WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Old Dominion women’s tennis team kicked off the 2016 fall season at the 24th Annual Tribe Invitational over the weekend. Borislava Botusharova and Marijana Novakovic were recognized as Tribe Invitational Doubles Award winners.
ODU freshman, Holly Hutchinson, went 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles in her Lady Monarchs and collegiate debut.
Joining ODU this weekend, wereDartmouth, Liberty, Marshall, Maryland, Penn, West Virginia and host William & Mary.
Each team played three singles and three doubles matches at the Invite. There was one round of singles each day. Doubles were played on Friday and Saturday with ODU playing two rounds on Saturday. Sunday consisted of one round of singles for each team.
In day one, the Lady Tennis Monarchs took two out of three doubles against Marshall, as well as three out of six singles matches versus William & Mary.
ODU finished off a strong Saturday taking all three doubles matches against Liberty and West Virginia. Old Dominion also took five out of seven singles matches from Penn.
The Lady Monarchs completed a successful weekend, taking six out of seven singles matches against C-USA rival Marshall on Sunday.
DAY THREE RESULTS
Friday, Sept. 16
William & Mary vs. Old Dominion Singles
Borislava Botusharova (ODU) def. Lauren Goodman (W&M) – 7-6 (2), 6-1
#117 Marie Faure (W&M) def. Nataliya Vlasova (ODU) – 7-5, 6-1
Olivia Thaler (W&M) def. Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) – 7-6, 6-4
Holly Hutchinson (ODU) def. Rosie Cheng (W&M) – 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2
Maria Groener (W&M) def. Marijana Novakovic (ODU) – 6-1, 4-6, 7-6
Adriana Rajkovic (ODU) def. Cecily Wuenscher (W&M) – 7-5, 6-1
Natalia Perry (W&M) def. Natalya Malenko (ODU) – 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Marshall vs. Old Dominion Singles
Natalya Malenko (ODU) def. Nikola Novackova (Marshall) – 8-6
Marshall vs. Old Dominion Doubles
Smith/Turhan (Marshall) def. Rajkovic/Vojcinakova (ODU) – 8-7 (3)
Hutchinson/Vlasova (ODU) def. Pomyatinskaya/Silver (Marshall) – 8-7 (4)
Botusharova/Novakovic (ODU) def. Dankanych/Morales (Marshall) – 8-2
Saturday, Sept. 17
Penn vs. Old Dominion Singles
Kana Daniel (Penn) def. Borislava Botusharova (ODU) – 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
Nataliya Vlasova (ODU) def. Luba Vazhenina (Penn) – 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4
Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Marta Kowalska (Penn) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Holly Hutchinson (ODU) def. Lina Qostal (Penn) – 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-3
Marijana Novakovic (ODU) def. OJ Singh (Penn) – 6-2, 6-4
Sarah Dreyfuss (Penn) def. Adriana Rajkovic (ODU) – 6-2, 6-4
Natalya Malenko (ODU) def. Ashley Zhu (Penn) – 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
Old Dominion vs. Liberty Doubles
Hutchinson/Vlasova (ODU) def. Anderson/Panchenko (Liberty) – 8-6
Rajkovic/Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Dollar/Groeneveld (Liberty) – 8-5
Botusharova/Novakovic (ODU) def. Crist/Hassey (Liberty) – 8-7 (2)
Old Dominion vs. West Virginia Doubles
Hutchinson/Vlasova (ODU) def. Mrgole/Jordan (WVU) – 8-0
Rajkovic/Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Choo/Shaker (WVU) – 8-6
Botusharova/Novakovic (ODU) def. Martinez/Rosiello (WVU) – 8-1
Sunday, Sept. 18
Marshall vs. Old Dominion Singles
Borislava Botusharova (ODU) def. Anna Pomyatinskaya (Marshall) – 5-0, retire
Nataliya Vlasova (ODU) def. Rachael Morales (Marshall) – 6-4, 6-4
Holly Hutchinson (ODU)def. Nikola Novackova (Marshall) – 6-3, 6-1
Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. Daniela Dankanych (Marshall) – 6-4, 6-0
Stephanie Smith (Marshall) def. Marijana Novakovic (ODU) – 6-7, 7-0, 7-0
Natalya Malenko (ODU) def. Maddie Silver (Marshall) – 5-2, retire
Adriana Rajkovic (ODU) def. Marija Bogicevic (Marshall) – 7-5, 6-0
Tribe Invitational Singles Award Winners
1. Sarah Dreyfuss (Penn)
2. Chuyang Guan (Dartmouth)
3 Cassandre Thebault (Maryland)
Tribe Invitational Doubles Award Winner
T1. Saya Usui (Maryland)
T1. Katsiaryna Yemelyanenka (Maryland)
T3. Borislava Botusharova (ODU)
T3. Marijana Novakovic (ODU)
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