SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA women's tennis team will open its spring campaign with road matches on Sunday and Monday. The Roadrunners will start the dual-match season in Nacogdoches against Stephen F. Austin. The opener will begin at 2 p.m. at the Schlief Tennis Complex. A day later, UTSA will travel to Prairie View A&M for an 11 a.m. start.
The Roadrunners return six letter winners and welcomed a pair of freshmen.
UTSA competed in four tournaments during the fall season.
SCOUTING STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
The Ladyjacks (0-1) opened the spring season with a 7-0 loss against Wichita State on Jan. 19 in Dallas. SFA will play Tyler Junior College on Sunday morning before matching up with the Roadrunners.
LAST MEETING WITH THE LADYJACKS
UTSA posted a 6-1 victory in the last meeting between the two teams on Feb. 18, 2017 in San Antonio. The Roadrunners won the doubles point and posted five of six points in singles competition.
SCOUTING PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
The Panthers (0-3) have dropped all three spring tilts in January. PVAM suffered a 7-0 setback to Texas A&M on Jan. 13. The Panthers also were defeated by Sam Houston State, 6-1, on Jan. 19 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 7-0, on Jan. 24.
Prairie View A&M also is scheduled to take on UTRGV on Sunday, a day before facing off with UTSA.
LAST MEETING WITH THE PANTHERS
The two teams also met last season, as the Roadrunners tallied a 7-0 win on March 11, 2017 in San Antonio.
UP NEXT
UTSA will come back to San Antonio on Saturday, Feb. 3, to open its home slate against Sam Houston State.
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