Hokies wrap up regular season with two home matches

BLACKSBURG —The Virginia Tech women's tennis team will wrap up its regular season this weekend with two matches, No. 22 Wake Forest on Friday followed by No. 1 North Carolina on Sunday.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Date/Time: April 12 / 3 p.m.
Opponent: #22 Wake Forest
Site: Blacksburg, Va. (Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center)
Scoring/Video: HokieSports.com

Date/Time: April 14 / 1 p.m.
Opponent: #1 North Carolina
Site: Blacksburg, Va. (Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center)
Scoring/Video: HokieSports.com
 
SENIOR DAY
Prior to first serve at Sunday's match, the Hokies will recognize senior Sarah Baron. Baron, who graduated in May 2018, is a graduate student at Tech. Since coming to Blacksburg in 2016, Sarah has been an integral part of the Virginia Tech tennis family. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at approximately 12:50 p.m. on court one.
 
HOKIES
In last weekend's matches, Tech split results with Louisville and Notre Dame. Against the Cardinals, the Hokies started off strong, sweeping the doubles point. Junior Natalie Novotna carried the momentum of that point onto court one, where she put the Hokies up 2-0. Sophomore Nina Sorkin battled through three sets to grab a win and then freshman Sammi Gillas locked up the ACC victory for Tech on court three. On Sunday, the Hokies fell but not without some resiliency being shown by Nina Sorkin, who grabbed her second win of the weekend. Freshman Rita Pinto also added a point for the Hokies, her seventh of the season.
 
DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest come into Blacksburg having dropped their last two matches falling to No. 10 N.C. State and No. 2 North Carolina. They have a lone ranked player, senior Emma Davis (No. 31).
 
TAR HEELS
North Carolina is currently riding a 15-match win streak and resides on top of both the ACC and national rankings. The Tar Heels have five ranked players, Makenna Jones (No. 5), Alexa Graham (No. 6), Sara Daavettila (No. 12), Cameron Morra (No. 36), and Jessie Aney (No. 125).
 
UP NEXT: The Hokies will compete in the ACC tournament beginning next week in Cary, North Carolina.