BLACKSBURG, Va. – Head Coach
Paul Kostin talked about his concern with the
speed of the courts at Virginia Tech.
On Saturday afternoon, Kostin's Virginia Commonwealth University
women's tennis team settled those nerves pretty quickly as the
29th-ranked Black & Gold rolled to a 5-2 decision over its
in-state rival in Blacksburg.
"I'm proud of our girls," Kostin said. "Indoor can be tricky
because you run into so many different courts and Virginia Tech is
one of them. The courts play very fast, but our girls did a great
job adjusting and picking up the win."
After sophomore Alex Bara
(Oradea, Romania) and senior Olena
Leonchuk (Kiev, Ukraine) won their doubles match,
veterans Laura Burns
(Hertford, England) and Kateryna
Yergina (Kiev, Ukraine) locked up the doubles point
with an 8-6 win over Virginia Tech's Yasmin Hamza and Holly
Johnson.
Burns and Yergina kept the momentum going in singles, rolling to
straight set victories at #6 and #3 singles respectively.
After the Hokies finally got on the board with a win at #1
singles, Alex Bara locked up the win for the Black & Gold with
a 6-4, 7-5 win over Shannon Betts at #4.
Freshman Josefin
Hjertquist (Spanga, Sweden) added a straight set tough
6-3, 2-6, 6-4 at #2 singles to wrap up the scoring for the
Rams.
The Rams return home on Sunday afternoon for a 1 p.m. showdown
with the University of Pennsylania at the Thalhimer Tennis
Center.
#29 VCU 5, #61 Virginia Tech 2
Doubles:
1.Blakley/Lauten (VT) def. Ana
Bara/Hjertquist, 8-6
2. Burns/Yergina def. Hamza/Holly Johnson (VT), 8-6
3. Alex Bara/Leonchuk def. Betts/Rauscher (VT), 8-4
Order of finish: 3,1,2
Singles:
1. Martha Blakley (VT) def. Ana Bara, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
2. Hjertquist def. Christin Newman (VT), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
3. Yergina def. Yasmin Hamza (VT), 6-4, 6-1
4. Alex Bara def. Shannon Betts (VT), 6-4, 7-5
5. Courtney Rauscher (VT) def. Leonchuk, 3-6, 6-4, 2-1 ret.
6. Burns def. Emily Lauten (VT), 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: 6,3,1,4,5,2

April 26, 2010
CHARRON, YERGINA EARN MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS AWARDS

April 18, 2010
RAMS TOP WILLIAM & MARY, 4-3, TO CAPTURE THIRD CAA TITLE

April 17, 2010
RAMS ADVANCE TO CAA FINALS WITH 4-0 WIN OVER OLD DOMINION

April 3, 2010
LATE RALLY BY RICE DOOMS #27 RAMS, FALL 4-3

March 28, 2010
YERGINA LEADS RAMS TO 6-1 WIN OVER BOSTON UNIVERSITY

March 27, 2010
24TH-RANKED RAMS RETURN HOME TO DROP GEORGIA STATE, 6-1

March 18, 2010
#23 RAMS DOMINATE SINGLES, TOP TCU, 5-2

March 13, 2010
#19 RAMS BLAST MONARCHS OF ODU, 5-2

March 6, 2010
RAMS STAY HOT, ROLL PAST 25TH-RANKED VIRGINIA, 5-2

February 28, 2010
WIN STREAK REACHES SEVEN AS RAMS TOP IOWA STATE, 6-1

February 27, 2010
LEONCHUK, RAMS LOCK UP NITTANY LIONS, 5-2, PICK UP SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN

February 23, 2010
BLACK & GOLD BATTLE PAST WINTHROP, 6-1, FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN

February 21, 2010
RAMS THROTTLE PENN, 6-1, FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN

February 20, 2010
RAMS BLOW PAST IN-STATE RIVAL VIRGINIA TECH, 5-2

February 13, 2010
RAMS ROLL PAST TEMPLE, 7-0

February 12, 2010
RAMS POUNCE ON #27 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL, 6-1

January 30, 2010
RAMS TOP #39 WAKE FOREST, FALL TO #1 DUKE AT ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND

January 29, 2010
RAMS TOP #39 WAKE FOREST, FALL TO #1 DUKE AT ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND

January 24, 2010
RAMS FALL AT #14 CLEMSON, 5-2