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East Carolina ECU (2-5)
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Winner VCU VCU (9-1)
East Carolina ECU
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Final
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VCU VCU
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Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

VCU DEFEATS EAST CAROLINA TO WIN NINTH STRAIGHT

Score: VCU 6, ECU 1
Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 9-1, ECU 2-5
 
The Short Story: VCU extends their win streak to nine as they come out on top over East Carolina
 
OPENING SERVE:
  • The Rams claimed the doubles point with two convincing victories on courts two and three
  • Grad Student Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Freshman Laura Garcia Astudillo took home a 6-3 win from court two. With the win the pairing improves to 4-0 on the spring season
  • Grad Student Nina Sorkin kicked off singles for the Rams with a commanding 6-2, 6-2 win on court four. This marks the fifth straight singles victory for Sorkin
  • Freshman Yelizaveta Karlova claimed a dominant 6-0, 6-1 win over ECU's Alisa Diercksen. Diercksen led the ECU with 23 singles wins during the 2018-19 season
  • Freshman Anja Draskovic clinched the match for VCU with a hard fought 7-5, 6-3 victory from court five. This marks her fourth singles victory on the spring season
THE RESULTS
 
DOUBLES:
  1. Gabriela Davidescu/Shivani Manjanna (VCU) vs. Ines Bachir/Alisha Hussain (ECU) 3-5, unfinished
  2. Paola Diaz Delgado/Laura Astudillo (VCU) def. Sofia Cerezo Holgado/Alisa Diercksen (ECU) 6-3
  3.  Nina Sorkin/Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) def. Anne Lou Champion/Isabella Rivera Orti (ECU) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2
 
SINGLES:
  1. #71 Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) def. Martina Muzzolon (ECU) 6-2, 6-2
  2. Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) def. Alisa Diercksen (ECU) 6-0, 6-1
  3. Alisha Hussain (ECU) def. Gabriela Davidescu (VCU) 5-7, 6-2, 12-10
  4. Nina Sorkin (VCU) def. Isabella Rivera Orti (ECU) 6-2, 6-2
  5. Anja Draskovic (VCU) def. Sofia Cerezo Holgado (ECU) 7-5, 6-3
  6. Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Ines Bachir (ECU) 6-2, 6-2
Order Of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 4
 
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