Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech women's tennis team defeated ACC foe Pittsburgh, 6-1 on Friday afternoon at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Tech (11-4, 2-4 ACC) opened the match with winning the doubles point. Nika Kozar and Nina Sorkin paired up for the 6-1 win on court three while Elena Cerezo-Codina and Caroline Daxhelet secure the point 6-2 on one.
The Hokies pushed the lead to 2-0 with a win from 66th-ranked Natalie Novotna as she defeated Gabriela Rezende 6-4, 6-1 on court one. Kozar gave the Hokies a 3-0 lead, knocking off Callie Frey 6-2, 6-2 on four.
Daxhelet secured the team win for Tech with a win at two, downing Camila Moreno 6-4, 6-1.
The Hokies claimed their fifth point of the match as Sorkin claimed the match at six, defeating Clara Lucas with straight set scores of 6-4, 6-3.
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On court five, Katherine Butler defeated Natsumi Okamoto 6-4 in the opening set. In the second set, Butler trailed 1-5 before rallying to win six straight games to win it in a big comeback, 7-5.
Virginia Tech will return to the court on Sunday, March 25 at top-ranked North Carolina. Match time is set for 1 p.m. at Cone-KenField Tennis Center.
Singles
1. #66 Natalie Novotna (VT) def. Gabriela Rezende (Pitt) 6-4, 6-1
2. Caroline Daxhelet (VT) def. Camila Moreno (Pitt) 6-4, 6-1
3. Claudia Bartolome (Pitt) def. Elena Cerezo-Codina (VT) 6-7(6), 4-3 ret.
4. Nika Kozar (VT) def. Callie Frey (Pitt) 6-2, 6-2
5. Katherine Butler (VT) def. Natsumi Okamoto (Pitt) 6-4, 7-5
6. Nina Sorkin (VT) def. Clara Lucas (Pitt) 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 1,4,2,6,5,3
Doubles
1. Cerezo-Codina/Daxhelet (VT) def. Bartolome/Luisa Varon (Pitt) 6-2
2. Butler/Novotna (VT) vs. Frey/Moreno (Pitt) 3-4 dnf
3. Kozar/Sorkin (VT) def. Lucas/Okamoto (Pitt) 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1