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Women's Tennis Fall To No. 33 Virginia Commonwealth

Women's Tennis Fall To No. 33 Virginia CommonwealthWomen's Tennis Fall To No. 33 Virginia Commonwealth

Feb. 13, 2006

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Old Dominion women's tennis team fell to 4-2 on the season as they were defeated 7-0 by #33 Virginia Commonwealth in their CAA opener at the Thalhimer Tennis Center. The loss snapped a two-match Lady Monarch win streak while the Rams improved to 9-0.

The Lady Monarchs did make a run at the doubles point, however, taking third position with Barbara Costa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and Barbara Kerner (Herxheim, Germany) scoring a 9-8 (3) win over the VCU duo of Viktoria Konstantinova and Camille Ripert.

Old Dominion also threatened at first doubles, but the Rams' 17th-ranked pair of Marianna Yuferova and Olga Borisova won a hard-fought, 9-8 (1) decision over Fernanda Luiz (Nova Lima, Brazil) and Charleen Haarhoff (Durban, South Africa) to secure the 1-0 lead.

The Lady Monarchs return to action on Friday, February 17th in a doubleheader. Old Dominion hosts Howard at 1:00 p.m. and CAA rival George Mason at 8:00 p.m. at Center Court Racket Club in Newport News.

#33 VCU 7, Old Dominion 0

Singles:
1. Tatsiana Uvarova (VCU) def. Kerstin Endlich (ODU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Marianna Yuferova (VCU) def. Charleen Haarhoff (ODU) 6-0, 6-1
3. Viktoria Konstantinova (VCU) def. Barbara Costa (ODU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Olga Borisova (VCU) def. Fernanda Luiz (ODU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Vera Petrashevitch (VCU) def. Larissa Santos (ODU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Gabrielle De Beaucoudrey (VCU) def. Barbara Kerner (ODU) 8-5

Doubles:
1. #17 Yuferova/Borisova (VCU), def. Luiz/Haarhoff (ODU) 9-8 (1)
2. Petrashevitch/Uvarova (VCU), def. Endlich/Garder (ODU) 8-4
3. Costa/Kerner (ODU) def. Konstantinova/Ripert (VCU) 9-8 (3)