NORFOLK, Va. – The No. 45 Old Dominion women’s tennis team improved to 13-4 on the season after defeating Georgetown (1-8) by a 7-0 score on Friday at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. ODU claimed victory in straight sets in all six of the singles matches.
The No. 45 Tennis Monarchs have now won five of their six matches, while outscoring their opponents 33-6 during that stretch.
Old Dominion will return to action on Sunday, Mar 18 at 10:00 a.m. against Middle Tennessee (11-4) at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
Meet Middle Tennessee
Charlie Ramsay has been the head coach of MT’s program for three years now. He has a 24-23-1 record in his first two seasons. In his first season, he led the squad to a 14-8-1 record overall while coaching up All-Conference USA First Team player in singles, Brittany Huxley. She was also honored with First Team in doubles alongside partner Giulia Squadrin. Last year the Blue Raiders finished with an overall record of 10-15 and fell in the first round of the C-USA Tournament. However, they have found more success this year as they currently hold a record of 11-4. Of their last nine games, six of them will be played at home.
SCOREBOARD
Norfolk, Va. – Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center
No. 45 Old Dominion: 7
Georgetown: 0
Singles Scores:
1) Holly Hutchinson (ODU) def Risa Nakagawa (GU) 6-3, 6-1
2) Yulia Starodubtseva (ODU) def Drew Spinosa (GU) 7-5, 6-3
3) Nataliia Vlasova (ODU) def Daphne de Chatellus (GU) 6-1, 6-4
4) Tori Olivarez (ODU) def Sydney Goodson (GU) 6-2, 7-5
5) Adriana Rajkovic (ODU) def Anna Short (GU) 6-1, 6-0
6) Louie McLelland (ODU) def Casey Marx (GU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles Scores:
1) Vlasova/Olivarez (ODU) vs Nakagawa/Marx (GU) DNF
2) Rajkovic/Starodubtseva (ODU) def Spinosa/Goodson (GU) 6-2
3) Hutchinson/McLelland (ODU) def de Chatellus/Henderson(GU) 6-2
Order of Finish:
Singles: 5, 3, 1*, 4, 2, 6
Doubles: 2, 3*