April 19, 2008
Norfolk, Va. - The third seeded Lady Monarchs of Old Dominion were eliminated from the CAA Tennis Championships Saturday afternoon with a 4-0 semifinal loss to No. 2 seed VCU. With the loss the Lady Monarchs finish the season with an overall record of 14-10.
VCU captured the doubles point as the tandem of Viktoria Konstantinova and Vera Petrashevitch defeated Old Dominion's Johanna Dobrowolska and Daniela Cohen, 8-6 at No. 2 doubles and the Rams No. 3 team of Kateryna Yergina and Lena Leonchuk posted an 8-4 win over the Lady Monarchs Barbara Costa and Jana Kubickova.
In singles action VCU closed things out with wins from Tatsiana Uvarova over Charleen Haarhoff 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1, Leonchuk over Barbara Costa, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 and Laura Burns over Daniela Cohen, 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5.
#2 VCU 4, #3 Old Dominion 0
Singles
#1 Tatsiana Uvarova (VCU) d. Charleen Haarhoff (ODU) 6-2, 6-3
#2 Viktoria Konstantinova (VCU) vs. Nadine Fahoum (ODU) 3-6, 0-5 - DNF
#3 Kateryna Yergina (VCU) vs. Johanna Dobrowolska (ODU) 6-2, 2-2 - DNF
#4 Lena Leonchuk (VCU) d. Barbara Costa (ODU) 6-2, 6-2
#5 Laura Burns (VCU) d. Daniela Cohen (ODU) 6-0, 6-2
#6 Kateryna Malakhova (VCU) vs. Maija Citic (ODU) 6-2, 3-4 - DNF
Doubles
#1 Haarhoff/Fahaoum (ODU) d. Uvarova/Burns (VCU) 8-3
#2 Konstantinova/Petrashevitch (VCU) d. Dobrowolska/Cohen (ODU) 8-6
#3 Yergina/Leonchuk (VCU) d. Costa/Kubicikova (ODU) 8-4