CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 9 Virginia women’s tennis team (2-0) opened the season with a pair of victories on Friday (Jan. 20) at the Boar’s Head Sports Club, topping Richmond (0-3) 7-0 and James Madison (0-1) by a 6-1 final.
Julia Adams picked up two wins on the top singles court. Natasha Subhash had a dominant 6-0, 6-0 victory in her match at No. 2 singles against James Madison’s Daria Afanasyeva.
In the season-opener against Richmond, UVA won 6-1 on doubles courts one and three to secure the point. Meggie Navarro and Nicole Kiefer were both in the singles lineup, picking up victories on courts five and six.
In the second match of the day, the Cavaliers won all three doubles courts to start the match and had five straight-set victories in singles.
NOTING THE CAVALIERS
- The Cavaliers were ranked No. 7 in the first ITA team rankings of the spring but slipped to No. 9 in this week’s poll
- The Cavaliers have six players ranked in singles led by Julia Adams at No. 34 and Elaine Chervinsky at No. 50. Annabelle Xu, Hibah Shaikh, Natasha Subhash and Mélodie Collard are also ranked
FROM HEAD COACH SARA O’LEARY
“Richmond and JMU competed and played really well today. It was a great test for us and excellent preparation for kickoff weekend. It was the…
