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Cavaliers Have Strong Day Two at UVa Invitational
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CHARLOTTESVILLE — The Virginia women’s tennis team continued its strong play at the UVa Fall Invitational as play on day two took place at the Snyder Tennis Center. The Cavaliers went 3-0 in doubles and 4-2 in singles on the day, highlighted by Emily Fraser’s (Rye, N.Y.) win over the No. 31 ranked player in the nation.
“We did a lot of good things, but I was most pleased that we had a chance to win on every court,” said head coach Mark Guilbeau. “A performance like this, against this level of competition, I couldn’t ask for any more at this point of the season. We had some impressive results, especially in doubles where we have had a lot of improvement over the first couple of weeks of the season. It was great to play again in front of such a great crowd and we hope to see everyone out here again tomorrow.”
Play on the day opened with doubles, and the Cavaliers swept all three matches against opponents from South Carolina. Amanda Rales (Bethesda, Md.) and Jennifer Stevens (Miami, Fla.) topped Gira Schofield and Natasa Vuckovic 8-2. Fraser and Neela Vaez (Perrysburg, Ohio) defeated Ana Zubori and Miljana Jocic 9-7. First-years Lindsey Hardenbergh (Fairfax Station, Va.) and Claire Bartlett (Chattanooga, Tenn.) scored an 8-3 win over Ashley Miller and Suzanna Mansour.
In singles, Fraser recorded the first ranked win of her career with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over No. 31 ranked Schofield. Bartlett recorded her second win of the tournament, defeating Jocic 6-3, 6-2. Stevens topped Jelena Rajic 6-4, 6-3 and Vaez downed Mansour 6-2, 6-1.
The tournament will conclude Sunday at the Snyder Tennis Center with play beginning at 9 a.m. Admission is free.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Doubles
Rales/Stevens (UVa) def. Schofield/Vuckovic (S.Car) 8-2
Fraser/Vaez (UVa) def. Zubori/Jocic (S.Car) 9-7
Hardenbergh/Bartlett (UVa) def. Miller/Mansour (S.Car) 8-3
Rajic/Behr (S.Car/UNCG) def. Dementyeva/Citic (ODU) 8-4
Fahoum/Haarhoff (ODU) def. Schmitt/Kellner (Mar) 8-4
Keener/Bailey (Mar) def. Bara/Bara (VCU) 8-1
Burns/Yergina (VCU) def. Raich/Lock (Mar) 8-0
Whoriskey/Sorbello (Tenn) def. Mortlock/Hojckova (NCSU) 8-3
Meredith/Alda (Tenn) def. Spicin/Dobrowolska (ODU) 8-4
Zubor/Pluskuta (Tenn) def. Brock/Bleakley (NCSU) 8-3
Singles
Ana Zubori (S.Car) def. Lindsey Hardenbergh (UVa) 6-3, 6-3
Emily Fraser (UVa) def. Gira Schofield (S.Car) 6-2, 6-2
Natasa Vuckovic (S.Car) def. Amanda Rales (UVa) 4-6, 7-6, 6-1
Claire Bartlett (UVa) def. Miljana Jocic (S.Car) 6-3, 6-2
Jennifer Stevens (UVa) def. Jelena Rajic (S.Car) 6-4, 6-3
Neela Vaez (UVa) def. Suzanna Mansour (S.Car) 6-2, 6-1
Ashley Miller (S.Car) def. Irina Dementyeva (ODU) 6-3, 6-4
Valerie Behr (UNCG) def. Marija Citic (ODU) 0-6, 6-2, 7-5
Kellie Schmitt (Mar) def. Nadine Fahoum (ODU) 6-1, 6-4
Ana Bara (VCU) def. Deanna Bailey (Mar) 6-4, 6-1
Kateryna Yergina (VCU) def. Alejandra Guerra (UNCG) 6-1, 6-1
Isabell Raich (Mar) def. Alex Bara (VCU) 7-5, 6-3
Laura Burns (VCU) def. Jessica Keener (Mar) 6-2, 6-0
Mihaela Bunea (VCU) def. Thaddea Lock (Mar) 6-4, 7-5
Olena Leonchuk (VCU) def. Catherine Kellner (Mar) 6-2, 6-1
Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) def. Kristina Koprcina (Mar) 6-1, 6-2
Rosalia Alda (Tenn) def. Charleen Haarhoff (ODU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Lenka Hojckova (NCSU) def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tenn) 3-6, 1-2 ret.
Berkley Brock (NCSU) def. Maria Sorbello (Tenn) 6-3, 6-2
Margarita Spicin (ODU) def. Jennifer Meredith (Tenn) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Natalie Pluskuta (Tenn) def. Diana Mortlock (NCSU) 6-2, 6-4
Zsofia Zubor (Tenn) def. Kristen Bleakley (NCSU) 6-1, 6-3
Sam Orlin (Tenn) def. Neils Barringer (NCSU) 6-1, 6-1
Arielle Vonstrolly (UNCG) def. Pender Sessoms (NCSU) 6-2, 6-0