MOSCOW, Idaho—Idaho women's tennis will take on non-conference opponent, Gonzaga, at the Stevens Center in Spokane, Wash. this weekend.
 
Idaho faces the Bulldogs on Saturday at 9:00 a.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Vandals are fresh off a tough loss against neighboring Washington State University in their dual season opener last Saturday. After dropping doubles point, Idaho found it hard to gain momentum in the singles round. The Cougars swept all six matches.
 
The matches, however, highlighted Maria Tavares who had the best chances of giving the Vandals a game on the board. Maria lost to WSU, 5-7, 7-5, and (10-4). Senior Marianna Petrei dropped her match at No. 1 singles to 83rd ranked Michaela Bayerlova, 6-3, 6-2.

 
BIG SKY PREDICTIONS
Collecting 93 points and three first-place votes, Idaho women's tennis was picked by the league coaches to finish second in the Big Sky Conference.
 
ROSTER CHECK
The Vandals return seven players from last season's squad headlined by three-time Big Sky MVP Marianna Petrei. Idaho finished second in Big Sky regular-season competition before receiving its fourth consecutive Big Sky Conference title a season ago. Petrei will be joined by fellow Senior Maria Tavares, a 2018 All-Big Sky First Team selection, along with juniors Shion Watabe and Maggie Chen, sophomores Laura Spataro and Marta Magalhães , and freshmen Anna Findley and Anna Stefani.
 
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