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Day One
@Herd_Tennis Completes Day One at UVA Fall Invite
9/24/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Marshall women's tennis team completed the first day of the eight-team UVA Fall Invite hosted by the University of Virginia Friday. The Herd won two doubles matches and one singles match.
The duo of Derya Turhan and Anna Pomyatinskaya and the duo of Stephanie Smith and Rachael Morales won doubles matches for the Herd. Turhan also won a singles match for Marshall.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be a nine-team tournament with three singles brackets, three doubles brackets and round-robin singles and doubles groups, but George Washington pulled out of the tournament Thursday night, which eliminated the round-robin groups.
Turhan and Pomyatinskaya opened up doubles play with a win over the duo of Najarian and
Turhan continued her impressive day with a singles win over Baron of Virginia Tech, 6-4, 6-3. Morales took the first set of her match against Favero of Virginia before falling in three sets, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4. Smith lost her match in three sets to Hutchinson of ODU, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), with all three sets going to tiebreaks. Novackova took the first set of her match against Cline of South Carolina before falling, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Silver dropped her match against Hovsepyan of Maryland, 7-5, 6-3. Dankanych fell to Pletcher of Utah, 6-4, 6-1. Bogicevic, who replaced Pomyatinskaya in the singles draw, fell to Hall of Michigan, 6-3, 7-6 (2).
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Blue Doubles Flight
Rosie Johanson/Meghan Kelley (Virginia) def. Maddie Silver/Nikola Novackova (Marshall); 8-1
Victoria Robertson/Alexia Petrovic (Utah) def. Maddie Silver/Nikola Novackova (Marshall); 8-4
Orange Doubles Flight
Derya Turhan/Anna Pomyatinskaya (Marshall) def. Alex Najarian/Chiara Lommer (Michigan); 8-6
Rachel Rohrabacher/Silvia Chinellato (South Carolina) def. Derya Turhan/Anna Pomyatinskaya (Marshall); 8-4
Nataliya Vlasova/Holly Hutchinson (ODU) def. Stephanie Smith/Rachael Morales (Marshall);8-6
Stephanie Smith/Rachael Morales (Marshall) def. Camille Favero/Hunter Bleser (Virginia); 8-5
White Doubles Flight
Borislava Botusharova/Marijana Novakovic (ODU) def. Daniela Dankanych/Marija Bogicevic (Marshall); 8-4
Cassandra Thebault/Olivia Gaudreault (Maryland) def. Daniela Dankanych/Marija Bogicevic (Marshall); 8-2
Blue Singles Flight
Margo Pletcher (Utah) def. Daniela Dankanych (Marshall); 6-0, 6-1
Kara Hall (Michigan) def. Marija Bogicevic (Marshall); 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Orange Singles Flight
Paige Cline (South Carolina) def. Nikola Novackova (Marshall); 7-6 (2), 6-2
Kristina Hovsepyan (Maryland) def. Maddie Silver (Marshall); 7-5, 6-3
Holly Hutchinson (ODU) def. Stephanie Smith (Marshall); 7-6 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2)
White Singles Flight
Derya Turhan (Marshall) def. Sarah Baron (Virginia Tech); 6-4, 6-3
Camille Favero (Virginia) def. Rachael Morales (Marshall); 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
COACH'S CORNER
Quotes from head coach John Mercer
On the team's performance…
"I thought we competed better than we did last week at William and Marry. Hopefully, we can continue to get results in tomorrow's competition."
On Derya Turhan…
"It was great to see Derya team up with Anna Pomyatinskaya to pick up a very strong win over a very talented doubles pair from Michigan. It was nice to see her carry over the momentum into singles play and pick up a win over a solid opponent from Virginia Tech."
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