CHENEY, Wash. -- The Eastern Washington University women's tennis team heads to California this week for their two match road trip against UC Irvine (March 24) and CSUN (March 26). The Eagles return to play after their victory over Portland State, 6-1, last Sunday. EWU currently has an overall record of 7-7 and 4-1 in Big Sky Conference play.

"We are looking forward to spending some time training and playing matches in California over spring break," said head coach Dustin Hinson. "I look at this trip as an opportunity for us to prepare for the last push of the regular conference season. We know that we have some very tough matches coming up to finish the season and we want to use the matchplay and training conditions over spring break to finish strong. We play a couple of tough California teams over the break and we are motivated to bring our best effort and energy to each match."

The first stop on Eastern's two match road trip is at UC Irvine in Irvine, Calif. The Anteaters have an overall record of 12-4 with just four losses against; Siena (4-3), Bryant (1-6), Hawai'i (1-6) and Illinois State (1-4). UC Irvine is led by head coach Elizabeth Ferris, who is in her third year as head coach. The match is set to begin at 11 a.m. Pacific time.

Following Sunday's match against UC Irvine, the Eagles will then head to Los Angeles, Calif., to take on CSUN. The match is set to begin at 2 p.m. PT. CSUN has an overall record of 9-3 with three losses against; Hawai'i (3-4), Long Beach State (1-4) and UC Davis (3-4). The Matadors are led by head coach Gary Victor, who is in his 22nd season as head coach.

The Eagles will then take a short break from competition before returning home to Cheney, Wash., for a three game home stand against Big Sky opponents; Montana (April 7), Idaho (April 10) and Sacramento State (April 14).