Colorado Hosts Final Home Matches This Weekend

BOULDER – The University of Colorado women's tennis team hosts No.17-ranked Cal and No.3 Stanford this weekend for the final home matches of the 2019 season.

The Buffaloes (10-10, 3-4 Pac-12) take on Cal (10-6, 4-3 Pac-12) Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Rocky Mountain Tennis Center. Sunday the team will honor senior Annabelle Andrinopoulos in the final home stand against Stanford (16-1, 7-0 Pac-12). The Stanford match is scheduled for 10 a.m. if the match is indoors at the RMTC but will be moved to 11 a.m. for better weather if the match remains outdoors.

Colorado is led by the No.50-ranked doubles pair in Andrinopoulos and Monica Malinen. The duo jumped into the rankings after beating the No.2 ranked tandem at Arizona State that have since taken over the national lead. The two upperclassmen are 4-4 this season.

CU is coming off of a pair of losses by sweep at the hands of USC and UCLA last weekend in Los Angeles. The team sits in sixth in the Pac-12 right now with Stanford at the top of the standings and Cal in fifth.

The Buffaloes can jump the Bears with an upset but have their hands full with three ranked singles players and three ranked doubles pairs for Cal. Julia Rosenqvist leads the team with the No.33 ranking as a single and is joined by Hana Mraz for the No.16 doubles ranking. Olivia Hauger is ranked 42^nd in the nation in single, while Anna Bright is ranked 119^th. Bright and Jasie Dunk are the 27^th-ranked tandem in the nation, while Mraz is also ranked with Katerina Stloukalova at 63^rd in the doubles. Cal is 1-3 in their last four duals with 1-6 losses to USC and UCLA and a 3-4 loss to Washington. The team recovered for a 4-3 win against Washington State for their senior day.

Stanford, the defending national champions, comes into this matchup as the only team with more than five individuals ranked by the ITA. The Cardinal have seven ranked individuals and are tied with UCLA with four ranked doubles pairs. Michaela Gordon and Emily Arbuthnott are ranked in the top-30 at 21 and 27, respectfully. Melissa Lord is the 35^th-ranked player with Caroline Lampl at 66^th. Janice Shin is 77^th and Emma Higuchi rounds out the top-100 for Stanford at 92. Sara Choy is the final player ranked 115^th. In addition to those, Kimberly Yee joins Lampl for the 15^th-best doubles pair. Yee also is ranked with Niluka Madurawe at 37^th, giving Stanford nine players ranked by the ITA. Arbuthnott and Gordon are the 29^th-best doubles pair and Lord and Madurawe are ranked 41^st.

The Cardinal have only a single loss this season, a 4-3 loss to now No.2 Georgia. They have wins against then-ranked No.6 Texas, No.7 Vanderbilt, No.11 UCLA, No.16 USC, No. 36 Washington State and No.15 Washington. UCLA and USC were able to push the team to a 4-3 decision, as did Texas but those are the only times they have surrendered three points besides the one loss.

Colorado closes out the regular season on April 20^th at No.46 Utah.

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Players Mentioned

Annabelle Andrinopoulos

Monica Malinen