University of Richmond
Virginia Tech
Women's Tennis Overtaken By Virginia Tech
01/30/2011 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 30, 2011
BLACKSBURG, Va. -
The Spiders fell to host Virginia Tech, 6-1, Sunday afternoon in Blacksburg, Va.
Richmond's Joanna Matuszczyk picked up the Spiders' lone win at No. 5 singles with a hard-fought win over Isel Martinez-Marcos, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.
In doubles action, Sydney Grant/Matuszczyk picked a win at No. 2 singles with and 8-5 win over Shannon Betts/Martinez-Marcos but the Hokies would take the point with wins at No. 1 and 3 doubles.
Richmond returns to action Feb. 4 at William & Mary at 4:00 p.m.
Singles
Martha Blakely (Virginia Tech) def. Helen Cunningham (Richmond) 6-1, 6-1
Yasmin Hamza (Virginia Tech) def. Sydney Grant (Richmond) 6-3, 6-0
Tea Ivanovic (Virginia Tech) def. Kelly Tidwell (Richmond) 6-2, 6-0
Emily Lauten (Virginia Tech) def. Alexandra Smyth (Richmond) 6-1, 6-2
Joanna Matuszcyk (Richmond) def. Isel Martinez-Marcos (Virginia Tech) 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
Courtney Rauscher (Virginia Tech) def. Elizabeth Sims (Richmond) 6-4, 7-6(6), 12-10
Doubles
Blakely/ Rauscher (Virginia Tech) def. Cunningham/ Smyth (Richmond), 8-6
Grant/ Matuszcyk (Richmond) def. Shannon Betts/Martinez-Marcos (Virginia Tech), 8-5
Katie Blow/ Holly Johnson (Virginia Tech) def. Tidwell/Sims (Richmond), 8-3
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