March 21, 2011
NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion University women's tennis defeated Binghamton Sunday 6-1.
The Lady Monarchs won the doubles point with a pair of wins from Joanna Dobrowolska and Melissa Esnal Olguin at the number one position and Diana Ivanova and Juliana Pires at number two.
ODU won five-of-six single match, led by sophomore Diana Ivanova who secured a 6-2, 6-3 win at number two. Esnal Olguin and Margarita Belyakova both pulled out hard fought three-set wins.
Juliana Pires and Nika Khmolovska both corraled straight set wins, as ODU cruised to the 6-1 win.
ODU is back in action on Friday, March 25 when they host Georgia State at 2 p.m.
ODU 6 Binghamton 1
Doubles
1. Dobrowolska/Esnal Olguin (ODU) over Edelman/Gone (BU) 8-4
2. Ivanova/Pires (ODU) over Santos/Smirnala (BU) 9-8
3. Bykovskaya/Leibowicz (BU) over Alilueva/Belyakova (ODU) 8-4
Singles
1. Anna Edelman (BU) over Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Diana Ivanova (ODU) over Jillian Santos (BU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Melissa Esnal Olguin (ODU) over Yulia Smirnova (BU) 6-4, 6-7, (10-5)
4. Juliana Pires (ODU) over Marina Bykovskaya (BU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Margarita Belyakova (ODU) over Emma Leibowicz (BU) 6-3, 6-7, (10-7)
6. Nika Khmolovska (ODU) over Jennifer Fridman (BU) 6-2, 6-0