RAMS FALL SHORT AGAINST CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 4-3
Score: Charleston Southern 4, VCU 3
Location: Charleston, S.C. (Gary Clark Banks Sr. Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 6-6, Charleston Southern 8-4
The Short Story: VCU Women's Tennis comeback attempt in singles fell short as they dropped the dual match against Charleston Southern 4-3.
Opening Serve
- The Buccaneers took the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. In the unfinished doubles match on court two, Mariam Ibrahim and Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando were up 5-4
- Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando would get the Rams on the board with her two-set win on court one after Charleston Southern took the singles match on court one
- The back-and-forth continued, with the Buccaneers winning on court four before Sara Alba won the court six singles match 7-6, 6-3
- Sofia Jane Thorne tied the dual match at 3-3 and won her fifth straight singles match with her 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win on court 3
- Charleston Southern would win the dual match with a three-set win on court three
Singles results
1. T. Andrade Sabando (VCU) def. Emmie Moore (CSU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Marina Skegro (CSU) def. Mariam Ibrahim (VCU) 6-1, 7-5
3. Sofia Jane Thorne (VCU) def. Noa Boyd (CSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
4. Amila Jusubegovic (CSU) def. Andrea Magallanes (VCU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
5. Brenda Yoris (CSU) def. Lea Malazdra (VCU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
6. Sara Alba (VCU) def. Carlé Botha (CSU) 7-6 (10-8), 6-3
Doubles results
1. Noa Boyd / Amila Jusufbegovic (CSU) def. Sofia Jane Thorne / Lea Malazdra (VCU) 6-4
2. Mariam Ibrahim / T. Andrade Sabando (VCU) vs. Kassandra Di Staulo / Marina Skegro (CSU) 5-4 (unfinished)
3. Emmie Moore / Brenda Yoris (CSU) def. Andrea Magallanes / Sara Alba (VCU) 6-3
Order of Finish: Doubles: 3, 1 Singles: 2, 1, 4, 6, 3, 5
Up Next: VCU will finish their road trip before returning home when they face the College of Charleston on Friday, March 14 at 1:30 p.m. in Charleston, S.C.
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