Score: VCU 5, Memphis 2
Location: Memphis, Tenn. (Racquet Club of Memphis)
Records: VCU 5-8, Memphis 1-11
The short story: VCU returned from a two-week break and tamed Memphis behind a trio of freshmen.
FIRST SERVE
- Freshmen Magda Aubets, Janina Braun and Yana Morar were all victorious Friday and gave the Rams the push they needed to pick up their fifth win of the season.
- Braun improved to 8-4 this spring when she fought back a challenge by Marta Morga. Braun stormed to an early lead with 6-0 win in the opening set, only to watch Morga answer with a 6-1 win the second frame. The third set proved much closer than the previous two, but Braun, playing on the No. 3 court for the first time this season, edged Morga 7-5.
- Morar was also triumphant in three sets. The freshman from Chernivtsi, Ukraine edged Gabrielle Paul 7-5, 1-6, 6-0.
RESULTS
VCU 5, Memphis 2
Singles
1-Hanna Sohn (MEM) def. Anna Rasmussen, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
2-Magda Aubets (VCU) def. Kathryn Hughes, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 4-2 ret.
3-Janina Braun (VCU) def. Marta Morga, 6-0, 1-6, 7-5
4-Janina Berres (MEM) def. Darya Berezhnaya, 7-5, 6-2
5-Yana Morar (VCU) def. Gabrielle Paul, 7-5, 1-6, 6-0
6-Memphis defaults
Order of finish: 4, 3, 5, 1
Doubles
1-Rasmussen/Braun (VCU) def. Sohn/Berres, 6-2
2-Sofia Segerfors/Aubets (VCU) led Hughes/Paul, 4-3 DNF
3-Memphis defaults
Order of finish: 3, 1
UP NEXT
- VCU will remain in Memphis and take on Middle Tennessee State Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Racquet Club of Memphis.
