The Basics
- Score: VCU 4, UMass 0
- Records: VCU (16-8), UMass (17-5)
- Location: Boar's Head Sports Club – Charlottesville, Va.
- The Short Story: The VCU women's tennis won its third straight Atlantic 10 Championship with a 4-0 win over UMass on Sunday afternoon. The Rams have never lost an individual singles or doubles match in their three-year history in the A-10 Tournament. Senior Cindy Chala and junior Olga Barshcheuskaya picked up singles victories before VCU clinched the match with an injury default at #6 singles. With the win, the Rams clinched their 10th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 17th appearance overall.
The Results
VCU 4, UMass 0
Singles
1) Cindy Chala (VCU) def. Aarzoo Malik (UMass), 6-2, 6-2
2) Ana Yrzusta (UMass) vs. Salome Kvitashvili (VCU), 7-6 (4), 2-1 DNF
3) Olga Barshcheuskaya (VCU) def. Arielle Griffin (UMass), 7-5, 6-1
4) Carol Benito (UMass) vs. Ludvine Burguiere (VCU), 7-6 (3), 4-4 DNF
5) Anna Woosley (UMass) vs. Darya Berezhnaya (VCU), 7-5, 3-2 DNF
6) Ana Batiri (VCU) def. Chanel Glasper (UMass), 6-3, 6-5 (inj. – UMass retired)
Doubles
1) Chala/Kvitashvili (VCU) def. Yrazusta/Benito (UMass), 8-4
2) Berezhnaya/Batiri (VCU) vs. Griffin/Malik (UMass), 4-7
3) Burguiere/Barshcheuskaya (VCU) def. Glasper/Woosley (UMass), 8-6
Up Next
- VCU will now wait for the NCAA Tournament pairings to be announced on Monday, April 28th at 5 p.m.
