Score: Wake Forest 7, VCU 0
Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 0-2, Wake Forest 6-0
The short story: Freshman Sofia Segerfors' gutty performance on the No. 5 singles court was notable for VCU Saturday, but the Rams fell 7-0 at the hands of Wake Forest at Thalhimer Tennis Center.
FIRST SERVE
- Segerfors, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, was locked in a knock-down, drag-out battle with Wake's Samantha Asch. After they split the first two sets, Asch earned a hard-fought victory with a 10-8 win in the third frame.
- The Rams dropped another close one on the No. 1 court, when the Demon Deacon's Kimmy Guerin nipped Olga Barshcheuskaya, 7-5, 7-5. Barshcheuskaya was coming off an impressive win over 35th ranked Martina Frantova of N.C. State last week.
- On the doubles courts, Barshcheuskaya and Darya Berezhnaya picked up a victory for VCU over Anna Ulyashchenko and Guerin, 7-6 (7-4).
RESULTS
Wake Forest 7, VCU 0
Singles
1-Kimmy Guerin def. Olga Barshcheuskaya, 7-5, 7-5
2-Emma Davis def. #98 Anna Rasmussen, 6-4, 6-2
3-Anna Ulyashchenko def. Darya Berezhnaya, 6-3, 6-1
4-Joanna Zalewski def. Magda Aubets, 6-4, 6-1
5-Samantha Asch def. Sofia Segerfors, 1-6, 6-4, 10-8
6-Luisa Fernandez def. Janina Braun, 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6
Doubles
1-Barshcheuskaya/Berezhnaya (VCU) def. Ulyashchenko/Guerin, 7-6 (7-4)
2-Emma Davis/Asch (WF) def. Rasmussen/Braun, 7-5
3-Andrea Retolaza/Fernandez (WF) def. Segerfors/Aubets, 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
WHAT'S NEXT
- VCU will be back on the Thalhimer Tennis Center courts on Sunday, Feb. 7 when it hosts Morgan State at 3 p.m.
