Hokies Complete Day One at ITA Atlantic Regional

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)