Score: North Texas 5, VCU 1
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Cook Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 2-5, North Texas 4-4
The short story: VCU jumped to the early lead on the strength of its doubles play, but North Texas steadied itself and earned a 5-1 win over the Rams Saturday at Liberty in Lynchburg, Virginia.
FIRST SERVE
- Saturday's match started well for VCU. The Rams won the doubles point and took the first set in three singles matches before the Mean Green roared to life and rallied.
- The freshman teams of Anna Rasmussen and Janina Braun, and Sofia Segerfors and Yana Morar each won their respective doubles contests for VCU.
RESULTS
North Texas 5, VCU 1
Singles
1-Maria Kononova (UNT) def. #83 Olga Barshcheuskaya, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
2-Tamuna Kutubidze (UNT) def. Anna Rasmussen, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
3-Anastasiya Shestakova (UNT) def. Magda Aubets, 6-2, 6-3
4-Alexis Thoma (UNT) vs. Darya Berezhnaya, 6-3, 6-6 DNF
5-Kamilla Galieva (UNT) def. Janina Braun, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
6-Agustina Valenzuela (UNT) def. Sofia Segerfors, 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1-Barshcheuskaya/Berezhnaya (VCU) vs. Kononova/Kutubidze, 6-5 DNF
2-Rasmussen/Bruan (VCU) def. Shestakova/Valenzuela, 6-2
3-Segerfors/Yana Morar (VCU) def. Thoma/Galieva, 7-5
WHAT'S NEXT
- VCU returns home to face East Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 27 at noon at the Thalhimer Tennis Center.
