Women’s Tennis: No. 7 UVA concludes regular season with 4-0 win over Hokies

By Colin Moore
JerryRatcliffe.com correspondent

The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team concluded the regular season with an impressive victory against Virginia Tech, 4-0, on Thursday afternoon on the indoor courts at Boar’s Head Resort.

The Cavaliers (16-4, 8-2 ACC) secured the initial point in the match as they won two of the three doubles matches with the last one unfinished.

Martina Genis Salas and Annabelle Xu won their doubles match with a score of 6-3. The Hoos went on to win all three singles matches, securing them the victory against the Hokies (13-11, 2-10) in their regular-season finale.

Virginia Tech battled, but the Hoos’ firepower and finesse was too much for the visitors to combat.

Seniors Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard both went unbeaten in the afternoon, as they teamed up for their doubles victory and also took care of business in singles. They won their doubles match 6-3, and both convincingly beat their opponents in singles as well.

Grad student Sara Ziodato finished up the match and secured the win for the Cavaliers with her victory, 6-0, 6-2.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

• The Cavaliers improve to 45-5 all-time against Virginia Tech, winning their 29th straight against the Hokies
• Sara Ziodato picked up her 100th career singles victory
• Ziodato improves to 18-5 on the season in singles and 13-3 in dual matches
• Chervinsky won her fourth straight completed singles match, improving to 10-1 in dual matches and 6-1 in the ACC this year
• Chervinsky and Melodie Collard improve to 29-2 as a doubles team this season and 12-1 in dual matches
• Martina Genis Salas and Annabelle Xu won their third straight doubles match, improving to 9-2 in the ACC

UP NEXT

The Cavaliers travel to Cary, N.C., for the ACC Championships, scheduled to take place April 17th-20th (see full bracket below).

VIRGINIA 4, VIRGINIA TECH 0

Singles
1. #24 Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Ozlem Uslu (VT) 6-0, 6-2
2. #18 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Tara Gorinsek (VT) 6-1, 6-2
3. #28 Annabelle Xu (VA) vs. Semra Aksu (VT) 3-6, 5-0, unfinished
4. Martina Genis Salas (VA) vs. Laima Frosch (VT) 6-6, unfinished
5. #114 Isabelle Lacy (VA ) vs. Mila Mulready (VT) 6-4, 2-1, unfinished
6. Melodie Collard (VA) def. Charlotte Cartledge (VT) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1. #1 Elaine Chervinsky/Melodie Collard (VA)  def. Arina Gamretkaia/Tara Gorinsek (VT) 6-3
2. #28 Martina Genis Salas/Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Charlotte Cartledge/Ozlem Uslu (VT) 6-3
3. Sara Ziodato/Karolina Kozakova (VA) vs. Mila Mulready/Linda Zieta-Segura (VT) 5-5, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,6,2)