March 14, 2010
NORFOLK, Va. -- The 73rd ranked Lady Monarchs dropped a 5-2 decision to the #19 VCU Rams, winning a pair of singles matches in Norfolk. Juniors Nadine Fahoum, ranked 18th in the nation, and Joanna Dobrowolska won at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, for the two ODU points.
Dobrowolska won at No. 2, dropping VCU's Ana Bara in three sets. After falling 1-6 in the first, the ODU junior ran off a pair of 6-2 victories. She improves to 13-10 this season.
Fahoum continues her stellar season with a straight set victory over Josefin Hjertquist, 7-5, 6-2. The top twenty player now has 31 wins this season.
The Rams swept the doubles matches and the rest of the singles play for the 5-2 win to hand Old Dominion their first loss in league play. ODU falls to 11-6 overall, 2-1 in the CAA.
Results
Doubles:
1. Hjertquist/Ana Bara (VCU) def. Fahoum/Pires (ODU); 8-5
2. Yergina/Burns (VCU) def. Dobrowolska/Dementyeva (ODU); 8-6
3. Leonchuk/Alex Bara (VCU) def. Citic/Ivanova (ODU); 8-0
Singles:
1. #18 Nadine Fahoum (ODU) def. Josefin Hjertquist (VCU); 7-5, 6-2
2. Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) def. Ana Bara (VCU); 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Kateryna Yergina (VCU) def. Irina Dementyeva (ODU); 6-2, 6-1
4. Alex Bara (VCU) def. Diana Ivanova (ODU); 6-0, 6-2
5. Laura Burns (VCU) def. Juliana Pires (ODU); 6-2, 6-0
6. Olena Leonchuk (VCU) def. Marija Citic (ODU); 6-1, 6-1
FINAL SCORE: #19 VCU 5, #73 Old Dominion 2