Richmond Falls at No. 14 Virginia in Season Opener

Tuesday, January 13

Charlottesville, Va.

5 p.m.

University of Richmond

Virginia

01/13/2026 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Richmond women's tennis team opened its 2026 spring slate on Tuesday, dropping a 7-0 decision at No. 14 Virginia at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va. The match marked the season opener for the Spiders, who begin the year at 0-1, while the nationally ranked Cavaliers improved to 1-0.

How It Happened
Virginia secured the opening point by sweeping doubles play, earning wins on courts three, two and one to take a 1-0 advantage heading into singles.

Richmond battled across the singles lineup, highlighted by a three-set match on court two. Lara Bakhaya took the opening set against Annabelle Xu before the match was decided in favor of UVA in a 10-7 tiebreak. Elizabeth Novak pushed Martina Genis Salas to a tight second set on court three, while the remaining singles matches were decided in straight sets as the Cavaliers closed out the contest, 7-0.

Richmond Women's Tennis Results

Richmond (0-1) vs No. 14 Virginia (1-0)
01/13/2026 at Charlottesville, Va.
Boar's Head Sports Club

#14 Virginia 7, Richmond 0

Doubles Competition
Melodie Collard / Vivian Yang (VA) def. Sofia Barbulescu / Lara Bakhaya (RIC) 7-5
Annabelle Xu / Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Lainey O'Neil / Elizabeth Novak (RIC) 6-1
Meggie Navarro / Isabelle Lacy (VA) def. Lucy Webber / Beatriz Guerra (RIC) 6-0

Singles Competition
Vivian Yang (VA) def. Sofia Barbulescu (RIC) 6-4, 6-2
Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Lara Bakhaya (RIC) 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Elizabeth Novak (RIC) 6-0, 7-5
Isabelle Lacy (VA) def. Beatriz Guerra (RIC) 6-3, 6-3
Katie Rolls (VA) def. Abby Lee (RIC) 6-0, 6-3
Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) def. Lucy Webber (RIC) 6-2, 6-4

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

Spring Records
Singles
Sofia Barbulescu 0-1
Lara Bakhaya 0-1
Elizabeth Novak 0-1
Beatriz Guerra 0-1
Abby Lee 0-1
Lucy Webber 0-1

Doubles
Barbulescu / Bakhaya 0-1
O'Neil / Novak 0-1
Webber / Guerra 0-1

Up Next
Richmond will look to open its 2026 home slate on Sunday, Jan. 18, playing host to Northwestern at 1:30 p.m. at the Raintree Swim & Racquet Club in Richmond.