No. 15 Virginia downs No. 8 Duke, 4-2, on Senior Day

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 15 Virginia women’s tennis team (12-2, 8-1 ACC) picked up a 4-2  victory over No. 8 Duke (10-4, 5-3 ACC) on Saturday at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.

Duke won the doubles point, but the Cavaliers won four singles matches to pick up their second-straight win over a top-10 opponent.

Senior Rosie Johanson (Vancouver, Canada) clinched the victory for the Cavaliers after being honored before the match during the team’s Senior Day ceremony.

The Cavaliers entered singles play trailing 1-0 after the Blue Devils won on courts one and three.

Freshman Emma Navarro (Charleston, S.C.) tied the match 1-1 when she finished a 6-3, 6-4 victory against No. 17 Kelly Chen. Fellow freshman Hibah Shaikh (Teaneck, N.J.) put UVA ahead 2-1 with a 6-1, 7-5 victory against Karolina Berankova on court four. Duke won in straight sets on court two to tie the match at 2-2.

The remaining three courts all split their first two sets. Just as the third sets were getting underway, it began to rain, sending the match into a delay. After a 20-minute wait, it was decided to move the competition indoors. Player resumed fifteen minutes later.

Junior Amber O’Dell (New Milford, N.J.) had a 3-1 lead in her third set when play was halted. She won the final three games indoors to earn a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory on court six to put UVA on the brink.

Johanson had won her first set against No. 87 Margaryta Bilokin 6-3, but was edged 6-4 in the second. She powered through a 6-2 victory in the third set to clinch the victory for the Cavaliers.

#15 Virginia 4, #8 Duke 2

Singles competition

1. #6 Emma Navarro (VA) def. #17 Kelly Chen (DU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Meible Chi (DU) def. #18 Natasha Subhash (VA) 6-4, 6-4
3. Rosie Johanson (VA) def. #87 Margaryta Bilokin (DU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
4. Hibah Shaikh (VA) def. Karolina Berankova (DU) 6-1, 7-5
5. Sofia Munera (VA) vs. Ema Lazic (DU) 2-6, 7-5, 3-2, unfinished
6. Amber O’Dell (VA) def. Hannah Zhao (DU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Meible Chi/Hannah Zhao (DU) def. #21 Emma Navarro/Rosie Johanson (VA) 6-4
2. #34 Natasha Subhash/Sofia Munera (VA) vs. #9 Margaryta Bilokin/Karolina Berankova (DU) 4-4, unfinished
3. Kelly Chen/Ema Lazic (DU) def. #41 Vivian Glozman/Amber O’Dell (VA) 6-3

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

35 minute rain delay
Match began outdoors, final set of final three courts completed indoors
T-3:44 A-59