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Florida Atlantic Women's Tenn FAU (11-5)
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Winner VCU VCU-W (12-4)
Florida Atlantic Women's Tenn FAU
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Final
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VCU VCU-W
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Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

RAMS OVERCOME LATE RALLY AGAINST OWLS, SNAP TWO-GAME SKID

Score: No. 60 VCU 4, No. 64 Florida Atlantic 2
Location: Richmond, Va.
Records: VCU 12-4 (4-0 Atlantic 10), Florida Atlantic 11-5 (4-1)

The Short Story: VCU took the doubles point and got out to a 3-0 lead before staving off a late rally from the Owls to clinch the overall victory, 4-2

Opening Serve

  • VCU won the doubles point on courts one and three
  • Emma Rizzetto got back in the win column in singles with her decisive victory on court six
  • Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando then won in three sets on court two
  • A pair of Owl wins on courts four and five made it 3-2 Rams
  • On court one, Yelizaveta Karlova secured her first clinch of the season for the Rams in a hard-fought, three-set match. 

Singles Results

1. Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) def. Panna Bartha (FAU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
2. Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando (VCU) def. Victo Gomez O'Hayon (FAU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
3. Emma Valletta (VCU) vs. Lexi Silna (FAU) 6-4, 4-6, 3-4, unfinished
4. Carla Galmiche (FAU) def. Anja Draskovic (VCU) 7-6(3), 7-6(1)
5. Amber McGinnis (FAU) def. Tiziana Rossini (VCU) 7-6(5), 6-3
6. Emma Rizzetto (VCU) def. Millie-Mae Matthews (FAU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles results

1. Tiziana Rossini/Emma Rizzetto (VCU) def. Millie-Mae Matthews/Victo Gomez O'Hayon (FAU) 6-3
2. #78 Yelizaveta Karlova/Emma Valletta (VCU) vs. Carla Galmiche/Lexi Silna (FAU) 5-3 (unfinished)
3. Anja Draskovic/Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando (VCU) def. Panna Bartha/Amber McGinnis (FAU) 6-0

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (6,2,4,5,1)

Notable: 

  • The win snaps VCU's two-game skid

Up Next: VCU hits the road for two matches at ETSU next weekend, playing the hosts on Friday at 1 p.m. and then Xavier on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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