Hokies look to continue good form hosting Liberty, West Virginia

BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech women's tennis is back in action this weekend with Liberty and West Virginia coming to town on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
 

HOLDING FORM
The Hokies come into this weekends slate sitting at 6-1 after splitting a pair of matches going on the road against Charlotte before coming home to face ECU. Tech gave Charlotte everything they had but came up just short in a back and forth match that the Hokies dropped, 3-4. In less than 24 hours, Terry-Ann and Co. responded with a dominant performance breezing through to a doubles point before earning all three singles points in straight sets en route to a 4-0 victory. Tamara Barad Itzhaki has lead the charge with a perfect 6-0 record in singles paired with a 5-1 record in doubles alongside Semra Aksu. 

FLAMES
Liberty comes blazing into Blacksburg sitting at 7-2 winning two of their three matches this past weekend. Junior Esther Lovato picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win in the Flames sweep against Norfolk State to improve her singles record to 16-1 on the season. Liberty found themselves on the other end of a sweep in the second match of their home doubleheader against Maryland, losing 0-4. To close the weekend, the Flames added another sweep behind a double bagel from their No. 1 singles player Maria Juliana Parra Romero. 

MOUNTAINEERS
West Virginia aims to continue their winning ways after going 2-0 last weekend at home against in-state rival Marshall and Mount St. Mary's. The 'Neers were fueled by a late rally against Marshall capped off by fifth-year senior Pei-ju Hsieh earning a straight set victory on Court 5 to edge The Herd. It was much smoother sailing in the second match of the weekend for WVU against Mount St. Mary's cruising to a 6-1 victory. Junior Momoko Nagato leads things for West Virginia in singles with a 5-2 mark.