Women’s Tennis: Chervinsky clinches 4-3 road win for No. 9 Hoos at Florida State

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 9 Virginia women’s tennis team picked up a 4-3 victory at Florida State on Sunday at the Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee. Elaine Chervinsky broke a 3-3 tie by winning her third set on court four to secure the win.

The Cavaliers (13-4, 6-2 ACC) opened the match by winning the doubles point, sweeping all three doubles courts, but Florida State (10-7, 3-4) responded with wins on singles courts two and three to take a 2-1 lead. Sara Ziodato tied the match 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court five.

Natasha Subhash made it 3-2 with a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Anna Arkadianou on the top court. Alice Amendola won a tiebreaker to take the second set and match on court six to tie the match at 3-3.

Chervinsky dropped a tiebreaker 7-3 in her second set against Olympe Lancelot to send their match-deciding contest to a third set. Chervinsky won the third 6-2 to clinch the victory.

The Cavaliers return home to host Georgia Tech on Friday at 4 p.m.

NO. 9 VIRGINIA 4, FLORIDA STATE 3

Singles
1. #98 Natasha Subhash (VA) def. #67 Anna Arkadianou (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #108 Vic Allen (FSU) def. #43 Julia Adams (VA) 6-2, 6-1
3. Ellie Schoppe (FSU) def. #89 Hibah Shaikh (VA) 6-2, 6-3
4. Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Olympe Lancelot (FSU) 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2
5. Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Mila Saric (FSU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Alice Amendola (FSU) def. Melodie Collard (VA) 6-1, 7-6 (4)

Doubles
1. #11 Melodie Collard/Julia Adams (VA) def. Anna Arkadianou/Ellie Schoppe (FSU) 6-4
2. #9 Natasha Subhash/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Vic Allen/Kianah Motosono (FSU) 6-1
3. Sara Ziodato/Hibah Shaikh (VA) def. Olympe Lancelot/Kristyna Lavickova (FSU) 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,3,5,1,6,4)