Location: Charleston, W. Va.
The Short Story: Graduate student Victoria Smirnova won the Thunder in the Mountains tournament after winning the most number of matches in a lead position for the team over the weekend.
 
OPENING SERVE

• Graduate student Anastasia Smirnova did not lose a singles match during the tournament
• VCU won 16 of 21 singles matches
• The team also won five out of nine doubles matches
• The entire VCU Women's Tennis team competed in the tournament 

The Results

Doubles

Anastasia Smirnova/ Gabriela Davidescu

A. Smirnova/ Davidescu def. Emma Vanderheyden/ Johanna Strom (Marshall) 6-3
Momoko Nagato/ Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. A. Smirnova/ Davidescu 6-4
Cassie Mclay/ Elizabeth Pendergast (Cincinnati) def. A. Sminova/ Davidescu 6-4

Victoria Smirnova/ Emma Valletta 

V. Smirnova/ Valletta def. Aisling Mcgrane/ Gabrielle Clairotte (Marshall) 6-1
Ting-Pei Chang/ Kendall Kovick (WVU) def. V. Smirnova/ Valletta 6-3
V. Smirnova/ Valletta def. Kelli Niehaus/ Maria Santilli (Cincinnati) 6-1

Yelizaveta Karlova/ Anja Draskovic

Andjela Lopicic/ Sophia Hurrion (Marshall) def. Karlova/ Draskovic 6-2

Yelizaveta Karlova/ Victoria Matasova

Karlova/ Matasova def. Pei-Ju Hsieh/ Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) 7-6(2)
Karlova/ Matasova def. Sofia Bruno/ Katie Ferguson (Cincinnati) 6-1

Singles

Victoria Smirnova

V. Smirnova def. Pendergast (Cincinnati) 3-6, 7-5, 10-8
V. Smirnova def. Vanderheyden (Marshall) 6-4, 7-5
V. Smirnova def. Kucharova (WVU) 6-3, 6-0

Anastasia Smirnova 

A. Smirnova def. Santilli (Cincinnati) 6-4, 6-2
A. Smirnova def. Strom (Marshall) 7-6(4), 3-6, 10-2
A. Smirnova def. Kovic (WVU) 2-6, 6-1, (10-4)

Yelizaveta Karlova

Karlova def. Mclay (Cincinnati) 6-0, 6-1
Karlova def. McGrane (Marshall) 6-1, 6-2
Liptova (WVU) def. Karlova 0-6, 7-6(4), (10-6)

Victoria Matasova

Matasova def. Niehaus (Cincinnati) 6-1, 6-2
Matasova def. Lopicic (Marshall) 7-6 (3), 6-3
Chang (WVU) def. Matasova  7-6 (4), 2-6, (10-6)

Gabriela Davidescu

Davidescu def. Natasha Opaciuch (Cincinnati) 6-4, 6-1
Davidescu def. Rieke Gillar (Marshall) 6-1, 6-2
Nagato (WVU) def. Davidescu 6-3, 6-3

Anja Draskovic

Ferguson (Cincinnati) def. Draskovic 6-4, 7-5
Draskovic def. Clairotte (Marshall) 6-3, 6-0
Draskovic def. Catherine Wassick (WVU) 6-0, 6-1

Emma Valletta

Valletta def. Bruno (Cincinnati) 6-3, 6-1
Valletta def. Ruby Fraser (Marshall) 6-1, 6-2
Hsieh (WVU) def. Valletta 4-6, 7-5, (10-8)