NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion women’s tennis swept its fourth straight Sun Belt Conference opponent on Senior Day with a 4-0 win against Coastal Carolina on Friday afternoon to clinch its third-straight Sun Belt Conference regular season championship.
No. 1 Sofia Johnson and Victoria Matasova began the day with a win over Anna Babayan and Nicole Abel by a swift 6-0 score. No. 2 Lidiia Rasskkouskaia and Ulyana Romanova followed suit with a 6-2 win over Brunelle Kouam and Aida Maria Mitrache, suspending No. 3 Marina Markina and Kira Matushkina’s match against Brooke Rogers and Sarah Clark at 4-2.
No. 2 Matushkina continued on to grab the first singles win of the match over Mitrache (6-3, 6-1), with Rasskouskaia downing Kouam shortly after (6-0, 6-3). Just one point away from clinching the match, Matasova defeated Abel (6-0, 6-2) to clinch the match as well as the outright regular season title for the third straight season.
No. 1 Johnson’s, No. 4 Romanova, and No. 6 Mya Byrd’s matches against Babayan (6-1, 4-2), Katya Hersh (6-2, 5-1), and Clark (2-6, 2-1) were suspended respectively.
Old Dominion closes out its regular season on the road against Georgia Southern next weekend on Saturday, April 19 in Statesboro, Georgia.
#41 Old Dominion 4, Coastal Carolina 0
Singles competition
- #16 Sofia Johnson (ODU) vs. Anna Babyan (CCU) 6-1, 4-2, unfinished
- Kira Matushkina (ODU) def. Aida Maria Mitrache (CCU) 6-3, 6-1
- Lidiia Rasskouskaia (ODU) def. Brunelle Kouam (CCU) 6-0, 6-3
- Ulyana Romanova (ODU) vs. Katya Hersh (CCU) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
- Victoria Matasova (ODU) def. Nicole Abel (CCU) 6-0, 6-2
- Mya Byrd (ODU) vs. Sarah Clark (CCU) 6-2, 2-1, unfinished
Doubles competition
- Sofia Johnson and Victoria Matasova (ODU) def. Nicole Abel and Anna Babayan (CCU) 6-0
- Lidiia Rasskouskaia and Ulyana Romanova (ODU) def. Brunelle Kouam and Aida Maria Mitrache (CCU) 6-2
- Marina Markina and Kira Matushkina (ODU) def. Brooke Rogers and Sarah Clark (CCU) 4-2, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,3,5)