NCAA Tournament First Round
Score: #9 Duke 4, VCU 0
Location: Durham, N.C. (Ambler Tennis Stadium)
Records: Duke 19-6, VCU 12-10
The short story: VCU's outstanding 2016 season came to a conclusion today, as ninth-ranked Duke overpowered the Rams 4-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Durham, North Carolina.
FIRST SERVE
- VCU entered Friday's match riding a season-high seven-match win streak, but were unable to gain traction against the Blue Devils' highly regarded lineup. The Rams had not lost since March 26.
- Senior Olga Barshcheuskaya fell 6-4, 6-1 to 65th-ranked Chalena School on the No. 1 court. Barshcheuskaya concludes her decorated career with a 59-29 singles mark. She won more than 100 combined singles and doubles matches as a Ram. She is one of two VCU Women's Tennis players to win four conference championships.
- VCU was making its 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
RESULTS
#9 Duke 4, VCU 0 (NCAA First Round)
Singles
1-#65 Chalena School (Duke) def. Olga Barshcheuskaya, 6-4, 6-1
2-#118 Samantha Harris (Duke) def. Anna Rasmussen, 6-3, 7-5
3-#55 Kaitlyn McCarthy (Duke) vs. Magda Aubets, 2-6, 6-5 DNF
4-Ellyse Hamlin (Duke) led Janina Braun, 6-4, 4-4 DNF
5-Jessica Ho (Duke) def. Darya Berezhnaya, 6-2, 6-1
6-Alyssa Smith (Duke) led Yana Morar, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 DNF
Order of finish: 5, 1, 2
Doubles
1-#74 McCarthy/Harris (Duke) def. Barshcheuskaya/Berezhnaya, 6-1
2-School/Smith (Duke) def. Braun/Rasmussen, 6-4
3-Ho/Hamlin (Duke) led Aubets/Morar, 5-4 DNF
Order of finish: 1, 2
UP NEXT
VCU's 2016 season is complete.
