CARY, N.C. – The Virginia women’s tennis team (22-3) won 4-0 against Florida State (16-8) in the semifinals of the 2024 ACC Women’s Tennis Championship on Saturday (April 20) at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.
Virginia won the doubles point and singles matches on courts two, three and six to take the match. Grad student Natasha Subhash clinched the victory for the Cavaliers.
Virginia, the No. 2 seed in the championship, will face top-seeded North Carolina (21-3) on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the final. It will stream online on ACCNX.
Senior Sara Ziodato and sophomore Meggie Navarro opened the match with a 6-3 win on the third doubles court. Florida State took the top court 7-5. Court two went to a tiebreaker to decide the point with senior Hibah Shaikh and Subhash winning it 7-2 to give UVA the 1-0 lead.
The Cavaliers took four of six first sets in singles.
Sophomore Mélodie Collard closed out a 6-1, 6-1 victory on court six to give UVA a 2-0 lead minutes after courts four and five had finished their first sets. Shaikh won a break point at deuce on court two to finish a 6-3, 6-0 win to put UVA up 3-0.
Subhash defeated Anna Arkadianou 6-2, 6-2 on court three to secure the victory.
Virginia is vying for its third ACC title and first under head coach Sara…
