.m. PT and Fresno State on Sunday at 10 a.m. PT. Both matches will begin with doubles play and admission is free of charge.
The match against the Wolf Pack is part of the Governor's Series presented by NV Energy and Barrick Gold. The Governor's Series is an all-encompassing athletic and academic head-to-head competition between the Silver State's institutions. To date, Nevada, Reno maintains a six-point lead, 15 to 9, in the 2016-17 standings. The Scarlet & Gray has won the Governor's Series each year of its existence.
The Rebels are currently 12-7 after beating Hawai'i 4-2 last week.
UNLV's last time facing Fresno State was in last year's Mountain West conference tournament championship game, where the third-seeded UNLV women's tennis team beat top-seeded Fresno State 4-2 to advance to the NCAA Regionals.
Before the match on Sunday, the team's two seniors, Carol Zi Yang, ranked 41st in the country, and Paola Artiga, will be honored on the court as the match will be the final home date of the season.
THIS WEEK:UNLV (14-7, 3-1 MW) vs. Nevada. Reno (7-7, 1-0 MW)Friday, April 14, 10:00 a.m. PTFertitta Tennis ComplexLast meeting: The Rebels defeated the Wolf Pack 4-2 on April 10, 2016.
UNLV (14-7, 3-1 MW) vs. Fresno State (12-7, 1-0 MW)Sunday, April 16, 10:00 a.m. PTFertitta Tennis ComplexLast meeting: The Rebels defeated the Bulldogs 4-3 on May 30, 2016 in the title match of the MW championships.
