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Nina Sorkin backhand
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VCU VCU (14-5)
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Winner Old Dominion ODU (14-6)
VCU VCU
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Final
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Old Dominion ODU
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Sam Allard

VCU FALLS TO NO.33 OLD DOMINION ON THE ROAD

Score: ODU 6, VCU 1
Location: Norfolk, Va.
Records: VCU 14-5, ODU 14-6
 
The Short Story: Graduate Student Nina Sorkin earned her fifth consecutive singles win but Old Dominion claimed victory in Norfolk
 
OPENING SERVE:
  • Old Dominion claimed the singles point with victories on courts two and one
  • Sorkin took home a convincing 6-4, 6-3 victory over Old Dominion's Marina Alcaide earning VCU lone singles point
  • Graduate Student Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado faced no. 22 ranked Yuliia Starodubtseva in a competitive matchup of top 100 opponent but eventually fell in two sets
 
THE RESULTS
 
DOUBLES:
1. #4 Yuliia Starodubtseva/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (ODU) def. Gabriela Davidescu/Shivani Manjanna (VCU) 6-3
2. AlexandraViktorovich/Sofia Johnson (ODU) def. Yelizaveta Karlova/Nina Sorkin (VCU) 6-2
3. Shahar Biran/Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) vs. Laura Astudillo/Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) 4-4, unfinished
 
Order of Finish: 2,1
 
SINGLES:
1. #22 Yuliia Starodubtseva (ODU) def. #77 Paola Diaz-Delgado (VCU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (ODU) def. Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Nina Sorkin (VCU) def. Marina Alcaide (ODU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Sofia Johnson (ODU) def. Gabriela Davidescu (VCU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) def. Anja Draskovic (VCU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Shahar Biran (ODU) def. Shivani Manjanna (VCU) 6-1, 6-1
 
Order of Finish: 2,5,4,6,1,3
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