Women's Tennis Hosts App State Saturday For Senior Day

NORFOLK, Va. – The 32nd-ranked Old Dominion women's tennis team will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday as the Monarchs hosts App State in its regular season finale starting at 10 a.m at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
 
Senior Day
The Senior Day recognition ceremony for Alesya Yakubovich will be held at 9:45 a.m.
 
"We are fortunate to have had Alesya on our team. Our programs success over the past five seasons could not have happened without her many contributions. Congrats to Alesya on a fantastic college tennis career at Old Dominion University," said ODU Head Coach Dominic Manilla. 
 
Live Stats and Stream
The match will be streamed on odusports.com and will have live stats
 
Scouting ODU
Old Dominion (14-4) closes out the regular season having won its last nine matches. The Monarchs are coming off a two-match road swing last weekend when they defeated Coastal Carolina (5-2) and Georgia Southern (4-0) to clinch at least a share of the regular season crown. Shahar Biran and Alexandra Viktorovitch lead the team in spring wins with 11 each, Biran is 11-2 while Viktorovitch is 11-3. Tatsiana Sasnouskaya is 10-3 at line one singles and 5-0 in conference play, while Yakubovich and Sofia Johnson each have nine wins. In doubles, Johnson and Sasnouskaya are 10-2 to lead the team this spring.
 
Scouting App State
The Mountaineers are 12-6 and 8-2 in league play after defeating Marshall (4-3) and Radford (5-0) last weekend. Savannah Dadamascoll leads the team in singles wins this spring with a 13-2 mark mainly at line two. Helena Jensen is the other player with double digit wins going 10-6 mainly at line one. In doubles, Dadamascoll and Ellie Murphy are 6-4 at line one, while Maggie Pate and Virginia Poggi are 6-2 mainly at line three.
 
Series History
This is the third meeting all-time between ODU and App State with the Monarchs winning both prior matches. In 2018, ODU won 6-1 at home and in 2017 they won 7-0 also at home. 
 
Coach Quote
"App State is having a strong season. Their players are motivated and have some great wins. We have been looking strong at practice, and we feel ready for our last match of the regular season," said Manilla.