Hokies come out victorious over the Blue Hens
Hokies come out victorious over the Blue HensHokies come out victorious over the Blue Hens
Women's Tennis

Hokies come out victorious over the Blue Hens

BLACKSBURG- The Hokies came out victorious over the Blue Hens in a nail-biting 4-3 win on Sunday afternoon at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. 
 
Semra Aksu and Erika Cheng kept their fine doubles form going with a 6-4 win on Court 2. Katie Andreini and Dariya Radulova clinched the doubles point for the Hokies as they battled for a 6-4 win on Court 1. Charlotte Cartledge and Özlem Uslu narrowly fell in a 7-3 tiebreak. 
 
On Court 6, Cheng got the Hokies their first singles win of the afternoon as she swept Julieta Honrubia 6-3, 6-2. Aksu mounted an impressive comeback after falling 7-4 in the first-set tiebreak. She won the following two sets 6-2, 6-2 to complete the win over Alex Staiculescu. 
 
Andreini clinched the match for the Hokies on Court 1 as she won 7-5 in the third-set tiebreak over Slade Coetzee. She won the first set 6-3 before dropping the second set 6-4. The third set was a close contest until Andreini found the momentum to propel herself, and her team, to the win. 
 
Radulova returned to the singles lineup but dropped a three-setter to Alina Vasilenko, falling 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Uslu nearly earned another singles point for the Hokies but fell 7-5 in the third set of her match on Court 2.
 
UP NEXT: The Hokies start ACC play on the road at Louisville on Friday, February 23 at 4 p.m.Gallery: (2-11-2024) WTEN: Delaware Match