MOBILE, Ala. – The No. 61 Old Dominion women’s team (10-5) won four of six singles matches against Miami (Ohio) to claim a 4-3 victory on Friday afternoon at the University of South Alabama's Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. The Lady Tennis Monarchs have now won three in a row, as well as nine of their last 11 matches.
The Redhawks (5-8) jumped out to an early 1-0 advantage after claiming the doubles point. The Lady Tennis Monarchs responded with three straight-sets victories in the singles competition, picking up wins at the first, second, fifth and sixth-flights. Claiming victories in singles action were Borislava Botusharova, Nataliya Vlasova, Ingrid Vojcinakova and Natalya Malenko.
Old Dominion will now turn its attention to No. 45 South Alabama, as the Lady Tennis Monarchs will take on USA tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. This match was originally slated to take place on Thursday; however, was rescheduled due to inclement weather in Mobile.
No. 45 South Alabama comes in with an impressive record of (15-4) as they try to extend their five-match win streak. The Jaguars are led by freshman Alexandra Steiteler (15-1), who has only lost one singles match this season and is ranked No. 65 in singles by the ITA.
SCOREBOARD
No. 61 ODU: 4 Miami (Ohio): 3
DOUBLES
1. Nelli Ponomareva/Anastasiia Vasiukhina (MIAMI) def. Adriana Rajkovic/Ivana Vukovic (ODU), 6-2
2. Andreea Badileanu/Anzhelika Shapovalova (MIAMI) def. Nikol Hristova/Nataliya Vlasova (ODU), 6-0
3. Hannah Shteyn/Emily Struble (MIAMI) unf. Borislava Botusharova/Marijana Novakovic (ODU), 3-3
SINGLES
1. Borislava Botusharova (ODU) def. Anzhelika Shapovalova (MIAMI), 6-1, 6-3
2. Nataliya Vlasova (ODU) def. Hannah Shteyn (MIAMI), 6-2, 7-5
3. Andreea Badileanu (MIAMI) def. Adriana Rajkovic (ODU), 6-4, 6-4
4. Nelli Ponomareva (MIAMI) def. Nikol Hristova (ODU), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
5. Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Emily Struble (MIAMI), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
6. Natalya Malenko (ODU) def. Erin Rodriguez (MIAMI), 6-3, 6-2
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