CHICAGO – The UIC women's tennis team (9-6, 3-1 HL) will welcome Horizon League-newcomer IUPUI (4-13, 0-4 HL) to Chicago on Saturday, April 7 at 1 p.m. CT at XS Tennis.

Saturday's match will be just the second all-time meeting between the two teams and the first time since 2009, when the Flames swept the Jaguars 7-0 at home.

LAST TIME OUT
The Flames cruised to a 6-1 victory over former Horizon League-foe Valparaiso on Wednesday. UIC jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after securing the doubles point, and continued on to take five singles matches, four of which were by straight sets. Viktoria Seifert extended her singles win streak to seven with a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 5, and Rachel Le Comber grabbed her fifth-straight singles win, with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 4.

SCOUTING IUPUI
The Jaguars shut out Marian 7-0 on Friday morning for their fourth win of the season. IUPUI is still seeking its first Horizon League win of the season, with a pair of 7-0 shutout losses against Oakland and Wright State as well as two 5-2 losses to Detroit Mercy and Northern Kentucky. Samantha Mayer is the sole Jaguar to secure a win in singles play against Horizon League opponents, winning her respective matches against Detroit and Northern Kentucky.

COLIC & SANDERS TABBED AS DOUBLES TEAM OF THE WEEK
Lejla Colic and Georgie Sanders were named the Horizon League doubles team of the week on March 13 for the period of March 6-12. The duo earned its first Horizon League accolade as a pair, and the first weekly award for the Flames this season. Colic and Sanders secured the doubles point for UIC against Illinois State on March 11 with a 6-4 win from the No. 1 spot. The Flames went on to sweep the Redbirds, 7-0.

FLAMES FALL FINISH
The Flames competed in three fall tournaments prior to the ITA Regionals: the Cincinnati Invitational, the Wildcat Invite and their own UIC Invitational. The Flames ended fall tournament play with a combined 32-31 record in singles play and 18-17 in doubles, and were highlighted by newcomer Amelia Guevremont's 8-2 showing. Veterans Rachel Le Comber and Georgie Sanders both wrapped up the fall season with a 5-5 record in singles play. On the doubles side, UIC was led by the duo of Viktoria Seifert and Stefana Vasic (4-2) as well as Georgie Sanders and Lejla Colic (5-5).

FLAMES PICKED FIRST IN HL PRESEASON POLL
UIC was picked to finish first in the Horizon League Preseason Poll, receiving five of a total possible nine first-place votes. The Flames finished with a total of 86 points, just ahead of Youngstown State in second with four first-place votes and 84 total points. Cleveland State (63) finished third, Wright State (57), fourth, while Northern Kentucky (53), Detroit Mercy (47), Oakland (46), Milwaukee (27), IUPUI (23), and Green Bay (9) finished fifth through tenth, respectively.

UIC ADDS THREE
This year's roster boasts nine players consisting of three newcomers and six returners. Amelia Guevremont is the only true freshman in the bunch, having arrived in Chicago by way of Verdun, Quebec. Sophomore Lejla Colic joins UIC after finishing her freshman season at Washington State, where she was 13-9 in singles play and 12-8 in doubles. Viktoria Seifert joins the Flames after two years at Seminole State, where she was the Trojans' number one player in both singles and doubles in her sophomore year. Returning to the roster are veterans Rachel Le Comber, Melika LeBlanc, Miranda Rodriguez Diaz de Leon, Georgie Sanders, Stefana Vasic and Bianca Zuzu.

UP NEXT
The Flames will return to the road next week to face Green Bay on Friday, April 13 and Milwaukee on Saturday, April 14.