Women’s Tennis: No. 8 Virginia sweeps Clemson

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Posted on Saturday, Apr. 16, 2022, 9:30 am

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The No. 8 Virginia women’s tennis team (17-4, 9-3 ACC) opened the weekend with a 7-0 victory at Clemson (10-12, 2-10 ACC) on Friday at the Duckworth Family Tennis Center in Clemson, S.C.

The Cavaliers won the doubles point and four of the six singles matches in straight sets.

After dropping No. 1 doubles 6-1, the Cavaliers won 6-4 and 6-2 on courts two and three to take the point.

In singles, Sara Ziodato won 7-5, 6-1 on court six followed by a 6-0, 7-5 win by Emma Navarro on court one to put UVA ahead 3-0.  Sofia Munera won the clincher on court three 7-5, 6-0. Natasha Subhash followed with a 7-6 (0), 6-0 win on court two. Amber O’Dell had won her first set 7-5 against Samantha Buyckx on five before dropping her second 6-3. She won the third-set super tiebreaker 10-5 to put UVA ahead 6-0. Hibah Shaikh rebounded from dropping her first set 6-1 on court four to win the second 6-2. She and Ali Despain played a full third set, with the final frame going to a tiebreaker. Shaikh won it 7-2 to take the match and preserve the Cavalier sweep.

The Cavaliers head into their final match of the regular season on a six-match win streak.

ON THE HORIZON

  • Virginia closes out the regular season at Georgia Tech (13-8, 8-4 ACC) on Sunday, April 17 at 12 p.m.

#8 Virginia 7, #57 Clemson 0

Singles competition

  1. #1 Emma Navarro (VA) def. Eleni Louka (CLE) 6-0, 7-5
  2. #34 Natasha Subhash (VA) def. #106 Cristina Mayorova (CLE) 7-6 (7-0), 6-0
  3. Sofia Munera (VA) def. Jenna Thompson (CLE) 7-5, 6-0
  4. Hibah Shaikh (VA) def. Ali DeSpain (CLE) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
  5. Amber O’Dell (VA) def. Samantha Buyckx (CLE) 7-5, 3-6, 10-5
  6. Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Lana Sipek (CLE) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles competition

  1. #70 Samantha Buyckx/Ali DeSpain (CLE) def. #11 Emma Navarro/Hibah Shaikh (VA) 6-1
  2. Sofia Munera/Natasha Subhash (VA) def. Cristina Mayorova/Eleni Louka (CLE) 6-4
  3. Amber O’Dell/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Daniella Medvedeva/Jenna Thompson (CLE) 6-2

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