CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team finished its regular season with a 4-0 win at home on Senior Day against Virginia Tech on Thursday (April 10). The match was played on the indoor courts of the Boar’s Head Sports Club due to weather.
The Cavaliers (18-4, 10-2 ACC) cruised to their sixth straight win, dropping just one set in the match to defeat the Hokies (13-11, 2-10 ACC).
Seniors Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard opened the match with a 6-3 victory on the top doubles court. Freshman Martina Genis Salas and junior Annabelle Xu followed shortly after with a 6-3 win on doubles court two, clinching the doubles point and giving Virginia an early 1-0 lead over the Hokies.
All three completed singles matches finished within seconds of one another. Graduate student Sara Ziodato put Virginia up 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-2 win over No. 44 Ozlem Uslu on the top singles court.
Collard extended the Cavalier lead to 3-0, winning 6-1, 6-1 on court six against Charlotte Cartledge.
Chervinsky closed out the win for the Hoos on court two, picking up a 6-1, 6-2 win over Tara Gorinsek to seal the victory.
MATCH NOTES
- The Cavaliers improve to 45-5 all-time against Virginia Tech, winning their 29th straight against the Hokies
- Sara Ziodato picked up…
