CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia women’s tennis team (24-4) advanced to the 2024 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship’s Round of 16 with a 4-0 victory against Princeton (16-9) on Sunday (May 5) on the indoor courts of the Boar’s Head Sports Club.
The Cavaliers will host Vanderbilt (14-10) in the Round of 16 on Saturday, May 11 at 1 p.m. at the Virginia Tennis Facility. Admission is free.
Virginia won the doubles point and took singles courts two, four and six. Senior Sara Ziodato won the clinching point.
Juniors Mélodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky opened the match with a 6-0 victory on the top doubles court. Senior Hibah Shaikh and grad student Natasha Subhash clinched the point with a 6-1 victory on court two.
In singles, Collard and sophomore Annabelle Xu finished back-to-back matches on courts six and two to put UVA ahead 3-0. Courts three and five were poised to finish when Ziodato served out her 7-5, 6-4 victory against Madeline Jessup on court four.
Vanderbilt upset No. 12 Ohio State 4-3 in Columbus, Ohio, to advance to the Super Regional.
FROM HEAD COACH SARA O’LEARY
“We’re definitely excited to be playing in the Round of 16 next weekend. Princeton gave us a great fight today. They are a really strong team who we’ve seen the last…
