Women's Tennis Courtesy of NSU Sports Information

NSU Sweeps Battle Of The Bay In Tennis With 6-1 Win

HAMPTON, Va. - The Norfolk State women's tennis team won a pair of three-set singles matches on the way to a 6-1 conference win over Hampton on Wednesday afternoon at Neilson-Screen Stadium.

The Spartans won two of three doubles matches and five of the six singles matchups to remain perfect in conference play. NSU ran its MEAC record to 3-0 as well as its overall mark to 5-9. The loss kept Hampton winless at 0-10 overall and 0-3 in the conference.

NSU pulled out wins at No. 2 and 3 doubles for the early lead in the match. At the second spot, seniors Andrea Macchiavello and Mafalda Lhorca downed Julia D'Auvergne and Cherise Slocombe by a 6-2 margin. At the third position, junior Liza Gordeeva and freshman Marta Gomar also won by a 6-2 score, defeating the Hampton duo of Daneya Charles and Anastasiia Romanova.

Hampton kept NSU from sweeping doubles by winning the first position. Mariam Mitaishvii and Mikaela Pierce posted a 6-2 win over NSU junior Ana Popovic and sophomore Dajana Cvjetkovic.

Popovic and Cvjetkovic made up for the loss by winning their singles matches in three sets. Cvjetkovic took down Mitaishvii at the No. 1 spot in the lineup, winning the first and third sets, 6-2 and 6-2, while dropping the second set, 6-3.

Popovic, meanwhile, lost the first set at No. 5 singles to Steffy Paez by a 6-4 margin before rallying to win the next two sets, 6-1 and 7-5.

Gomar posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over Pierce at the third spot, while Macchiavello took care of D'Auvergne at the fourth slot, 6-1 and 6-2. Lhorca gave NSU one more singles victory at the sixth position, where she posted a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Romanova.

Slocombe prevented a complete Spartan sweep of the match by winning at No. 2 singles. Gordeeva won the first by a 6-4 score before Slocombe came back to win the next two, 6-2 and 7-5.

NSU will play at Howard at 1 p.m. on Friday in another conference matchup.  Hampton will host Coppin State in a doubleheader with the men starting at 1pm on Sunday.

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