No. 15 Virginia topples No. 8 Georgia Tech, 5-2, for O’Leary’s 100th career win

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 15 Virginia women’s tennis team (11-2, 7-1 ACC) closed out its weekend with a 5-2 win against No. 8 Georgia Tech (6-12, 0-8 ACC) on Sunday at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.

This was the 100th career victory for head coach Sara O’Leary and the seventh-straight win for the Cavaliers.

Junior Amber O’Dell (New Milford, N.J.) clinched the victory with a win on court six.

In doubles, sophomore Natasha Subhash (Fairfax, Va.) and junior Sofia Munera (Pereira, Colombia) won their match on court two, 6-2, but Georgia Tech’s No. 5-ranked tandem of Kenya Jones and Victoria Flores evened the point with a 6-2 win of their own on court one. O’Dell and senior Vivian Glozman (Bellevue, Wash.) clinched the point with a 6-4 victory on court three.

In singles, senior Rosie Johanson (Vancouver, Canada) won her first set 6-1 and then prevailed in a tight 7-5 second set to give UVA a 2-0 advantage. Georgia Tech won in straight sets on court five to make the score 2-1.

The remaining four courts were three-set battles.

On court one, freshman Emma Navarro (Charleston, S.C.) won her first set against No. 13 Kenya Jones 6-1 but was edged 6-3 in the second. Navarro kept her perfect singles record in tact by taking the third set 6-4 and giving UVA a 3-1 lead. Georgia Tech won on court four to narrow the gap to 3-2.

On court six, O’Dell had edged her opponent Rosie Garcia Gross 7-5 in the first set, but dropped her second 6-3. She pulled out a 6-4 victory in the third to clinch the victory for the Cavaliers.

On the final court, Subhash won her first set against No. 56 Victoria Flores, 6-3, but Flores edged her in a 7-5 tiebreaker to decide the second set to force a third. Subhash wrapped it up with a 6-4 win to give UVA the 5-2 victory.

#15 Virginia 5, #8 Georgia Tech 2

Singles competition

1. #80 Emma Navarro (VA) def. #13 Kenya Jones (GT) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
2. #11 Natasha Subhash (VA) def. #56 Victoria Flores (GT) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
3. #47 Rosie Johanson (VA) def. Ava Hrastar (GT) 6-1, 7-5
4. #123 Gia Cohen (GT) def. Hibah Shaikh (VA) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2
5. Carol Lee (GT) def. Sofia Munera (VA) 6-3, 6-1
6. #104 Amber O’Dell (VA) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. #5 Kenya Jones/Victoria Flores (GT) def. Emma Navarro/Rosie Johanson (VA) 6-2
2. Natasha Subhash/Sofia Munera (VA) def. Ava Hrastar/Gia Cohen (GT) 6-2
3. Vivian Glozman/Amber O’Dell (VA) def. Rosie Garcia Gross/Mahak Jain (GT) 6-4

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