Score: VCU 2 SYRACUSE 4
Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 1-1, Syracuse 2-0

The Short Story: Despite losing the doubles point, the Rams regrouped and challenged the Orange to the very end before falling just short.

OPENING SERVE

• Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Noumea Witmus continued their exceptional doubles performance cruising to a 6-1 win over Sofya Golubovskaya and Zeynep Erman.
• With the doubles point at stake, Melissa Ifidzhen and Kanako Yano battled Miranda Ramirez and Guzal Yusupova back and forth. The junior duo fell just short dropping the match 7-6(3).
• Coming off a singles victory yesterday against Temple, Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado made quick work of Guzal Yusupova this afternoon winning 6-3, 6-1.
• In a must win singles match, freshman Gabriela Ana-Maria Davidescu faced a tough opponent in Sofya Golubovskaya. Davidescu dropped the first set 2-6, but regrouped and came back winning 6-3 and 6-4 to keep the Rams comeback chances alive.

THE RESULTS

DOUBLES:

1. Sofya Treshcheva/Kim Hansen (SU) def. Gabriela Ana-Maria Davidescu/Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) 6-1

2. Miranda Ramirez/Guzal Yusupova (SU) def. Melissa Ifidzhen/Kanako Yano (VCU) 7-6(3)

3. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado/Noumea Witmus (VCU) def. Sofya Golubovskaya/Zeynep Erman (SU)  6-1

Order of Finish - 3, 1, 2

SINGLES: 

1. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def. Guzal Yusupova (SU) 6-3, 6-1

2. Miranda Ramirez (SU) def. Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-2

3. Gabriela Ana-Maria Davidescu def. Sofya Golubovskaya (SU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

4. Sofya Treshcheva (SU) def. Kanako Yano (VCU) 6-3, 6-2

5. Kim Hansen (SU) def. Melissa Ifidzhen (VCU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

6. Noumea Witmus (VCU) vs. Polina Kozyreva (SU)  3-6, 3-4 DNF

Order of Finish - 1, 4, 5, 3, 2

UP NEXT

The Rams welcome East Carolina on Friday, January 24 at 2:00p.m.