THE FIRST SERVE
• The Aggies return to the NM State Tennis Center for their fourth consecutive home match and first competition in two weeks.
• After earning their first win of the spring season in their home opener, the Aggies will look to return to the win column after having fallen in a pair of tightly contested matches the last two times out.
• On the season, Natsuki Nishimura and Lisa Zhu lead the Aggies with two singles wins each. Nishimura has put together a pair of back-to-back wins at the No. 3 spot while Zhu's pair of wins came from the No. 2 spot.
• In doubles action, the tandem of Anna Pinaieva and Lisa Zhu has been exceptional and has yet to lose since the season opener against No. 19 Arizona State. Since then, the duo is 3-0 and has outscored their opponents 18 sets to two.
• Saturday's meeting with Montana State will mark the second time the two programs meet since 2019. Most recently, the Aggies hosted the bobcats on March 1, 2020, when NM State picked up a 7-0 win.
 
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
• Montana State enters the weekend match with a 2-1 record on the season with wins coming over former WAC member Chicago state and NAIA program Lewis-Clark State.
• Individually, three different Bobcats have compiled two singles wins this season as JJ Chen, Felicia Jayasaputra and Jazmin Lerman landed wins in both of MSU's wins.
• The team of Marta Garcia-Reboredo and Mirte Van Baelen have been the top Bobcat tandem as they have two wins at the No. 1 spot for Head Coach Suzie Woodburn.
 
COMING UP NEXT
• The Aggies will continue their extended homestand after taking on Montana State as they get set to welcome Incarnate Word and Northern Arizona on Feb. 18 and Feb. 19, respectively. The Aggies match against the Cardinals is scheduled to begin at 2:30 while the Lumberjacks will take the court against NM State at 9 a.m.