The Virginia women’s tennis team played two tough road games this weekend, and came away with a 1-1 split. Saturday, the No. 10 Cavaliers picked up a 5-2 victory over No. 42 North Carolina State. Then, Sunday, the Cavaliers fell to No. 29 Wake Forest in a tight 4-3 matchup.
Against the Wolfpack, the Cavaliers made quick work of the double point, picking it up with a pair of 6-1 victories. Then, the team won four out of six singles to claim victory. In the first singles match to finish, Virginia senior Julia Elbaba worked quickly against Joanna Nalborska, 6-2, 6-1.
Senior Danielle Collins had an impressive win at the top of the ladder, defeating Martina Frantova 6-3, 7-6. Freshman Meghan Kelley closed out the day with a clean 6-0, 6-0 sweep over NC State’s Tayla Stenta.
Soon after their match with the Wolfpack, the Cavaliers traveled to Winston-Salem to take on the Demon Deacons. In what was a highly contested match throughout, Virginia lost a 4-3 heartbreaker. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers lost the doubles point to start, which proved to be the difference.
Virginia’s top two players did their job, with Collins notching a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kimmy Guerin, and Elbaba pulling out a 6-4, 6-2 win against Wake Forest’s Emma Davis. However, the Cavaliers lost singles matches at the three, four and five spots.
The decisive match went to a third set, with Wake Forest’s Anna Ulyashchenko defeating Skylar Morton 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Splitting two tough road games on the weekend certainly wasn’t a bad result, but Virginia likely feels if a couple more bounces had gone their way, the team could have returned to Charlottesville with two victories.
The No. 10 Cavaliers, however, still look to be in good shape for the ACC season, and hope to maintain their Top-10 ranking moving forward.
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