Box Score Score: VCU 4, Marshall 1
Location: Huntington, W.Va. (Brian David Fox Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 6-6, Marshall 3-2 

The Short Story: VCU Women's Tennis closed out its two-match weekend road trip with a 4-1 defeat of Marshall Saturday at the Brian David Fox Tennis Center.

OPENING SERVE

• After dropping a doubles match on court one, junior Shivani Manjanna and freshman Lara Van Der Merwe brought the Rams even with a 6-4 victory on court three
• 116^th-ranked senior Paola Diaz-Delgado and graduate Noumea Witmus clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 win on court two
• Marshall tied the match with a singles victory on court two, but Diaz-Delgado one again responded for the Rams with a 6-3, 6-1 win on court one
• Manjanna downed Marshall freshman Gabrielle Clairotte in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 to extend the VCU advantage
• Witmus secured the match victory for VCU with a three-set win, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
• Van Der Merwe's singles match was abandoned due to the victory while the freshman was leading 4-1 in the first set

 
THE RESULTS

DOUBLES:
1. Stefancic/Van Hansewyck (MU) def. Ciuca/Tutunaru (VCU), 6-3
2. Witmus/Exposito (VCU), defeated Dankanych/Gillar, 7-5
3. Manjanna/Van Der Merwe (VCU) def. Ballow/Riley (MU), 6-4.

Order of Finish: 1,3,2
 
SINGLES: 
1. #116 Exposito (VCU) defs. Dankanych (MU), 6-3, 6-1
2. Smith (MU) def. Tutunaru (VCU), 6-2, 6-1.
3. Ciuca (VCU) vs Ballow (MU), 6-4 (MU), 6-2 (VCU), 4-3 (Not Finished) 
4. Witmus (VCU) def. Stefancic (MU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
5. Manjanna (VCU) def. Clairotte (MU), 6-3, 6-3
6. Van Der Merwe (VCU) vs Riley (MU), 4-1 (Not Finished)

Order of Finish – 2,1,5,4
 
UP NEXT
VCU will return home to face Old Dominion at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the first match of a three-match home stand.