RICHMOND, Va. – The No. 21 Wisconsin women's tennis team extended its win streak to seven after defeating the VCU Rams on the road Friday afternoon, 4-2.
Things started out well for the Badgers and only continued. Wisconsin earned the doubles point early on in the match with the senior duo of
Melissa Pick and
Christina Zordani clinching the point with a 6-3 doubles victory in the No. 3 spot.
Sophomore
Ava Markham bounced off her doubles win, with her partner
Miruna Tudor, and sped her way through No. 3 singles play. She made quick work of her VCU opponent winning in the first set winning, 6-2, and then fought off the VCU comeback winning her second set 7-6.
Freshman
Xinyu Cai clinched the match for the Badgers in the No. 2 singles spot, fighting off the comeback from her VCU opponent and winning 7-5, 6-4, 6-1.
Wisconsin 4, VCU 2
Friday Feb. 21
Singles
1. No. 117 Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def.
Antonela Stoica (UW), 3-6, 0-6
2.
Xinyu Cai (UW) def. Luminita Tutunaru (VCU), 7-5, 6-4, 6-1
3.
Ava Markham (UW) def. Gabriela Ana-Maria Davidescu (VCU), 6-2, 7-6
4.
Charmaine Seah (UW) def. Kanako Yano (VCU), 6-2, 7-6
5. Melissa Ifidzhen (VCU) def.
Miruna Tudor (UW), 4-6, 4-6
6. Noumea Witmus (VCU) vs.
Christina Zordani (UW), 7-5, unfinished
Doubles
1. Gabriela Ana-Maria Davidescu/Luminita Tutunaru (VCU) def.
Antonela Stoica/Xinuy Cai (UW), 0-6
2.
Ava Markham/
Miruna Tudor (UW) def. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado/Noumea Witmus (VCU), 6-4
3.
Christina Zordani/
Melissa Pick (UW) def. Melissa Ifidzhen/Kanako Yano (VCU), 6-3
Up Next: The Badgers will travel to Williamsburg, Virginia to take on the Pride of William and Mary Sunday at 10 a.m. Live stats will be accessible at uwbadgers.com with live updates available by following @BadgerWTennis on Twitter.
