Women’s Tennis: Virginia falls in ITA Indoors Quarterfinals

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis (7-1) suffered its first loss of the season, falling 4-1 against No. 2 North Carolina (9-0) in the quarterfinals of the 37th Annual ITA National Team Indoor Championship being held at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisc.

The Cavaliers won the doubles point, but the Tar Heels posted four straight-set victories in singles to advance to the tournament’s semifinals.

Virginia will face either Georgia or NC State on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET in a consolation match to close out the tournament.

Sophomore Emma Navarro and senior Amber O’Dell started the match with a 6-3 victory against No. 13 Fiona Crawley and Elizabeth Scotty. After UNC won 6-3 on doubles court three, the point was to be decided on court two. Junior Natasha Subhash and freshman Elaine Chervinsky pulled out a 6-4 win to give the point to the Cavaliers.

In singles, the Tar Heels tied the match with a win on court two and followed with wins on the bottom three courts to secure the victory.

On court one, Navarro had won her first set against No. 4 Cameron Morra. They were on serve in the second set, 4-5, when play was halted. Subhash had the battle of the day on court three against No. 7 Reilley Tran. Their first set lasted over an hour, with Subhash coming out with a 7-3 win in a tiebreaker to decide it. It was on serve at 0-1 when play was halted.

#2 North Carolina 4, #7 Virginia 1

Singles competition

1. #4 Cameron Morra (UNC-W) vs. #45 Emma Navarro (VA) 1-6, 5-4, unfinished
2. #27 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC-W) def. #54 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) 6-1, 6-1
3. #7 Reilly Tran (UNC-W) vs. #28 Natasha Subhash (VA) 6-7 (3-7), 1-0, unfinished
4. #19 Fiona Crawley (UNC-W) def. Sofia Munera (VA) 6-2, 6-3
5. #14 Carson Tanguilig (UNC-W) def. Sara Ziodato (VA) 6-3, 6-2
6. #74 Anika Yarlagadda (UNC-W) def. Hibah Shaikh (VA) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Emma Navarro/Amber O’Dell (VA) def. #13 Fiona Crawley/Elizabeth Scotty (UNC-W) 6-3
2. Elaine Chervinsky/Natasha Subhash (VA) def. #56 Cameron Morra/Carson Tanguilig (UNC-W) 6-4
3. Alle Sanford/Reilly Tran (UNC-W) def. Sofia Munera/Hibah Shaikh (VA) 6-3

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

T-2:10

Notes

• North Carolina, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, is the two-time defending champion of the event
• This is UVA’s 10th appearance in the prestigious tournament
• Natasha Subhash and Elaine Chervinsky are 7-1 in dual matches this fall at No. 2 doubles
• This was Chervinsky’s first loss in singles in dual match season