Score: VCU 7, Liberty 0
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 11-7, Liberty 16-5

The Short Story: VCU Women's Tennis notched its fifth consecutive win with a 7-0 sweep of Liberty Wednesday afternoon in Lynchburg, Va.

OPENING SERVE

• The No. 77 doubles pairing of senior Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and graduate Noumea Witmus began the match with a 6-4 victory on court two. The duo improves to 11-6 on the season with the win
• Sophomores Luminita Tutunaru and Gabriela Davidescu clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 victory on court one
• Witmus opened singles play with a 6-2, 6-3 straight-set win on court five
• Exposito Diaz-Delgado cruised to her 12th-straight singles victory with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Flames' sophomore Alexandra Almborg on court one
• Davidescu secured the match victory for the Rams with a 6-3, 6-1 straight-set win on court four
• Tutunaru, freshman Alessia Ciuca and junior Shivani Manjanna closed out the match with wins on courts two, three and six respectively 

 
THE RESULTS

DOUBLES:
1. Luminita Tutunaru/Gabriela Davidescu (VCU) def. Alexandra Almborg/Eloise Saraty (LIBERTYW) 7-5
2. #77 Noumea Witmus/Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) def. Tiffany Nguyen/Micaela Ode Mitre (LIBERTYW) 6-4 
3. Grace Hashiguchi/Esther Lovato (LIBERTYW) vs. Alessia Ciuca/Shivani Manjanna (VCU) 6-5, unfinished 
 
Order of Finish: 2,1
 
SINGLES: 
1. Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) def. Alexandra Almborg (LIBERTYW) 6-3, 6-1
2. Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) def. Tiffany Nguyen (LIBERTYW) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
3. Alessia Ciuca (VCU) def. Esther Lovato (LIBERTYW) 0-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-8)
4. Gabriela Davidescu (VCU) def. Micaela Ode Mitre (LIBERTYW) 6-3, 6-1
5. Noumea Witmus (VCU) def. Eloise Saraty (LIBERTYW) 6-2, 6-3
6. Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Grace Hashiguchi (LIBERTYW) 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) 

Order of Finish – 5,1,4,2,3,6
 
UP NEXT
The Rams will be back in action Saturday when they face George Mason in their final home match of the 2020-21 season. First serve is set for 11 a.m.