BATON ROUGE, La. - The No. 19 Old Dominion women’s tennis team (8-2) had its five-match win-streak snapped at No. 16 LSU (8-2) by a 6-1 score on Friday night at the LSU Tennis Complex.
In singles, the Monarchs won four first sets and extended four matches into third sets in Baton Rouge.
ODU’s Brooke Pilkington took down LSU’s Paris Corley 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
NEXT UP: ODU RETURNS HOME!
On Sunday, Feb. 24, the No. 19 Monarchs will welcome Penn (5-1) to the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center for a 2:00 p.m. ET start. Admission for all is free.
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The Quakers enter the week with a 5-1 record and will play at William & Mary on Saturday morning. Penn’s Iuliia Bryzgalova is ranked No. 97 in singles.
Tennis Match Results
Feb 22, 2019 at Baton Rouge, La.
(LSU Tennis Complex)
#16 LSU 6, #19 Old Dominion 1
Singles competition
1. #15 Eden Richardson (LSU) def. Holly Hutchinson (ODU) 4-6, 7-6 (0-3), 6-0
2. Jessica Golovin (LSU) def. Nataliia Vlasova (ODU) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
3. Taylor Bridges (LSU) def. Oleksanda Andrieieva (ODU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Kennan Johnson (LSU) def. Yulia Starodubtseva (ODU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Brooke Pilkington (ODU) def. Paris Corley (LSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
6. Luba Vasilyuk (LSU) def. Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. #11 Jessica Golovin/Eden Richardson (LSU) def. Brooke Pilkington/Holly Hutchinson (ODU) 6-4
2. Anna Loughlan/Kennan Johnson (LSU) vs. Yulia Starodubtseva/Oleksanda Andrieieva (ODU) 4-4, unfinished
3. #57 Paris Corley/Taylor Bridges (LSU) def. Natalya Malenko/Nataliia Vlasova (ODU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Old Dominion 8-2; National ranking #19
LSU 8-2; National ranking #16
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,5,6,1,4,2)
Official: Richie Weaver