HOUSTON, Texas – The No. 3 seeded and No. 66 nationally ranked Old Dominion women’s tennis team (16-5) outlasted North Texas (9-14) by a 4-3 score in what turned out to be a five-hour marathon match on Friday afternoon in the C-USA Quarterfinals in Houston, Texas.
No. 2 seeded Marshall took down No. 10 seeded UTSA by a 4-1 score to also advance into the 2015 C-USA Semifinals, where the Lady Tennis Monarchs will take on the Thundering Herd on Saturday morning at 1:00 p.m. EST. The winner will earn the right to play for the Conference USA crown on Sunday.
Old Dominion started Friday’s match out with a 1-0 advantage, after Nikol Hristova/Marijana Novakovic won 8-2 on Court No. 2 and Ingrid Vojcinakova/Ivana Vukovic won 8-4 on Court No. 3.
Old Dominion’s Ingrid Vojcinakova took down Alexis Thoma in straight sets (6-4, 6-3), tying the team score back up at 2-2.
After trailing 5-2 in the second set, ODU’s No. 113 Borislava Botusharova won five straight games to get the better of North Texas’ Kseniya Bardabush (6-2, 7-5), tying the match at 3 apiece, respectively.
With all eyes on Court No. 6, ODU’s Ivana Vukovic sealed the victory for the Lady Tennis Monarchs when she outlasted NT’s Franziska Sprinkmeye (7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3)), giving Old Dominion a hard earned 4-3 win over the Mean Green on Friday afternoon in Houston, Texas.
Singles competition
1. #113 Borislava Botusharova (ODU) def. Kseniya Bardabush (NT) 6-2, 7-5
2. Anastasiya Shestakov (NT) def. Nikol Hristova (ODU) 6-3, 5-3
3. Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Alexis Thoma (NT) 6-4, 6-3
4. Agustina Valenzuela (NT) def. Marijana Novakovic (ODU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Kamilla Galieva (NT) def. Adriana Rajkovic (ODU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Ivana Vukovic (ODU) def. Franziska Sprinkmeye (NT) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3)
Doubles competition
1. Kseniya Bardabush/Franziska Sprinkmeye (NT) def. Borislava Botusharova/Adriana Rajkovic (ODU) 8-2
2. Nikol Hristova/Marijana Novakovic (ODU) def. Anastasiya Shestakov/Alexis Thoma (NT) 8-2
3. Ingrid Vojcinakova/Ivana Vukovic (ODU) def. Ana Sofia Cordero/Agustina Valenzuela (NT) 8-4
Match Notes:
North Texas 9-14
Old Dominion 15-4; National ranking #66
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,5,3,2,1,6)
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