Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG— The No. 40 Virginia Tech women's tennis team travels to North Carolina to face off against two top ten ACC foes, No. 7 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina.
WEEKEND INFORMATION
Opponent: Duke
Date/Time: Friday, February 28, 2020 // 6 p.m.
Venue: Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center
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Opponent: North Carolina
Date/Time: Sunday, March 1, 2020 // 1 p.m.
Venue: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center
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IN THE RANKINGS
- North Carolina has seven ITA ranked players, Cameron Morra (No. 4), Alexa Graham (No. 5), Sara Daavettila (No. 6), Alle Sanford (No. 39), Makenna Jones (No. 43), Kacie Harvey (No. 81) and Elizabeth Scotty (No. 111).
- The Tar Heels also have three doubles pairs that are ranked, Daavettila/Graham (No. 4), Morra/Jones come (No. 5) and Jones/Sanford (No. 19).
- Duke has three players ranked in the latest ITA rankings, Kelly Chen (No. 7), Chloe Beck (No. 30), Margaryta Bilokin (No. 48) and Meible Chi (No. 80). Beck/Chi are also ranked No. 44 as a doubles pair.
HOKIES
- The Hokies (7-3) come into the weekend ranked No. 40 in the most recent rankings.
- The duo of Elizabet Danailova and Nika Kozar picked up two doubles wins over the weekend including knocking off the nation's No. 59 ranked doubles pair, 7-5.
- Nina Sorkin defeated Notre Dame's Ally Bojczuk 6-3, 6-3.
- Erika Cheng also picked up a singles win over Notre Dame defeating Maeve Koscieksi 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(6).
BLUE DEVILS
- Duke rose three spots to No. 7 as a team this week.
- Last week Duke captured victories against Boston College and No. 25 Syracuse, making them 9-2 on the season.
TAR HEELS
- The Tar Heels (14-0) continue to hold steady at the No. 1 spot in the most recent ITA rankings.
- In their last two matches, North Carolina defeated No. 2 Florida State 4-3 and now No. 18 Miami 6-1.
- UNC will host Virginia on Friday, February 28, before facing off against the Hokies.