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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The No. 48 Virginia Tech women’s tennis team will hit the road this weekend to continue conference play. Tech will travel to Syracuse for a match Friday afternoon at 2 p.m., and return to the court Sunday at Maryland for a noon match. The Hokies enter the weekend at 8-3 on the year and 1-1 in league play.

Tech began ACC play at home last weekend and split the two matches while also topping Radford, 5-0, Sunday night. The Hokies began the weekend with a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh, but fell in the early Sunday match 6-1 to No. 11 Clemson. Sophomore Ilinca Stoica was the lone Hokies to pick up a singles victory against the Tigers, topping No. 90 Beatrice Gumulya 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 at the No. 2 spot. Despite snapping a seven-match win streak over the weekend that has included victories over two ranked teams, Tech has only fallen to teams ranked 28^th or better.

Syracuse will host the Hokies in their first home match of the 2014 season. The Orange are 0-7 on the year and are coming off a pair of losses in North Carolina after kicking off league play last weekend. Syracuse fell at No. 46 NC State 4-3 before suffering a 6-1 loss at No. 1 Duke.

Maryland will travel to Pittsburgh Friday, before returning home to take on the Hokies Sunday. Heading into the weekend, the Terps are 4-3 on the year. After winning their first four matches of the season, they are in the midst of a three-match skid. Maryland is coming off a difficult weekend in Florida, where it was swept by No. 17 Miami and No. 30 Florida State.

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