FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The No. 7 Nova Southeastern University tennis team left South Florida on Tuesday, March 1 for a spring west coast tour, which features four matches against ranked NCAA Division II schools.
 
The Sharks (1-1, 0-0 SSC) begin play on Wednesday against No. 31 nationally-ranked Point Loma Nazarene at 6 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) in San Diego, Calif. The following day, No. 7 NSU will encounter No. 17 University of California, San Diego at 6 p.m. Before the Sharks leave San Diego on Friday they will match up with No. 9 Hawaii Pacific at noon. Last but not least, NSU will go north to visit No. 13 Azusa Pacific on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Azusa, Calif.
 
The west coast tour includes four of the top seven women's tennis DII programs in the west region according to the latest ITA rankings released on Feb. 17. Point Loma is currently 4-3 overall in their 2016 season, having lost by a final mark of 7-2 to both UC-San Diego and Azusa Pacific. UC-San Diego has a current record of 6-5 overall, with two of the losses being to Azusa Pacific and the most recently Hawaii Pacific. 

Although all matchups will be a great challenge for the Sharks, the two schools coming with a clean record are Hawaii Pacific and Azusa Pacific with a 4-0 mark as of Monday, Feb. 29.
 
Stay tuned with the Sharks as they take on NCAA DII west coast rivals through NSUSharks.com!