Blacksburg, VA- The women's team was back in action today on the campus of Virginia Tech against a solid Chowan squad. The Ladies fought hard but came up short against the Hawks by a score of 8-1.
The doubles partners of Wendy Rudhu and Tafadzwa Mawisire continued their strong doubles play by winning their 8-6.
Mawisire and Briales both had strong singles performances today. Mawisire was able to push the limits in her's by winning 4 games in each set. Briales was also strong, forcing a 1st set tiebreaker. But overall Chowan was solid up and down their line-up and ended up winning 8-1.
The Big Blues will look to rebound in their home opener against Davis & Elkins on Friday, March 4th.
Doubles:
Rudhu/Mawisire (BSC) def. Novachuk/Smolchenkova (CU): 8-6
Carrier/Govin (CU) def. M. Hernandez/L. Hernandez (BSC): 8-3
Daneshjoo/Makhneva (CU) def. Briales/Blankenship (BSC): 8-2
Singles:
Novachuk (CU) def. Rudhu (BSC): 6-2, 6-0
Smolchenkova (CU) def. Mawisire (BSC): 6-4, 6-4
Carrier (CU) def. L. Hernandez (BSC): 6-2, 6-2
Govin (CU) def. M. Hernandez (BSC): 6-2, 6-4
DeBackre (CU) def. Briales (BSC): 7-5, 6-1
Andrade (CU) def. Blankenship (BSC): 6-2, 6-1
