University of Richmond
#62 Virginia Tech
Women's Tennis Falls to No. 51 Virginia Tech
03/18/2009 | Women's Tennis
March 18, 2009
BLACKSBURG, Va. -
The women's tennis team (10-3) fell to No. 51 Virginia Tech, 5-2 Wednesday afternoon in Blacksburg. The Spiders return to action Friday at home versus Xavier.
The Hokies swept the doubles point, with Jessica Brouwer/Holly Johnson defeating No. 1 Pamela Duran/Erin Clark, 8-5. Virginia Tech's Inga Beermann/Blakely defeated Ashlee Vosters/Kelly Tidwell, 8-5 while No. 3 Helen Cunningham/Isabel Arana fell in the No. 3 slot.
Richmond got on the board in singles play with two wins at the No. 4 and No. 5 spot. Cunningham defeated Yasmin Hamza, 6-2, 6-2 while Joanna Matuszczyk cruised past Johnson, 7-5, 6-4.
The Spiders face Xavier at home on Friday. The match is set for 2:00 p.m.
#51 Virginia Tech 5, Richmond 2
Singles
No.1 Inga Beermann (VT) def. Pamela Duran (UR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
No. 2 Jessica Brouwer (VT) def. Erin Clark (UR) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
No. 3 Martha Blakely (VT) def. Kelly Tidwell (UR) 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 Helen Cunningham (UR) def. Yasmin Hamza (VT) 6-2, 6-2
No. 5. Joanna Matuszcyk (UR) def. Holly Johnson (VT) 7-5, 6-4
No. 6. Courtney Rauscher (VT) def. Ashlee Vosters (UR) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 #63 Brouwer/Johnson (VT) def. Duran/Clark (UR) 8-5
No. 2 Beermann/Blakely (VT) def. Vosters/Tidwell (UR) 8-5
No. 3 Hamza/Walker (VT) def. Cunningham/Arana (UR) 8-6
