CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 9 Virginia women’s tennis team (16-4, 9-2 ACC) picked up a 5-2 victory against Virginia Tech (10-11, 1-10 ACC) on Thursday (April 6) in a Smithfield Commonwealth Clash match at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.
Hibah Shaikh clinched the victory for the Cavaliers with a win on court three.
The Cavaliers clinched the doubles point with 6-0 victories by both Mélodie Collard and Julia Adams on court one and Elaine Chervinsky and Natasha Subhash on court two. Annabelle Xu made her return to the court, seeing her first action since Feb. 12, partnering with Sara Ziodato at three doubles and picking up a 6-2 victory.
Adams, a grad student who was honored before the match for Senior Day, opened singles play with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Tamara Barad Itzhaki to give UVA a 2-0 lead. Ziodato made it 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win on five before the Hokies collected a point on court six. Shaikh closed out her 6-3, 6-1 win against Dariya Radulova to give UVA a 4-1 lead. ACC Freshman of the Week Ozlem Uslu won a tiebreaker to take the second set and match on court one to make it 4-2.
Chervinsky fell behind 5-0 in her first set against Semra Aksu on court four and dropped the opener 6-2 before rallying to take the final two…
