ATLANTA, Ga. – Old Dominion women’s tennis moves to 4-0 in Sun Belt Conference play after defeating Georgia State 4-1 on Sunday afternoon.
“Strong poised play from our squad today," Head Coach Dominic Manilla said. "I’m pleased at our improvement in the doubles. We are applying the lessons learned throughout the first half of the season and are eager to keep getting better. Overall this is a tough, hard working team.”
ODU began its second game of its road trip with No. 1 Sofia Johnson and Victoria Matasova downing Pragnya Jumar and Sierra Sandy (6-0) in the doubles matches. No. 2 Lidiia Rasskouskaia and Ulyana Romanova followed suit after defeating Francesca Miglio and Maria Paredes (6-2), putting the Monarchs on the board first and suspending No. 3 Marina Markina’s and Kira Matushkina’s match against Luciana Galvez and Sara Radojevic (4-2).
The Monarchs stayed hot in the singles matches, with No. 2 Rasskouskaia facing off against Miglio again and besting her 7-6, 6-2. No. 3 Romanova put ODU one point away from taking the match as she came out victorious against Zeynep Erbakan (7-5, 6-2), and while Panther Galvez defeated No. 5 Markina (6-3, 6-0), No. 4 Matasova called game with a win over Radojevic (6-3, 6-1). No. 1 Johnson’s and No. 6 Mya Byrd’s matches against respective opponents Paredes (6-3, 4-4) and Sveva Bernardi (6-4, 4-2) were suspended.
Old Dominion remains in Atlanta to take on P4 opponent Georgia Tech on Monday, March 17 at 10 a.m.