Tuesday, April 16
Westhampton Courts
2PM
University of Richmond
0
vs
4
VCU
Richmond Falls In Regular Season Finale Against VCU
04/16/2019 | Women's Tennis
RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond women's tennis team lost the doubles point and three singles matches against crosstown rival VCU Tuesday at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.
The Spiders (7-9, 2-3 A-10) lost the first two doubles matches against VCU. At No. 2 doubles, Lea Owens (Olney, Md.) and Dessi Zlateva (Sofia, Bulgaria) fell to Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Melissa Ifidzhen, 6-2.
The Rams clinched the doubles point after sophomore Adrienne Haynes (Asheville, N.C.) and junior Lyndell Giffenig (Salisbury, Conn.) lost a close match against Marina Alcaide Bakkari and Sofia Sualehe, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
Junior Kiana Marshall (Bridgetown, Barbados) and sophomore Emily Dunbar (Medina, Ohio) were trailing 5-6 against Anna Rasmussen and Noumea Witmus when the double point was clinched.
In singles action, VCU took a 2-0 lead after Diaz-Delgado won in straight sets against Dunbar, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. At No. 6 singles, Sualehe won in straight sets against senior Ana Ramirez (Mexico City), 6-0, 6-1.
The Rams clinched the win with a win at No. 2 singles with Rasmussen defeating Marshall, 6-2, 6-0. Freshman Helene Heiberg (Oslo, Norway) was tied 6-6 in the first set when the match was completed.
Two other matches went unfinished as Owens was down 6-2, 3-0 against Kanako Yano at No. 4 singles and Zlateva was leading 5-4 in the first set against Alcaide Bakkari at No. 3 singles.
Richmond will wait to find out what seed they will be at the 2019 Atlantic 10 tournament (April 24-27) held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
VCU 4, Richmond 0
Singles
No. 1 – Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def. Emily Dunbar, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 – Anna Rasmussen (VCU) def. Kiana Marshall, 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 – Marina Alcaide Bakkari (VCU) vs. Dessi Zlateva, 5-4 unfinished
No. 4 – Kanako Yano (VCU) vs. Lea Owens, 6-2, 3-0 unfinished
No. 5 – Helene Heiberg vs. Noumea Witmus (VCU), 6-6 unfinished
No. 6 – Sofia Sualehe (VCU) def. Ana Ramirez, 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 6, 2
Doubles
No. 1 –Rasmussen/Witmus (VCU) vs. Dunbar/Marshall, 6-5 unfinished
No. 2 – Diaz-Delgado/Melissa Ifidzhen (VCU) def. Zlateva/Owens, 6-2
No. 3 – Bakkari/Sualehe (VCU) def. Adrienne Haynes/Lyndell Giffenig, 6-4
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The Spiders (7-9, 2-3 A-10) lost the first two doubles matches against VCU. At No. 2 doubles, Lea Owens (Olney, Md.) and Dessi Zlateva (Sofia, Bulgaria) fell to Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Melissa Ifidzhen, 6-2.
The Rams clinched the doubles point after sophomore Adrienne Haynes (Asheville, N.C.) and junior Lyndell Giffenig (Salisbury, Conn.) lost a close match against Marina Alcaide Bakkari and Sofia Sualehe, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
Junior Kiana Marshall (Bridgetown, Barbados) and sophomore Emily Dunbar (Medina, Ohio) were trailing 5-6 against Anna Rasmussen and Noumea Witmus when the double point was clinched.
In singles action, VCU took a 2-0 lead after Diaz-Delgado won in straight sets against Dunbar, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. At No. 6 singles, Sualehe won in straight sets against senior Ana Ramirez (Mexico City), 6-0, 6-1.
The Rams clinched the win with a win at No. 2 singles with Rasmussen defeating Marshall, 6-2, 6-0. Freshman Helene Heiberg (Oslo, Norway) was tied 6-6 in the first set when the match was completed.
Two other matches went unfinished as Owens was down 6-2, 3-0 against Kanako Yano at No. 4 singles and Zlateva was leading 5-4 in the first set against Alcaide Bakkari at No. 3 singles.
Richmond will wait to find out what seed they will be at the 2019 Atlantic 10 tournament (April 24-27) held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
VCU 4, Richmond 0
Singles
No. 1 – Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def. Emily Dunbar, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 – Anna Rasmussen (VCU) def. Kiana Marshall, 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 – Marina Alcaide Bakkari (VCU) vs. Dessi Zlateva, 5-4 unfinished
No. 4 – Kanako Yano (VCU) vs. Lea Owens, 6-2, 3-0 unfinished
No. 5 – Helene Heiberg vs. Noumea Witmus (VCU), 6-6 unfinished
No. 6 – Sofia Sualehe (VCU) def. Ana Ramirez, 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 6, 2
Doubles
No. 1 –Rasmussen/Witmus (VCU) vs. Dunbar/Marshall, 6-5 unfinished
No. 2 – Diaz-Delgado/Melissa Ifidzhen (VCU) def. Zlateva/Owens, 6-2
No. 3 – Bakkari/Sualehe (VCU) def. Adrienne Haynes/Lyndell Giffenig, 6-4
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