NORFOLK, Va. – The No. 44 Old Dominion women's tennis team (14-4) is set to host Boston University (6-7) on Friday, March 23 at 1:00 p.m. EST, before welcoming C-USA opponent North Texas (6-9) on Sunday March 25 at 10:00 a.m. ODU is 14-4 overall, 9-2 at home, 4-0 against C-USA opponents and has won six of its last seven matches, while outscoring its opponents 40-6 during that seven-match stretch.
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Inside the Numbers for No. 44 ODU
The Monarchs have an overall singles record of 76-20, an overall doubles record of 32-11 and a national ranking of No. 44. Below is a recap of the success ODU has had so far this season.
Singles
Yulia Starodubtseva: 15-2
Nataliia Vlasova: 14-2
Adriana Rajkovic: 12-2
Victoria Olivarez: 12-2
Louie McLelland: 10-4
Holly Hutchinson: 10-7
Natalya Malenko: 3-1
Doubles
Victoria Olivarez/Nataliia Vlasova: 9-4
Holly Hutchinson/Natalya Malenko: 5-0
Natalya Malenko/Adriana Rajkovic: 5-2
Holly Hutchinson/Yulia Starodubtseva: 4-4
Adriana Rajkovic/Yulia Starodubtseva: 3-0
Holly Hutchinson/Louie McLelland: 2-0
Louie McLelland/Adriana Rajkovic: 1-0
Louie McLelland/Victoria Olivarez: 1-0
Louie McLelland/Yulia Starodubtseva: 1-0
Louie McLelland/Nataliia Vlasova: 1-0
Meet Boston
This season Boston University is in the midst of head coach Lesley Sheehan’s 32nd year with the team. Under Sheehan’s direction, the Terriers have appeared in the NCAA tournament 17 times and have won 26 conference championships. Four of those 26 conference titles have come in the last four years (2014-2017) and another 18 came in consecutive seasons from 1994-2011. The Terriers are led by Iryna Kostirko, who is their top player and a two-time Patriot League All-Conference First Team selection, as well as won the Patriot League MVP award.
Meet North Texas
Head Coach Sujay Lama is currently in his 12th season as head coach of the Mean Green. In his time at North Texas, Lama has coached 13 athletes to All-Conference honors, led his team to the semi-finals/finals in eight of the last nine seasons and coached his team to three separate conference championships. This year, North Texas is off to a 6-9 overall start but have won five out of their eight home matches. Led by the No. 58 nationally ranked singles player in Maria Kononova, the Mean Green have been able to pull out victories in their last two contests against Georgia State and Troy, respectively. Kononova has an overall singles record of 6-5 this season, including a win over the No. 4 nationally ranked player in Andrea Lazaro.
Looking Ahead for the Monarchs
Following their matches against Boston and North Texas this weekend, ODU will have a couple of weeks off before facing William & Mary, their final opponent of the regular season. That match will be played on April 13, at 4:00 p.m. EST. The Conference USA Tournament begins the following week on April 19 at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in Norfolk, Va.