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ODU Hosts Montana Fri. then GW Sat. for SENIOR DAY

ODU Hosts Montana Fri. then GW Sat. for SENIOR DAYODU Hosts Montana Fri. then GW Sat. for SENIOR DAY

NORFOLK, Va. – The No. 58 Old Dominion Lady Tennis Monarchs (10-5) return home to the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center for matches on Friday against Montana (3-8) at 1:00 p.m. and Saturday against George Washington (5-8) at 12:00 p.m. Saturday will mark Senior Day for Nikol Hristova and Ivana Vukovic, who will be honored. ODU has won three in a row, as well as nine of their last 11 matches.

Hristova and Vukovic will be honored for their commitment and dedication to the Old Dominion women’s tennis program. Hristova, a senior captain out of Sofia, Bulgaria, garnered ODU’s first C-USA Player of the Week honor in program history and was named to the C-USA All-Academic Singles First Team in 2014. Vukovic, a senior out of Croatia, has been a key member of the team and has had several big victories for Old Dominion over the course of her career, including a singles and doubles victory in the first round of the 2014 C-USA tournament to lift ODU to victory in thrilling fashion.

Old Dominion has already knocked off four nationally ranked opponents this season: No 65 Tulane (4-2), No. 57 Harvard (4-2), No. 49 Indiana (4-3) and No. 68 Brown (4-2).

The Grizzlies enter Friday’s match with a 3-8 overall record and are currently on a four-match losing streak. Montana will take on Richmond on Thursday, ODU on Friday and then William and Mary on Saturday to complete its Virginia road-swing.

The Colonials enter Saturday’s match with a 5-8 overall record, including a 2-6 mark on the road, while winning of just two of their last 9 matches. George Washington is led by sophomore Teodora Radosavljevic, reigning Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team member, who holds an 8-4 singles record at the No. 1 spot for the Colonials.