No. 15 Virginia wins 4-3 at Syracuse

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The Virginia women’s tennis team (6-2, 2-1 ACC) closed out its weekend road trip with a 4-3 win at Syracuse (4-4, 1-1 ACC) on Sunday (Feb. 28) at Drumlins Tennis Center in Syracuse, N.Y.

Virginia lost a close doubles point, but rebounded with four-straight wins on the singles courts to secure the victory. Junior Sofia Munera (Pereira, Colombia) clinched the victory with a win on singles court four.

In doubles, junior Amber O’Dell (New Millford, N.J.) and senior Vivian Glozman (Bellevue, Wash.) opened the match with a 6-3 win on court three. Syracuse won a close 7-5 match on court one to even things up. Court two was knotted 6-6, forcing a tiebreker to decide the point which the Orange won 7-3.

In singles, junior Vivian Glozman (Bellevue, Wash.) evened the score with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court five. Both senior Rosie Johanson (Vancouver, Canada) and freshman Emma Navarro (Charleston, S.C.) won their first sets in tiebreakers and then came back with dominant second-set victories, with Johanson winning 6-1 and Navarro 6-2, to put UVA ahead 3-1.

Munera won her first set, 6-4, but dropped her second 6-2. She rebounded in the third, winning it 6-2 to clinch the victory for the Cavaliers.

#15 Virginia 4, Syracuse 3

Singles competition

1. #80 Emma Navarro (VA) def. #81 Guzal Yusupova (SU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
2. #121 V. Kanapatskaya (SU) def. #11 Natasha Subhash (VA) 7-5, 6-4
3. #47 Rosie Johanson (VA) def. Natalie Novotna (SU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
4. #91 Sofia Munera (VA) def. Miranda Ramirez (SU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
5. Vivian Glozman (VA) def. Polina Kozyreva (SU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Ines Fonte (SU) def. #104 Amber O’Dell (VA) 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (8-6)

Doubles competition

1. Polina Kozyreva/Sofya Treshcheva (SU) def. Rosie Johanson/Emma Navarro (VA) 7-5
2. Natalie Novotna/V. Kanapatskaya (SU) def. Sofia Munera/Natasha Subhash (VA) 7-6 (7-3)
3. Amber O’Dell/Vivian Glozman (VA) def. Guzal Yusupova/Miranda Ramirez (SU) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,1,3,4,2,6)