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The Virginia Tech women’s tennis team completed day one at the International Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic Regional tournament on Friday evening, at the Flokes-Stevens Tennis Center, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Senior Sansitha Nandakumar and junior Sarah Baron dropped both their matches in the singles qualifying bracket. Nandakumar dropped a 6-4, 6-0 decision to James Madison’s Kimmy Herrock, while Baron fell to Pitt’s Gabrielle Rezende by a score of 6-1, 7-5.

In the singles qualifying consolation bracket, Baron defeated Old Dominion’s Adriana Rajkovic in a three-set battle. Baron captured the first set, but dropped the second in a tie breaker. Baron then defeated Rajkovic in another three set tie breaker by a score of 6-1, 6-7 (7-5), 1-0 (13-11) to advance to the second round of the singles qualifying consolation draw.

In doubles action, Nancy Ghanem and Nandakumar defeated Richmond’s Gaby Rosales and Kiana Marshall by a score of 8-5 to advance to the second round of the main doubles draw.

Of note, the singles main draw begins tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., as senior Francesca Fusinato, juniors Elena Cerezo-Codina and Caroline Daxhelet and freshman Natalie Novotna set to compete on Saturday.

A recap will be available following each day of competition at HokieSports.com.

Singles Qualifying Bracket (Oct.14):

Kimmy Herrock (JMU) def. Sansitha Nandakumar (Tech), 6-4, 6-0

Gabrielle Rezende (Pitt) def. Sarah Baron (Tech), 6-1, 7-5

Singles Qualifying Consolation (Oct. 14):

Paula Goetz (WVU) def. Sansitha Nandakumar (Tech), 6-1, 6-1

Sarah Baron (Tech) def. Adriana Rajkovic (ODU), 6-1, 6-7 (7-5), 1-0 (13-11)

Doubles Main Bracket (Oct. 14):

Nancy Ghanem/Sansitha Nandakumar (Tech) def. Gaby Rosales/Kiana Marshall (Richmond), 8-5

Singles Main Bracket (Oct. 15):

Francesca Fusinato (Tech) vs. Sara Swift (Georgetown)

Caroline Daxhelet (Tech) vs. Callie Frey (Pitt)

Elena Cerezo-Codina (Tech) vs. Camille Favero (Virginia)

Natalie Novotna (Tech) vs. Anna Rasmussen (VCU)

Doubles Main Bracket (Oct. 15):

Nancy Ghanem/Sansitha Nandakumar (Tech) vs. Ekaterina Tour/Arnelle Sullivan (Maryland)

Elena Cerezo-Codina/Natalie Novotna (Tech) vs. Drousile Dzeubou/Natalie Sayer (Radford)

Francesca Fusinato/Caroline Daxhelet (Tech) vs. Cassandre Thebault/Caroline Williams (Maryland)

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