Friday, February 19
Blacksburg, Va.
12:00 p.m.
Davidson College
6
vs
1
Radford
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Wildcat W. Tennis Splits a Pair of Road Matches
2/20/2010 11:00:18 PM | Women's Tennis
Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Davidson women's tennis team hit the road for the first time this year and extended their win streak to five straight on Friday with a win over Radford, before seeing the streak come to an end on Saturday after a 4-3 loss to #61 Virginia Tech at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.
Davidson's 5-0 start after Friday was the best since the 2002 squad started 8-0. After their 1-1 weekend, the 'Cats are 5-1 on the season, while Radford fell to 1-2 and VT improved to 4-3.
Davidson opened up the road trip with a solid 6-1 decision behind its strong singles play. After capturing the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2, the Wildcats secured wins at five of the six singles matches to seal up their fifth straight win.
Virginia Berry and Teresa Wang scored an 8-2 win for their third as a team, while Alison Rauh and Stephani Synn moved to 3-0 as a pair with an 8-4 victory at No. 2 to earn the doubles point for the 'Cats.
The strong play continued into singles action with Rauh, Wang and Synn each scoring straight set wins at No. 2, 3 and 5 positions. Rauh ran her singles record to 4-1, 4-0 at the No. 2 spot, by earning a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Ivana Tomaic.
Wang and Synn remained unbeaten at 4-0 in singles play after their 6-3, 6-2 and 7-6, 6-1 victories.
Closing out the Wildcats' final singles points were Ali Gores and Samantha Galainena with 6-2, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-1 wins at No. 4 and 6. Gores won her fourth straight to run her singles record to 4-1, while Galainena also improved to 4-1.
Saturday's contest at Virginia Tech saw the Hokies win three of the singles matches and earn two crucial victories in the doubles matches en route to the victory.
Berry and Wang made it a perfect weekend with an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles, but Tech came back to earn 8-1 triumphs at both No. 2 and 3 doubles for the first point of the match.
Berry regrouped after dropping her singles match on Friday, to take a solid three-set win at No. 1 singles by the scores of 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Joining her in the win column on the afternoon was Galainena (6-1, 6-1 at No. 6) and Synn (6-3, 7-5), who remained a perfect 5-0 in singles action on the year.
Davidson returns home for a matchup against East Tennessee State next Friday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m.
Davidson 6, Radford 1
Singles competition
1. Mia Drobnjak (RU) def. Virginia Berry (DAV) 6-2, 6-2
2. Alison Rauh (DAV) def. Ivana Tomaic (RU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Teresa Wang (DAV) def. Petra Dajevic (RU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Ali Gores (DAV) def. Mirna Matic (RU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Stephani Synn (DAV) def. Sarah Tegner (RU) 7-6, 6-1
6. Samantha Galainena (DAV) def. Emerald Lauzon (RU) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Virginia Berry/Teresa Wang (DAV) def. Mia Drobnjak/Sarah Tegner (RU) 8-2
2. Alison Rauh/Stephani Synn (DAV) def. Mirna Matic/Sarah Tegner (RU) 8-4
3. Petra Dajevic/Emerald Lauzon (RU) def. Samantha Galainena/Katharine Dicconson (DAV) 8-4
#61 Virginia Tech 4, Davidson 3
Singles competition:
1. Virginia Berry (Dav.) def. Martha Blakely (VT) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Christin Newman (VT) def. Alison Rauh (Dav.) 6-1, 6-1
3. Yasmin Hamza (VT) def. Teresa Wang (Dav.) 6-1, 6-1
4. Shannon Betts (VT) def. Ali Gores (Dav.) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6, 7-3
5. Stephani Synn (Dav.) def. Emily Lauten (VT) 6-3, 7-5
6. Samantha Galainena (Dav.) def. Katie Blow (VT) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition:
1. Berry/Wang (Dav.) def. Blakely/Lauten (VT) 8-5
2. Betts/Newman (VT) def. Rauh/Synn (Dav.) 8-1
3. Hamza/Johnson (VT) def. Galainena/Dicconson (Dav.) 8-1
Davidson's 5-0 start after Friday was the best since the 2002 squad started 8-0. After their 1-1 weekend, the 'Cats are 5-1 on the season, while Radford fell to 1-2 and VT improved to 4-3.
Davidson opened up the road trip with a solid 6-1 decision behind its strong singles play. After capturing the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2, the Wildcats secured wins at five of the six singles matches to seal up their fifth straight win.
Virginia Berry and Teresa Wang scored an 8-2 win for their third as a team, while Alison Rauh and Stephani Synn moved to 3-0 as a pair with an 8-4 victory at No. 2 to earn the doubles point for the 'Cats.
The strong play continued into singles action with Rauh, Wang and Synn each scoring straight set wins at No. 2, 3 and 5 positions. Rauh ran her singles record to 4-1, 4-0 at the No. 2 spot, by earning a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Ivana Tomaic.
Wang and Synn remained unbeaten at 4-0 in singles play after their 6-3, 6-2 and 7-6, 6-1 victories.
Closing out the Wildcats' final singles points were Ali Gores and Samantha Galainena with 6-2, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-1 wins at No. 4 and 6. Gores won her fourth straight to run her singles record to 4-1, while Galainena also improved to 4-1.
Saturday's contest at Virginia Tech saw the Hokies win three of the singles matches and earn two crucial victories in the doubles matches en route to the victory.
Berry and Wang made it a perfect weekend with an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles, but Tech came back to earn 8-1 triumphs at both No. 2 and 3 doubles for the first point of the match.
Berry regrouped after dropping her singles match on Friday, to take a solid three-set win at No. 1 singles by the scores of 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Joining her in the win column on the afternoon was Galainena (6-1, 6-1 at No. 6) and Synn (6-3, 7-5), who remained a perfect 5-0 in singles action on the year.
Davidson returns home for a matchup against East Tennessee State next Friday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m.
Davidson 6, Radford 1
Singles competition
1. Mia Drobnjak (RU) def. Virginia Berry (DAV) 6-2, 6-2
2. Alison Rauh (DAV) def. Ivana Tomaic (RU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Teresa Wang (DAV) def. Petra Dajevic (RU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Ali Gores (DAV) def. Mirna Matic (RU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Stephani Synn (DAV) def. Sarah Tegner (RU) 7-6, 6-1
6. Samantha Galainena (DAV) def. Emerald Lauzon (RU) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Virginia Berry/Teresa Wang (DAV) def. Mia Drobnjak/Sarah Tegner (RU) 8-2
2. Alison Rauh/Stephani Synn (DAV) def. Mirna Matic/Sarah Tegner (RU) 8-4
3. Petra Dajevic/Emerald Lauzon (RU) def. Samantha Galainena/Katharine Dicconson (DAV) 8-4
#61 Virginia Tech 4, Davidson 3
Singles competition:
1. Virginia Berry (Dav.) def. Martha Blakely (VT) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Christin Newman (VT) def. Alison Rauh (Dav.) 6-1, 6-1
3. Yasmin Hamza (VT) def. Teresa Wang (Dav.) 6-1, 6-1
4. Shannon Betts (VT) def. Ali Gores (Dav.) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6, 7-3
5. Stephani Synn (Dav.) def. Emily Lauten (VT) 6-3, 7-5
6. Samantha Galainena (Dav.) def. Katie Blow (VT) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition:
1. Berry/Wang (Dav.) def. Blakely/Lauten (VT) 8-5
2. Betts/Newman (VT) def. Rauh/Synn (Dav.) 8-1
3. Hamza/Johnson (VT) def. Galainena/Dicconson (Dav.) 8-1
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