NORFOLK, Va. – The 22nd ranked Previous Dominion girls’s tennis staff ran their house courtroom successful streak to 29 with a 6-1 victory over Penn on Sunday on the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Heart.
Doubles noticed the Monarchs go right down to the ultimate match earlier than clinching the staff level. After Penn received the quantity three match, the tandem of Alexandra Viktorovich and Sofia Johnson scored a 6-4 win at quantity two to even the doubles. The fifth-ranked duo of Yuliia Starodubtseva and Tatsiana Sasnouskaya scored a 7-5 win at primary to provide the Monarchs an early 1-0 lead.
In singles, the Monarchs took wins within the high three spots to clinch the twin. Viktorovich began the run at quantity three with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Marija Curnic. Sasnouskaya, ranked 125th within the nation, received 6-3, 6-1 at quantity two over Sabine Rutlaka to place the hosts up 3-0.
Starodubtseva, ranked 37th nationally, gave ODU the twin win with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over 86th ranked Iuliia Bryzgalova. Alesya Yakubovich pushed the ODU result in 5-0 with a 6-0, 7-6 (7-5) win over Saige Roshkoff, earlier than Penn pulled a three-set win at quantity 5. Sofia Johnson completed the twin with a come-from-behind three-set win over Gavriella Smith 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-3).
ODU is now off till Sunday, March 6 after they tangle with one other Ivy League member in Harvard at 1 p.m.
ODU HEAD COACH DOMINIC MANILLA ON THE PENN WIN
It was a strong weekend for the Monarchs. We needed to overcome adversarial feelings, however the staff thrived. Hats off to Penn for pushing us to the restrict in a number of spots. We’ll take a pair days to compensate for sleep and research, however we’re trying ahead to Harvard subsequent Sunday. Go Monarchs.