Score: VCU 7, Duquesne 0
Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 7-7, Duquesne 3-2

The Short Story: VCU Women's Tennis cruised to a 7-0 sweep of Duquesne Saturday afternoon at the Thalhimer Tennis Center.

OPENING SERVE

• 116th-ranked senior Paola Diaz-Delgado and graduate Noumea Witmus opened the match with a 6-2 victory on court two
• Freshman Alessia Ciuca and junior Shivani Manjanna clinched the doubles point for the Rams with a 6-3 win on court three
• Freshman Lara Van Der Merwe opened singles play with a 6-2, 6-1 straight-set victory on court six. Van Der Merwe is 2-1 in her first collegiate season
• Diaz-Delgado extended her singles-match win streak to eight with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 defeat of Dukes' sophomore Natasha Novak on court one
• Sophomore Luminita Tutunaru secured the match victory for VCU with a 6-1, 6-1 straight-set win on court two
• Witmus, Manjanna and Ciuca wrapped up the day with victories on courts four, five and three, respectively.

 
THE RESULTS

DOUBLES:
1. Gabriela Davidescu/Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) vs. Margot Pessy/Meredith Lee (DUQ) 5-4, unfinished 
2. Noumea Witmus/Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) def. Daniela Latoni/Ellen Shanahan (DUQ) 6-2
3. Alessia Ciuca/Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Natasha Novak/Ana Utrilla Benito (DUQ) 6-3 
 
Order of Finish: 2,3
 
SINGLES: 
1. Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) def. Natasha Novak (DUQ) 6-0, 6-1
2. Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) def. Margot Pessy (DUQ) 6-1, 6-1
3. Alessia Ciuca (VCU) def. Ellen Shanahan (DUQ) 1-6, 7-6 (7-6), 10-3 
4. Noumea Witmus (VCU) def. Meredith Lee (DUQ) 7-5, 6-1
5. Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Ana Utrilla Benito (DUQ) 6-4, 6-4
6. Lara Van der Merwe (VCU) def. Daniela Latoni (DUQ) 6-2, 6-1 

Order of Finish – 6,1,2,4,5,3
 
UP NEXT
VCU will be back in action on Tuesday when it welcomes James Madison to the Thalhimer Tennis Center. First serve is set for 1 p.m.