NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion Women’s Tennis Monarchs (5-4) upset No. 57 Harvard (5-6) by a 4-2 score on Sunday at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. This is the first time this season the Lady Tennis Monarchs went into a match unranked and the fifth ranked opponent ODU has faced already this year.
After splitting the first two doubles matches with Harvard, ODU’s Ingrid Vojcinakova and Marijana Novakovic displayed resilience when they battled back from a 2-5 deficit to take down Harvard’s Nikki Kallenberg and Isabel Jasper 7-6 (7-3).
After the Crimson evened the team score to 1-1, Lady Tennis Monarch Nataliya Vlasova helped regain the team lead when she won her battle over No. 111 ranked Erica Oosterhout in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 on Court 3.
Old Dominion’s Ingrid Vojcinakova improved her overall season singles record to 6-2 after she handled Harvard’s Sabrina Xiong 6-4, 6-2. Then it was ODU’s Borislava Botusharova who clinched the victory for the Lady Monarchs when she topped the Crimson’s Nikki Kallenberg in comeback fashion 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
The Lady Tennis Monarchs will next hit the road again for a double-header against Indiana and Southern Illinois in Bloomington, Ind. on Saturday, March 5 at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Team Score
Old Dominion 4, No. 57 Harvard 2
DOUBLES
1. Annika Ringblom/Sabrina Xiong (HARV) def. Adriana Rajkovic/Natalya Malenko (ODU) 6-4
2. Nikol Hristova/Nataliya Vlasova (ODU) def. June Lee/Erica Oosterhout (HARV) 6-4
3. Ingrid Vojcinakova/Marijana Novakovic (ODU) def. Nikki Kallenberg/Isabel Jasper (HARV) 7-6 (7-3)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
SINGLES
1. June Lee (HARV) def. Adriana Rajkovic (ODU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Borislava Botusharova (ODU) def. Nikki Kallenberg (HARV) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Nataliya Vlasova (ODU) def. No. 111 Erica Oosterhout (HARV) 6-2, 6-4
4. Nikol Histrova (ODU) vs. Annika Ringblom (HARV) unfinished
5. Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Sabrina Xiong (HARV) 6-4, 6-2
6. Amy He (HARV) def. Natalya Malenko (ODU) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 3, 6, 5, 2
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