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Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and doubles partner Laura Garcia Astudillo fist bump after a securing a point in the A-10 Quarterfinals
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Davidson DAV (13-8)
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Winner VCU VCU (17-6)
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VCU VCU
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

RAMS SWEEP DAVIDSON, ADVANCE TO A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Score: No. 1 VCU 4, No, 4 Davidson 0
Location: Orlando, Fla. (USTA National Campus) 
Records: VCU 17-6, Davidson 13-8
 
The Short Story: VCU advanced to the A-10 Championship for the ninth consecutive year after a dominant 4-0 sweep of Davidson.
 
OPENING SERVE:
  • The Rams have reached the A-10 Championship match every year since joining the league
  • VCU secured the doubles point with two 6-1 victories. The Rams claimed quick wins on courts one and two
  • Junior Gabriela Davidescu and senior Shivani Manjanna clinched the doubles point one court immediately following graduate Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and freshman Laura Garcia Astudillo's 6-1 win
  • Diaz-Delgado put VCU up 2-0 with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win over Josie Schaffer on court one
  • Freshman Yelizaveta Karlova sealed the win with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court two to send VCU back to the A-10 Championship match
 
THE RESULTS
 
SINGLES 
 
1. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def. Josie Schaffer (DAV), 6-0, 6-2
2. Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) def. Elizabeth Truluck (DAV), 6-3, 6-4 
3. Nina Sorkin (VCU) vs. Emma Heiderscheit (DAV), 6-2, 5-7, 2-0, DNF 
4. Gabriela Davidescu (VCU) vs. Kavya Patel (DAV), 6-3, 6-5, DNF 
5. Anja Draskovic (VCU) vs. Franny Shea (DAV) 7-6(4), 3-2, DNF 
6. Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Daniela Porges (DAV), 6-3, 6-4 
 
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 2 

DOUBLES 
1. Gabriela Davidescu/Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Josie Schaffer/Kavya Patel (DAV), 6-1
2. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado/Laura Garcia Astudillo (VCU) def. Elizabeth Truluck/Mira Gladstone  (DAV), 6-1 
3. Nina Sorkin/Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) vs. Emma Heiderscheit/Franny Shea (DAV), 3-3, DNF
 
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
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