BALTIMORE, MD. – The No. 63 nationally ranked Old Dominion women’s tennis team took down UMBC (3-6) by a score of 6-1 on Saturday afternoon in Baltimore, Md. to improve its record to 7-4 on the season. The Lady Tennis Monarchs won all three doubles matches and took five of six in singles.
On Court No. 1, Borislava Botusharova (ODU) defeated Madlena Kurasz in straight sets (UMBC), 6-2, 6-1. Botusharova advances her record to 10-1 as a true freshman. On Court No. 2, Nikol Hristova (ODU) lost the first set, but proved to be too much for UMBC’s Mariami Dolashvili (3-6, 6-3, 6-2).
Also winning in comeback fashion, was sophomore Ingrid Vojcinakova on Court No. 3. Ingrid battled back against Isabel Aldunate (UMBC), 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. Vojcinakova moves to 7-3 for the year.
Fellow sophomore Marijana Novakovic (ODU) made quick work of Alice Taylor (UMBC) on Court No. 5 (6-3, 6-0). Novakovic has now impressively won 10 of her first 11 matches.
Also handling business for Dom Manilla’s Lady Tennis Monarchs was Ivana Vukovic over Laura Ambrozic (UMBC), 6-2, 6-4. Vukovic improves her overall mark to 6-4.
NEXT UP FOR THE LADY MONARCHS
No. 63 Old Dominion will travel straight to Hawaii to take on Hawaii Pacific on Tuesday, March 10 and then Hawaii on March 11.
SCOREBOARD
No. 63 Old Dominion 6, UMBC 1
Doubles
No. 1: Botusharova/Hristova (ODU) def. Shannon Clearly/Mariami Dolashvili (UMBC), 6-4
No. 2: Novakovic/Rajkovic (ODU) def. Madlena Kurasz /Charlotte Tonjann (UMBC), 6-1
No. 3: Vojcinakova/Vukovic (ODU) def. Laura Ambrozic/Alice Taylor (UMBC), 7-6 (4)
Singles Competition:
No. 1: Borislava Botusharova (ODU) def. Madlena Kurasz (UMBC), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2: Nikol Hristova (ODU) def. Mariami Dolashvili (UMBC), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Isabel Aldunate (UMBC), 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4: Marijana Novakovic (ODU) def. Alice Taylor (UMBC), 6-3, 6-0
No. 5: Shannon Cleary (UMBC) def. Adriana Rajkovic 6-3, 6-3
No. 6: Ivana Vukovic (ODU) def. Laura Ambrozic (UMBC), 6-2, 6-4
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