William & Mary (0-1) at Old Dominion (2-4)
Match Info – Saturday, Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. EST
Location – Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center (Norfolk, Va.)
VCU (4-4) at Old Dominion (2-4)
Match Info – Sunday, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. EST
Location – Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center (Norfolk, Va.)
NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion women's tennis team (2-4) will host a pair of matches at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center this weekend, starting on Saturday, Feb. 27, when the Monarchs welcome William & Mary (0-1) for a 10 a.m. match. On Sunday, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m., ODU will take on VCU (4-4). All home indoor ODU tennis matches are closed to the general public due to COVID-19 restrictions.
"Playing William & Mary and VCU is always special," said ODU head coach Dominic Manilla. "It is exciting to have both of them at home and it is a privilege to host them both on the same weekend. We are doing a home and away with both of those schools, so later in the spring we will travel to their place."
ODU's Holly Hutchinson is currently nationally ranked No. 40 in singles.
Last week, ODU's Yulia Starodubtseva was named the Conference USA Athlete of the Week, after upsetting the No. 23 nationally ranked singles player, Alana Smith of NC State (6-4, 4-6, 7-5).
Starodubtseva and teammate Alesya Yakubovich enter the weekend as the No. 8 nationally ranked doubles tandem.
William & Mary's head coach is Toni Bickford, who was the former associate head coach for Old Dominion. Bickford is currently in the midst of her third season at the helm in Williamsburg, Va.
Current ODU associate head coach, Yana Sokolenko, spent a total of seven years as the associate head coach at VCU. Sokolenko also played her college tennis for the Rams from 1999-2002.
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ODU Hosts W&M on Saturday (10AM) and VCU on Sunday (1PM)
