Ivanovic wins flight at Hokie Fall Invitational

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech sophomore women’s tennis player Tea Ivanovic won the C flight singles on Sunday during the final day of the Hokie Fall Invitational at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Va.

Ivanovic defeated Lindsay Dvorak of Tulane in straight sets with scores of 6-1, 6-0 to claim the flight title.

The Hokies’ Katie Blow claimed third place in the flight D singles with a 6-0, 6-1 decision over Radford’s Meg Napolitano.

In the A flight singles, Tech’s Isel Martinez-Marcos won by default in her scheduled third place match against William & Mary’s Katie Kargl. Martinez-Marcos picked up an extra match against Radford’s Taylor Newman and defeated the Highlander’s player, 6-2, 6-2.

The Hokie Fall Invitational wraps up the fall season for Tech. The Hokies will begin the spring season Saturday, Jan. 28, hosting Elon and East Carolina.

Singles

Flight A
Isel Martinez-Marcos (VT) def. Katie Kargl (W&M) Default

Kim Berghaus (UMBC) def. Martha Blakely (VT) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(5)

Flight C

Tea Ivanovic (VT) def. Lindsay Dvorak (Tulane) 6-1, 6-0

Flight D

Katie Blow (VT) def. Meg Napolitano (Radford) 6-0, 6-1

Heidi Danielsson (UMBC) def. Emily Lauten (VT) 2-6, 7-6(5), 1-0(2)

Doubles

Flight A

Mariam Kurdadze/Emma Levy (Tulane) def. Blakely/Courtney Rauscher (VT) 8-5

Flight B

Lindsay Dvorak/Hila Elster (Tulane) def. Ivanovic/Martinez-Marcos (VT) 9-8(5)

Extra Match

Martinez-Marcos (VT) def. Taylor Newman (Radford) 6-2, 6-2