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BLACKSBURG, Va. –The Virginia Tech women’s tennis team dropped a tough, 4-3, decision Sunday afternoon to No. 55 Marshall at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on the Virginia Tech campus. Tech falls to 2-1 with the loss, while Marshall improved to 7-1.
Marshall won an extremely tight doubles competition, then took three of the six singles contests for the win.
In singles, Martha Blakely (Jr., Reading, Pa.) dropped the No. 1 match to 27th-ranked Michaela Kissell, 6-1, 6-1, to give the Thundering Herd a 2-0 lead. Tech got on the scoreboard when Tea Ivanovic (Fr., Antwerp, Belgium) won her No. 5 match, 6-0, 7-6, against Maria Voscekova. The Hokies knotted the match as Shannon Betts (Jr., Newnan, Ga.) won the No. 4 contest, 7-5, 6-2, against Kristina Koprcina.
Emily Lauten (So., Marietta, Ga.) dropped her No. 6 match, 7-5, 6-0, versus Kara Kucin, but the Hokies evened the match at 3-3 as Yasmin Hamza (Sr., Cairo, Egypt) defeated Dominika Zaprazna, 6-2, 7-6. In the deciding match, Holly Johnson (Sr., Tallahassee, Fla.) lost 6-3, 7-5, at No. 3 against Catherine Kellner.
The doubles competition to open the contest was tight throughout with Marshall taking the No. 1 match as Hamza/Johnson lost, 8-6, to 63rd-ranked Kissell/Zaprazna. Tech took the No. 3 contest wth Betts/Lauten edging Kucin/Karlyn Timko, 8-6. With the crucial double point hanging in the balance, Tech’s Blakely/Courtney Rauscher (So., Evans, Ga.) lost their No. 3 match, 9-8 (4), against Kellner/Voscekova.
The Hokies head north for their next two matches at Dartmouth on Fri., Feb. 11 and at Boston College in the ACC opener on Sat., Feb. 12 at 3 p.m.
No. 55 Marshall 4, Virginia Tech 3
Singles
1. #27 Michaela Kissell (MU) def. Martha Blakely (VT) 6-1, 6-1
2. Yasmin Hamza (VT) def. Dominika Zaprazna (MU) 6-2, 7-6
3. Catherine Kellner (MU) def. Holly Johnson (VT) 6-3, 7-5
4. Shannon Betts (VT) def. Kristina Koprcina (MU) 7-5, 6-2
5. Tea Ivanovic (VT) def. Maria Voscekova (MU) 6-0, 7-6
6. Kara Kucin (MU) def. Emily Lauten (VT) 7-5, 6-0
Order of finish: 1, 5, 4, 6, 2, 3*
Doubles
1. #63 Kissell/Zaprazna (MU) def. Hamza/Johnson (VT) 8-6
2. Kellner/Voscekova (MU) def. Blakely/Courtney Rauscher (VT) 9-8 (4)
3. Betts/Lauten (VT) def. Kucin/Karlyn Timko (MU) 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2*
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