Score: VCU 4, Liberty 3
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Cook Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 2-4, Liberty 3-4
The short story: Freshmen Anna Rasmussen and Magda Aubets closed the match with three-set victories to rally VCU past Liberty Friday at the Cook Tennis Center.
FIRST SERVE
- Aubets clinched the match for VCU on the No. 3 singles court when she battled back from a disastrous first set to earn a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Evangeline Crist.
- Moments earlier, Rasmussen outlasted Belen Rivera 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 on the No. 2 court to tie the match.
- The victory snaps VCU's two-match losing streak.
- All four of VCU's singles victories Friday were produced by freshmen.
RESULTS
VCU 4, Liberty 3
Singles
1-Maria Khval (LU) def. #83 Olga Barshcheuska, 6-3, 6-4
2-Anna Rasmussen (VCU) def. Belen Rivera, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5
3-Magda Aubets (VCU) def. Evangeline Crist, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
4-Anna Dollar (LU) def. Darya Berezhnaya, 6-1, 6-4
5-Janina Braun (VCU) def. Emily Groeneveld, 6-3, 6-0
6-Sofia Segerfors (VCU) def. Aleksandra Panchenko, 7-6, 6-1
Order of finish: 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 3
Doubles
1-Barshcheuskaya/Berezhnaya (VCU) def. Crist/Valerie Thong, 6-2
2-Dollar/Khval (LU) def. Rasmussen/Braun, 6-4
3-Rebel Anderson/Panchenko (LU) def. Segerfors/Yana Morar, 7-5
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
WHAT'S NEXT
- VCU will remain in Lynchburg and take on North Texas on Saturday, Feb. 20 at noon.
