DENTON, Texas – The No. 4 seed Old Dominion women’s tennis team (11-9) advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2017 Conference USA Tournament after defeating No. 13 seed UAB (5-15) by a 4-1 score on Thursday evening at the Waranch Tennis Complex.
After dropping the doubles point, Nataliia Vlasova, Eliska Petrackova, Ingrid Vojcinakova and No. 101 Borislava Botusharova won all four of the completed singles matches, as the Lady Tennis Monarchs cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Blazers in Denton.
With the win, ODU will take on No. 5 seed and host North Texas on Friday, April 21 at 3:00 p.m. EST. The Lady Monarchs and the Mean Green squared off in the regular season on March 3 in Denton, in a match Old Dominion claimed a 4-3 road victory.
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Tennis Match Results
No. 13 UAB vs No. 4 Old Dominion
Apr 20, 2017 at Denton, TX
(Waranch Tennis Complex)
No. 4 Old Dominion 4, No. 13 UAB 1
Singles competition
1. #106 Holly Hutchinson (ODU) vs. KIANOUSH, Pardis (UAB) 2-6, 6-2, 5-3, unfinished
2. Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) def. HERRMANN, Marlene (UAB) 6-4, 6-2
3. #101 Borislava Botusharova (ODU) def. SISIRAK, Hana (UAB) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Natalya Malenko (ODU) vs. LYNCH, Reghan (UAB) 5-7, 6-2, 5-2, unfinished
5. Eliska Petrackova (ODU) def. VOSS, Natalie (UAB) 6-2, 6-0
6. Nataliia Vlasova (ODU) def. FACTOR, Taylor (UAB), by default
Doubles competition
1. KIANOUSH, Pardis/LYNCH, Reghan (UAB) def. Holly Hutchinson/Ingrid Vojcinakova (ODU) 7-5
2. HERRMANN, Marlene/SISIRAK, Hana (UAB) def. Nataliia Vlasova/Marijana Novakovic (ODU) 7-5
3. Adriana Rajkovic/Natalya Malenko (ODU) def. FACTOR, Taylor/VOSS, Natalie (UAB) 6-3
Match Notes:
No. 13 UAB 5-15
No. 4 Old Dominion 11-9
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,2,3)
Remaining Schedule:
Friday, April 21
11 am (1) Rice vs. (9) UTSA
11 am (2) FIU vs. (7) Charlotte
3 pm (3) Marshall vs. WKU/Florida Atlantic
3 pm (5) North Texas vs. (4) Old Dominion
Saturday, April 22
1 pm Match 11
1 pm Match 12
Sunday, April 23 - Championship
11 am Championship Match
All times Eastern
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