UC Irvine (0-0) at
Wagner (0-0)
Date: Friday, Oct. 5
Time: 6:00 a.m. (PST)
Location: Wagner Tennis Courts – Staten Island, N.Y.

UC Irvine (0-0) at
Monmouth (0-0)
Date: Friday, Oct. 5
Time: 7 a.m. (PST)
Location: Monmouth Tennis Courts – West Long Branch, N.Y.

UC Irvine (0-0) at
Drew (0-0)
Date: Friday, Oct. 5
Time: 12 p.m. (PST)
Location: Drew Tennis Complex - Madison, N.J.

UC Irvine (0-0) at
Sacred Heart (0-0)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 6
Time: 8 a.m. (PST)
Location: Eisenhower Park – Fairfield, Conn.

UC Irvine (0-0) at
Siena (0-0)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 6
Time: 9 a.m. (PST)
Location: Siena Tennis Courts – Loudonville, N.Y.

UC Irvine (0-0) at
Fairfield (0-0)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 7
Time: 7 a.m. (PST)
Location: WAC Tennis Courts – Fairfield, Conn.

UC Irvine (0-0) at
Marist (0-0)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 7
Time: 7 a.m. (PST)
Location: Marist Tennis Pavilion – Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
 
THIS WEEK
The UC Irvine women's tennis team kicks off the 2018-19 season with a trip to the east coast to play a busy weekend of matches against teams from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

UCI will play split-squad matches against Wagner, Monmouth and Drew on Friday, October 5 before traveling to play travel Sacred Heart and Siena on Saturday, Oct. 6.  The Anteaters will wrap up the trip with games against Fairfield and Marist on Sunday morning. 

NEW FALL DUAL-MATCH PLAY
This is the first time in program history the Anteaters will be playing countable dual-matches in the fall. UCI will play a total of 12 regular-season dual matches in the fall over two weekends (Oct. 5-7, Oct. 19-21) with a split-squad format. In years prior, the team would compete in preseason tune-up tournaments. All 12 dual matches will count towards the Anteaters overall 2018-19 record. 

NEWS AND NOTES
- UC Irvine welcomes back eight players from a 2017-18 squad that finished with a 9-15 overall record (1-7 in Big West conference play)

- The 'Eaters finished last season with a loss to UC Riverside in the first round of the Big West tournament

- Senior Stephanie Hazell played all of last year at the No. 1 singles and doubles spots, posting a 3-12 singles record and a 4-12 doubles record

- Junior Yulin Chen led the Anteaters in dual-match wins last season with ten

- Flora Amiri and Arianna Tilbury tied for second-most doubles wins with 11 each

- Junior Arianna Tilbury had the most overall singles wins last season with 16, going 9-13 in dual-match play and 7-4 in tournament play

- Hazell led the Anteaters in doubles wins at the No. 1 spot with four 

-  Head coach Elizabeth Ferris enters her third year at the helm of the women's tennis team

- Jessica Perez begins her first year as an assistant coach for the Anteaters    

- The team earned the 2018 ITA All-Academic Team award, with five players receiving ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition.
 
GET TO KNOW THE 'EATERS
UC Irvine returns eight players and welcomes six freshmen newcomers.  Stephanie Hazell and Danielle Garrido lead the 'Eaters as seniors this year.  New freshmen faces include Jessica Tsukiji, Alyssia Fossorier, Dasee Carter, Dana Mackensen, Shreya Pavani and Megan Mansonhing. 
 
Ten of the Anteaters on the roster are California natives, four of whom are from Irvine.  The remaining two are Yulin Chen from Changsa, Hunan, China and freshman Alyssia Fossorier from Honolulu, Hawai'i. 

EAST COAST SUCCESS
UCI has proven success when playing on the east coast. Last season the Anteaters played three matches in Pennsylvania and finished with a 3-0 record earning wins against La Salle, Saint Joseph's and Lafayette.

NEW COMPETITION
This will be the first meeting in program history between UC Irvine and all seven east coast opponents

UP NEXT
UC Irvine hosts Cal State Los Angeles in an exhibition match on Oct. 12 before heading back to the east coast for five matches Oct. 19-21.