Virginia Advances to ACC Semifinals with 4-0 Win against Notre Dame

CARY, N.C. – The Virginia women’s tennis team (21-3) won 4-0 against Notre Dame (17-9) in the quarterfinals of the 2024 ACC Women’s Tennis Championship on Friday (April 19) at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.

The match, delayed by two hours due to wet courts, started at 8 p.m. on Friday night. The Cavaliers took the doubles point and two singles matches in straight sets to build up a 3-0 lead. Senior Sara Ziodato clinched the match with a three-set victory on court four.

The 2-seed Cavaliers advance to face 3-seed Florida State on Saturday at 3 p.m. in the semifinals.

Juniors Mélodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky opened the match with a 6-2 win on the top doubles court. Ziodato and sophomore Meggie Navarro clinched the point with a 6-2 win on court three.

In singles, Chervinsky won 6-2, 6-1 on court five to put UVA up 2-0. Grad student Natasha Subhash followed right after with a 6-0, 6-2 win on court three to give UVA a 3-0 lead.

Ziodato recovered from dropping her first set against Nibi Ghosh 6-3 by taking the second 6-0. She won the third 6-1 to clinch the victory for the Cavaliers.

Florida State defeated 6-seed Miami 4-1 to advance to the semifinals.

MATCH NOTES

• Virginia is ranked No. 4 in the latest ITA Rankings. Notre Dame is No. 28
• Virginia and Florida State played one another in the final match of the regular season with UVA picking up a 4-2 victory
• Virginia is looking for its third ACC title. UVA won back-to-back titles in 2014-15
• Virginia has made three trips to the finals since 1990 (the present format for the championship) winning the title in 2014 and 2015. UVA was the runner-up in 2022

#4 Virginia 4, #28 Notre Dame 0
Singles competition

1. #61 Annabelle Xu (VA) vs. #26 Julia Andreach (ND) 2-6, 6-2, 2-2, unfinished
2. #23 Hibah Shaikh (VA) vs. Page Freeman (ND) 7-6 (7-5), 5-5, unfinished
3. Natasha Subhash (VA) def. Bojana Pozder (ND) 6-0, 6-2
4. #86 Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Nibi Ghosh (ND) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
5. #99 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Yashna Yellayi (ND) 6-2, 6-1
6. Melodie Collard (VA) vs. Akari Matsuno (ND) 6-4, 2-6, 3-2, unfinished

Doubles competition

1. #8 Melodie Collard/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. #42 Julia Andreach/Page Freeman (ND) 6-2
2. #38 Natasha Subhash/Hibah Shaikh (VA) vs. Carrie Beckman/Akari Matsuno (ND) 4-3, unfinished
3. Sara Ziodato/Meggie Navarro (VA) def. Yashna Yellayi/Nibi Ghosh (ND) 6-2

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