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Women's Tennis

Rams sweep Fordham, 4-0, to advance to third straight A-10 title match

The Basics

  • Score: VCU 4, Fordham 0 
  • Records: VCU (15-8), Fordham (13-7)
  • Location: Boar's Head Sports Club – Charlottesville, Va.
  • The Short Story: After sweeping Fordham on Saturday, the VCU women's tennis team earned a spot in the Atlantic 10 Championship match for the third straight year and will look to go 3-for-3 in A-10 Tournaments.  The Rams dropped Fordham, 4-0, behind singles victories from Cindy Chala, Ludvine Burguiere and Darya Berezhnaya.

The Results

VCU 4, Fordham 0

Singles
1) Cindy Chala (VCU) def. Ellie Ball (FOR), 6-0, 6-2
2) Salome Kvitashvili (VCU) vs. Sarah Ali (FOR), 6-1, 5-2 DNF
3) Olga Barshcheuskaya (VCU) vs. Estelle Wong (FOR), 7-6 (3), 2-1 DNF
4) Ludvine Burguiere (VCU) def. Julie Leong (FOR), 6-2, 6-2
5) Darya Berezhnaya (VCU) def. Destiny Grunin (FOR), 6-1, 6-1
6) Bella Genkina (FOR) vs. Ana Batiri (VCU), 6-4, 3-4 DNF

Doubles
1) Chala/Kvitashvili (VCU) def. Ball/Ali (FOR), 8-4
2) Berezhnaya/Batiri (VCU) vs. Genkina/Novacek (FOR), 7-4 DNF
3) Burguiere/Barshcheuskaya (VCU) def. Wong/Leong (FOR), 8-3

Up Next
  • VCU will now await the winner of second-seeded Richmond and third-seeded UMass. First serve for the championship match is set for 10 a.m. on Sunday.
 

 

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