Virginia Opens NCAA Championship with 4-0 Win Against LIU

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The Virginia girls’s tennis group (19-6) opened play on the 2023 NCAA Girls’s Tennis Group Championship with a 4-0 victory towards LIU (12-11) on the Virginia Tennis Facility on the Boar’s Head Resort.

The Cavaliers advance to face Princeton (17-6) on Saturday, Might 6 at 4 p.m. on the similar places. Princeton superior with a 4-0 victory towards Fordham within the opening match of the Charlottesville Regional.

The Cavaliers acquired off to a powerful begin towards the Sharks in doubles with Julia Adams and Mélodie Collard profitable 6-1 on the highest courtroom. Natasha Subhash and Annabelle Xu clinched the purpose with a 6-2 win on courtroom two.

Collard put the Cavaliers forward 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-0 win towards Elinor Storkaas on courtroom 5, ending her match earlier than courtroom one had accomplished its first set. Xu adopted with a 6-1, 6-2 win towards Saki Oyama on courtroom three moments earlier than Hibah Shaikh completed a 6-0, 6-0 win on courtroom 4 to clinch the victory.

Virginia is the No. 12 seed within the championship. The Ivy League champion Tigers are ranked No. 56 within the newest ITA rankings.

Virginia and Princeton confronted each other final 12 months within the Spherical of 32 in Charlottesville with the Cavaliers choosing up a 4-0 victory.

Tickets for the NCAA Championship matches are $5 for common admission and $3 for college students with a sound ID per day (ages 2 and up are required to have a ticket). Tickets will likely be obtainable for buy on-line, over the cellphone, or on the Bryant Corridor ticket workplace and might be picked up on the courts. 

#11 Virginia 4, LIU 0
Singles competitors

1. #61 Julia Adams (VA) vs. V Erechtchenko (LIU) 5-7, unfinished
2. #53 Natasha Subhash (VA) vs. Leo Boisseau (LIU) 6-4, 4-0, unfinished
3. #92 Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Saki Oyama (LIU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Hibah Shaikh (VA) def. Marion Deloziere (LIU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Melodie Collard (VA) def. Elinor Storkaas (LIU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Nicole Kiefer (VA) vs. Kate Jorjoliani (LIU) 2-6, 3-2, unfinished

Doubles competitors

1. Julia Adams/Melodie Collard (VA) def. V Erechtchenko/Elinor Storkaas (LIU) 6-1
2. Natasha Subhash/Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Leo Boisseau/Marion Deloziere (LIU) 6-2
3. Sara Ziodato/Hibah Shaikh (VA) vs. Saki Oyama/Ekaterine Jorjoliani (LIU) 5-3, unfinished

Order of end: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,3,4)
T-1:47 A-151