Hokie ClubWILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech secured wins in a pair of doubles matches and three singles on the second day of the 19th Annual Tribe Invitational hosted by William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
In the Flight A singles, VT’s Martha Blakely fell in the main draw to No. 93 Alex Bara of VCU, dropping the first set, 6-2. Blakely played Bara close in the second set before falling 7-5.
The Hokies’ Isel Martinez-Marcos picked up a pair of wins in the back draw defeating Winthrop’s Camille Amrani in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Martinez-Marcos defeated Joanna Matuszczyk of Richmond, 6-1 in the opening set and was up 2-1 in the second set before Matuszczyk retired.
Tech’s Emily Lauten fell in her first set to Tulane’s Lindsay Dvorak in the Flight C singles, but came back to defeat Megan Douglas of JMU, 6-4, 6-4 in the second match.
Ivanovic and Blakely teamed up to secure a win over JMU’s Katherine Bulling and Kinsey Pate, 8-2 in the Flight A Doubles.
In the Flight B Doubles, Lauten and Martinez-Marcos knocked off ODU’s duo of Margarita Belyakova and Nika Khmolovska, 8-2.
The Hokies will wrap up the Tribe Invitational on Sunday, Sept. 11.
Day Two Results
Singles
Flight A
Mariam Kurdadze (Tulane) def. Tea Ivanovic (VT) 6-1, 6-4
Josefin Hjertquist (VCU) def. Ivanovic 6-0, 6-1
#93 Alex Bara (VCU) def. Martha Blakely (VT) 6-2, 7-5
Blakely def. Jaime Yapp-Shing (Penn) default
Flight B
Isel Martinez-Marcos (VT) def. Camille Amrani (Winthrop) 6-2, 6-3
Martinez-Marcos def. Joanna Matuszczyk (Richmond) 6-1, 2-1 default
Flight C
Lindsay Dvorak (Tulane) def. Emily Lauten (VT) 6-2, 6-2
Lauten def. Megan Douglass (JMU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
Flight A
Ivanovic/Blakely (VT) def. Katherine Bulling/Kinsey Pate (JMU) 8-2
Flight B
Lauten/Martinez-Marcos (VT) def. Margarita Belyakova/Nika Khmolovska (ODU) 8-2