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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Virginia Tech women’s tennis team had mixed results on Saturday in the Kitty Harrison Invitational winning four of seven singles matches and dropping three of four doubles contests. The tournament is hosted by the University of North Carolina and is being held at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center where both indoor and outdoor courts are being utilized. Matches are also being played at Duke University’s Amble Tennis Stadium and Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.

The tournament features players from Duke, Florida, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, NC State, Princeton, TCU, Virginia, Virginia Tech and William & Mary. Each player will participate in four rounds of singles and four rounds of doubles. There will be no team scoring in the event.

Results from Saturday’s play follows:

Singles
Shannon Betts (VT) def. Doron Muravnik (Minn) 6-0, 6-0
Emily Lauten (VT) def. Peta Forsyth (Minn) 6-3, 6-4
Katie Blow (VT) def. Mariana Spilca (Minn) 6-1, 6-2
Yasmin Hamza (VT) def. Doron Muravnik (Minn) 9-7
Tijana Koprivica (Minn) def. Yasmin Hamza (VT) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (7)
Alessandra Ferrazzi (Minn) def. Christin Newman (VT) 7-6 (6), 6-1
Alexa Palen (Minn) def. Martha Blakely (VT) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
Shannon Betts/Christin Newman (VT) def. Lynn Blau/Hilary Davis (GT), 8-5
Elizabeth Kilborn/Sasha Krupina (GT) def. Yasmin Hamza/Emily Lauten (VT) 8-5
Amanda Granson/Elizabeth Plotkin (Duke) def. Shannon Betts/Christin Newman (VT), 9-7
Peta Forsyth/Alexa Palen (Minn) def. Martha Blakely/Katie Blow (VT) 9-8 (4)

On Sunday, Tech will complete play at the UNC complex where the Hokies will play doubles at 9 a.m. and singles at 10:30 a.m.

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