Box Score Score: West Virginia 4, VCU 3
Location: Morgantown, W.Va. (Mountaineer Tennis Courts)
Records: VCU 5-6, West Virginia 3-0
The Short Story: 116
th-ranked senior
Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado's fifth-straight singles victory was not enough for VCU Women's Tennis as the Rams fell to West Virginia, 4-3 on Friday afternoon at the Mountaineer Tennis Courts.
OPENING SERVE
- VCU sophomore's Gabriela Davidescu and Luminita Tutunaru opened the match with a 6-2 victory on court one
- Rams' freshman Alessia Ciuca and Junior Shivani Manjanna clinched the doubles point for the Rams with a 6-2 win on court three
- In singles competition, Diaz Delgado earned a three-set, 6-2, 5-6, 6-2 victory on court one to give VCU a 2-1 lead
- Davidescu prevailed in a three-set match on court three, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6)
- West Virginia picked up victories on courts two, three and six to even the score at 3-3
- VCU graduate Noumea Witmus fell just short of clinching the match victory for the Rams, losing narrowly in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
THE RESULTS
DOUBLES:
1. Gabriela Davidescu/
Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) def. Nadya Maslova/Anastasia Bovolskaia (WVU) 6-2
2. Momoko Nagato/Nicole Roc (WVU) vs.
Noumea Witmus/Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) 2-4, unfinished
3. Alessia Ciuca/
Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Hunter Bleser/Amber Fuller (WVU) 6-2
Order of Finish: 1,3,2
SINGLES:
1. #116 Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) def. Momoko Nagato (WVU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
2. Nadya Maslova (WVU) def.
Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Hunter Bleser (WVU) def. Alessia Ciuca (VCU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Gabriela Davidescu (VCU) def. Amber Fuller (WVU) 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Anne-Sophie Courteau (WVU) def.
Noumea Witmus (VCU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Nicole Roc (WVU) def.
Shivani Manjanna (VCU) 6-2, 6-3
Order of Finish – 2,1,3,4,6,5
UP NEXT
VCU will travel to Huntington W.Va to take on Marshall at noon Saturday.
