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Women's Tennis Falls to No. 19 NC State
by Abbey Baltich

Women's Tennis Falls to No. 19 NC State

Old Dominion’s women’s tennis dropped their contest against No. 19 NC State by a 5-2 score.

Women's Tennis Falls to No. 19 NC StateWomen's Tennis Falls to No. 19 NC State

NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion’s women’s tennis dropped their contest against No. 19 NC State by a 5-2 score.

“Hats off to NC State on their hard fought victory,” Head Coach Dominic said. “Overall the loss feels tough, but I saw us playing gritty Old Dominion-style tennis. I thought we did a good job having a tournament-esque push in the singles. It’s good to see that out of a team in early February. Each match so far this season we have gotten better.”

The Wolfpack’s Gabrielle Broadfoot and Maddy Zampardo were victorious at No. 1 doubles over Sofia Johnson and Lidiia Rasskouskaia (6-2), with teammates Kristina Paskauskas and Michaela Laki besting Monarchs Marina Markina and Kira Matushkina (6-4), giving NC State the point. Ulyana Romanova’s and Victoria Matasova’s match against Anna Zyryanova and Mia Slama was suspended (3-4).

At No. 3 singles,  Rasskouskaia grabbed ODU’s first point of the match with a win over Zyryanova (6-4, 6-0), and the Monarchs would briefly take the lead after No. 2 Matushkina defeated Zampardo (6-1, 6-3). However, NC State’s No. 4 singles player Broadfoot would best Romanova (6-2, 6-4) and at No. 1 Laki gave Johnson her first loss in a singles match this season (6-3, 6-3), securing the Wolfpack’s win. At No. 5 Matasova and No. 6 Markina would continue their matches, though both would fall to their respective opponents Paskauskas (3-6, 5-7) and Slama (4-6, 3-6).

ODU will return home on Feb. 14 to take on another P4 opponent, Kansas, at 12 p.m in the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.