Score: VCU 5, WVU 2

Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)

Records: VCU 9-2, West Virginia 6-2

The short story: VCU earned its seventh consecutive win and ninth overall win of the season after defeating West Virginia 

OPENING SERVE

• The combination of Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Kanako Yano defeated West Virginia's Nicole Roc and Anatasia Bovolskaia to give VCU its first doubles victory of the match
• Marina Alcaide Bakkari and Sofia Sualehe teamed up to seal the doubles point for VCU after defeating Anna-Sohpie Courteau and Abigail Rosiello of WVU
• Anna Rasmussen took down Christina Jordan in two sets which kept VCU's momentum going in No. 2 singles
• Bakkari battled and conquered the No. 2 singles flight, defeating Sofia Duran in two sets to give VCU its third point of the match
• Diaz-Delgado routed Paula Goetz in No. 1 singles in two sets to seal the victory for the Rams

THE RESULTS

VCU 5 WVU 2

DOUBLES:

1. Paula Goetz/Sofia Duran (WVU) def. Melissa Ifidzhen/Anna Rasmussen (VCU)  6-0

2. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado/Kanako Yano (VCU) def. Nicole Roc/Anastasia Bovolskaia (WVU)  6-3

3. Marina Alcaide Bakkari/Sofia Sualehe (VCU) def. Anna-Sophie Courteau/Abigail Rosiello (WVU)  6-3

Order of Finish - 1, 2, 3

SINGLES: 

1. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def. Paula Goetz (WVU) 7-5, 6-1

2. Anna Rasmussen (VCU) def. Christina Jordan (WVU) 6-4, 6-3

3. Marina Alcaide Bakkari (VCU) def. Sofia Duran (WVU) 6-4, 6-3

4. Kanako Yano (VCU) def. Nicole Roc (WVU) 7-5, 6-4

5. Anna-Sophie Courteau (WVU) def. Melissa Ifidzhen (VCU) 1-2 (VCU Injury Default)

6. Giovanna Caputo (WVU) def. Noumea Witmus (VCU) 3-6, 6-4, 10-7

Order of Finish - 2, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6

UP NEXT

VCU returns to action when it travels to Orlando, Fla. To face off against Penn St. on Thursday, Match 7 at 12 p.m.