Match Eleven
NM State (3-9) at Arizona (9-8)
Monday, March 29 | 10:00 a.m. | Lanelle Robson Tennis Center | Tucson, Ariz.
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Match Twelve
NM State at Arizona
Tuesday, March 30 | 10:00 a.m. | Lanelle Robson Tennis Center | Tucson, Ariz.
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THE FIRST SERVE
• For the fourth and fifth times this season, the NM State women's tennis team will challenge a Pac-12 opponent. The Aggies are in Tucson, Ariz., where they'll tangle with Arizona on Monday and Tuesday from the Lanelle Robson Tennis Center. Each match is set to begin at 10:00 a.m.
• NM State saw its two-match winning streak come to an end last Wednesday in Tempe, Ariz., by dropping a 7-0 decision to 31st-ranked Arizona State.
• The Aggies and Wildcats have already met one time this year with Arizona emerging as the 6-1 victor in the Aggies' season-opener back on January 29, 2021. Chloe Gavino picked up NM State's lone team point in that match, scoring a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Talya Zangberg in second-flight singles action.
• Junior Gavi Kalaga continues to lead the team in singles victories, owning a 7-2 record in one-on-one matches so far in 2021.
• Kalaga an teammates Harsha Challa are the team's best doubles pairing, having put up a 4-3 record in tandem action. They have generated half of the team's eight doubles victories in the 2021 campaign.
SCOUTING ARIZONA | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
• Five of the Wildcats' last six matches have been losses as Arizona has started Pac-12 play with an 0-5 mark. The only victory Arizona has claimed in the month of March was a 7-0 triumph over Eastern Washington back on Tuesday, March 16.
• A pair of Arizona players - Gitte Heynemans and Khim Iglupas - have moved into double-digit wins territory in singles action. Heynemans is the owner of a team-best 12-3 mark in one-on-one matches while Iglupas has pushed her record to 10-2 by winning eight in a row.
• In doubles play, the Wildcats' best pairing has been that of Abby Amos and Talya Zandberg. They have posted a 5-3 mark while competing on lines two and three and have been responsible for generating almost one-quarter of their squad's 22 doubles victories.
• Arizona is 2-0 against WAC opponents so far in 2021, having bested both NM State and Grand Canyon as part of a 3-0 start.
COMING UP NEXT
• NM State hopes to keep its perfect WAC record intact when it heads to Edinburg, Texas, to take part in two more league bouts. This Thursday and Friday, the Aggies will take on Dixie State and Tarleton State respectively on the campus of UTRGV.
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