NORFOLK, Va. – The No. 62 Old Dominion women’s tennis team (11-6) fell to No. 36 nationally ranked William & Mary (15-6) by a 4-3 score on Saturday afternoon in front of over 300 fans at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. The loss snapped the Lady Tennis Monarchs five-match win-streak. ODU has now claimed victory in nine of its last 11 matches. Saturday’s match marked the home finale for the Lady Tennis Monarchs for the 2016 season.
Old Dominion jumped out to an early 1-0 advantage after claiming the doubles points with wins from Nikol Hristova/Nataliya Vlasova on Court No. 2 and Borislava Botusharova/Marijana Novakovic on Court No. 3.
William & Mary won the first three singles matches to complete and took a 3-1 lead, before Nikol Hristova kept the Lady Tennis Monarchs alive, when she took down Julia Casselbury in a tight three-setter (6-1, 4-6, 6-3), making the team score 3-2 in favor of the Tribe.
W&M sealed the deal with a win on Court No. 6; however, Ingrid Vojcinakova proved to be too much for Olivia Thaler (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) in No. 5 singles to ultimately make the final score 4-3.
The Lady Tennis Monarchs will hit the road to take on Conference USA foe Marshall on Saturday, April 16 in Huntington, W.V. at 11:00 a.m.
No. 62 Old Dominion 3, No. 36 William & Mary 4
Apr 09, 2016 in Norfolk, Va.
(Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
DOUBLES
1. Ingrid Vojcinakova/Natalya Malenko (ODU) dnf. Faure/Goodman (W&M); 2-5
2. Nikol Hristova/Nataliya Vlasova (ODU) def. Groener/Nemchinov (W&M); 6-2
3. Borislava Botusharova/Marijana Novakovic (ODU) def. Julia Casselbury/Olivia Thaler (W&M); 6-4
SINGLES
1. Elizaveta Nemchinov (W&M) def. Borislava Botusharova (ODU); 6-4, 7-5
2. Marie Faure (W&M) def. Nataliya Vlasova (ODU); 7-5, 6-4
3. Lauren Goodman (W&M) def. Adriana Rajkovic (ODU); 6-2, 6-1
4. Nikol Hristova (ODU) def. Julia Casselbury (W&M); 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
5. Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Olivia Thaler (W&M); 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
6. Maria Groener (W&M) def. Natalya Malenko (ODU); 6-0, 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 5
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