GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's tennis team will host UNC Asheville on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. and Hampton on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
 
Match Info vs UNC Asheville
When: Saturday, February 8
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Where: Greensboro, N.C. | UNCG Tennis Courts
 
Match Info vs Hampton
When: Sunday, February 9
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Where: Greensboro, N.C. | UNCG Tennis Courts

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS

• UNCG comes into Wednesday's contest with an 0-5 overall mark on the 2025 slate.
• UNCG recently dropped a 5-2 contest with Gardner-Webb on Wednesday at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
• Alexandra Dodashev and Luna Urso secured both of their singles matches in the contest to give UNCG its two points.
• Dodashev is leading the team with a 2-3 overall record in singles this season.
• Sydney Bly leads the doubles stats page with a 2-3 overall record.
• Four doubles duos have recorded one win each on the 2025 campaign.
• UNCG concluded the 2024 season with a 3-19 overall record and 1-6 mark in The Southern Conference (SoCon).
• The squad finished the 2024 season falling 4-0 to ETSU in the SoCon Tournament.
• Lauren Thomson led the Spartans with a 9-10 overall record in singles last season.
• The 2024-25 roster features seven returners and two newcomers.
• Head Coach Mat Iandolo is in his first season with UNCG. 

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS

• UNC Asheville heads to Greensboro with a 4-1 overall mark on the 2025 season.
• All four of the Bulldogs' wins this season have been shutouts with wins coming over SoCon foe Chattanooga, Tusculum, Lenoir-Rhyne and most recently Emmanuel.
• The team's only loss this season came to SoCon foe Furman, 5-2, in Asheville.
• The Bulldogs competed in four total fall invitationals in 2024 to prepare for the spring season.
• Julia Caffarena and Joy Angelina Hug are pacing the squad with four singles wins apiece.
• Ari Siegel & Hug and Avery Sager & Louise Booker are the best doubles duos on the team with each holding a 4-2 overall record.
• Hug was named Big South Player of the Week on Jan. 21 after the team's 7-0 win over Chattanooga on Jan. 19.
• UNC Asheville was picked to finish second in the Big South Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• The Bulldogs concluded the 2023-24 season with a 16-4 overall record and 5-0 conference mark.
• The team defeated Charleston, 4-3, to claim the Big South Championship last season to make an appearance in the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament.
• UNC Asheville concluded 2024 by falling, 4-0, to No. 20 Florida State.
• The Bulldogs took last season's meeting with the Spartans in a 6-1 victory in Asheville, North Carolina, on Jan. 21, 2024.

SCOUTING THE PIRATES

• Hampton's matchup with UNCG on Sunday will be the Pirates' 2025 season opener.
• The Pirates competed in four fall tournaments in 2024.
• After the completion of the fall season, doubles team Serena Bryan and Diana Starodubtseva broke in the top 100 of ITA fall national rankings.
• Bryan and Starodubtseva concluded the fall season with a 6-1 overall doubles record.
• Hampton concluded the 2024 slate with a 14-9 overall record.
• The Pirates defeated Hotfstra, 4-2, in the first round of the CAA Championships.
• The team's 2024 season was concluded with a 4-0 loss to Delaware in the quarterfinals of the CAA Championships.
• Hampton secured last season's back-and-forth battle with UNCG, 4-3, in Hampton, Virginia, on March 5, 2024.

UP NEXT
The Spartans will close out their home stretch on Saturday, Feb. 15 by hosting Longwood at 1:00 p.m. at the UNCG Tennis Courts.