Women's Tennis | April 17, 2019

THIS WEEK
The No. 15 ranked USC women's tennis team finishes up the regular season with a match against crosstown rival No. 10 UCLA at Marks Stadium on Saturday (April 20) at 11 a.m. PT. This match will have seeding implications for the Pac-12 Championships next week in Ojai, Calif. 

ORACLE/ITA RANKINGS UPDATES
In the most recent ITA team rankings (April 16), the Women of Troy fell two places to No. 15.

The ITA also released new singles and doubles rankings on April 16.

Freshman Salma Ewing remains USC's highest ranked singles player. She fell six spots to No. 52 in the nation. Junior Angela Kulikov is now ranked No. 113 after previously holding the No. 95 rank. 

In doubles, the duo of Angela Kulikov/Rianna Valdes rocketed up to claim the No. 4 doubles ranking in the nation. USC's pair of Constance Branstine/Estella Jaeger are now ranked in doubles for the second time this season claiming the No. 90 spot. 

SCOUTING UCLA
The UCLA Bruins are 15-6 overall and 7-2 in Pac-12 Conference play. Last weekend, the Bruins lost 4-2 to Washington State and defeated Washington 4-1. 

UCLA has two ranked singles players: No. 24 Elysia Bolten and No. 39 Jada Hart. In doubles, the Bruins have four ranked singles pairs: No. 8 Andrews/Broomfield, No. 12 Bolton/Hart, No. 49 Altick/Miller and No. 88 Hart/Broomfield.

In their last encounter, the then-ranked No. 32 Trojans upset the then-ranked No. 5 Bruins 4-1 in Westwood, Calif. on March 1 in a non-conference match. USC won the doubles point and junior Angela Kulikov clinched the match for the Women of Troy. 

WATCH THE TROJANS
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