CHATTANOOGA (March 12, 2026) – Looking to continue its hot start to the spring season, the Chattanooga Mocs women's tennis team opens weekend play at home on Friday afternoon against NAIA-power Tennessee Wesleyan before concluding with a Southern Conference-opening match on the road at UNCG in Greensboro, N.C.
Friday's home match is set for a 2 p.m. (ET) start outdoors at the UTC Tennis Center on campus. Sunday's contest at UNCG will begin at 1 p.m. (ET) in Greensboro.
Match details, information and more can be found below.
Match Details
Chattanooga (9-1) vs. Tennessee Wesleyan (10-1)
Date: Friday, March 13 |
Time: 2 p.m. (ET)
Site: UTC Tennis Center (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Links:
Live Scoring |
Video
Chattanooga at UNCG (1-10, 0-1)
Date: Sunday, March 15 |
Time: 1 p.m. (ET)
Site: UNCG Tennis Courts (Greensboro, N.C.)
Links:
Live Scoring
Series History
Tennessee Wesleyan: UTC leads 7-0 (H: 7-0; A: 0-0; N: 0-0)
Last Meeting: at Chattanooga 5, TN Wesleyan 2 – 3/14/25 (home)
UNCG: UTC leads 16-13 (H: 10-5; A: 5-7; N: 1-1)
Last Meeting: at Chattanooga 4, UNCG 3 – 3/28/25 (home)
Chattanooga Notables
- Chattanooga (9-1) enters the weekend riding a seven-match win streak… longest win streak since a W8 streak in 2023.
- Chattanooga's 9-1 start to the season is the best start for the program since an 11-1 start in 2023 and similar 9-1 start in 2013.
- Chattanooga is 4-0 in home matches this season… one of two SoCon teams unbeaten at home this season (ETSU, 4-0).
- Freshman
Addison Iacono and
Rufaro Magarira have played to a combined 16-2 record at No. 1 and No. 2 singles during the spring season… Iacono is 7-1 at No. 1 singles… Rufaro is 2-0 at No. 1 and 7-1 at No. 2.
TWU Notables
- Tennessee Wesleyan (NAIA) enters the match ranked No. 6 in the latest ITA National NAIA Rankings (March 12)… sitting at 10-1 this season… coming off a 17-5 (9-0 AAC) season in 2025… NAIA Semifinal appearance.
- TWU carries an active eight-match win streak into Friday's match… only loss this season occurred on February 7 to NAIA No. 1 Keiser (FL)… 4-1 defeat in Rome, Ga.
- Ivet Prat comes in at No. 10 in the latest ITA NAIA National Singles Rankings… doubles team of Olivia Alcala and Laia Berne rank 15
th in the ITA NAIA National Doubles rankings.
UNCG Notables
- UNCG (1-10) will look to snap a 10-match skid against DI opponents this season… lone win came on March 1 against Converse (W, 7-0).
- Spartans are coming off a 4-0 loss to No. 3 North Carolina last time out on March 5… UNC was the fourth different nationally ranked ACC opponent of the season… earlier bouts against No. 14 Virginia, No. 11 NC State and No. 21 Clemson.
- UNCG dropped its SoCon opener back on February 28 against ETSU (L, 1-6)… Spartans will look for their first victory over UTC at home since 2018 and first overall win since 2019.
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