Box Score Score: No. 8 Richmond 4, No. 1 VCU 3
Location: Orlando, Fla. (USTA Campus)
Records: VCU 14-9, Richmond 10-10

The Short Story: No. 1 seed VCU took an early 3-0 lead but faltered down the stretch in its singles matches in a loss to Richmond.

Opening Serve:

• VCU earned the doubles point after wins on courts two and three. Tiziana Rossini and Emma Rizzetto won their doubles match followed by Anja Draskovic and Mariam Ibrahim clinching the point on court three
• Emma Valletta put VCU up 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-1 win on court three
• Draskovic put VCU up 3-0 with another convincing 6-1, 6-1 win on court two
• VCU lost tough matches on courts one, four, five and six as the Spiders came from behind to win
• It marked VCU's first loss to Richmond since 2001

SINGLES
1. Andrea Campodonico (UR) def. Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) 7-5, 7-5
2. Anja Draskovic (VCU) def. Carly Cohen (UR) 6-1, 6-1
3. Emma Valletta (VCU) def. Leonor Oliveira (UR) 6-1, 6-1
4. Lara Bakhaya (UR) def. Tiziana Rossini (VCU) 6-0, 6-4
5. Elizabeth Novak (UR) def. Emma Rizzetto (VCU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
6. Polina Shitikova (UR) def. Mariam Ibrahim (VCU) 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3
 
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6
 
DOUBLES
1. Yelizaveta Karlova/Emma Valletta (VCU) vs. Claire Le Du/Andrea Campodonico (UR) 5-4, DNF
2. Tiziana Rossini/Emma Rizzetto (VCU) def. Polina Shitikova/Lara Bakhaya (UR) 6-0
3. Anja Draskovic/Mariam Ibrahim (VCU) def. Lainey O'Neil/Elizabeth Novak (UR) 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3