Match Results

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Mary Washington won all three doubles matches to earn an eventual 5-4 win over the Norfolk State women's tennis team on Saturday morning at the UMW Indoor Tennis Center.
 
The Eagles, playing their season opener at home, got going with those victories in doubles. That allowed Mary Washington to go up by a 3-0 score in the match. NSU (0-2) won four of the six singles matches, but the Spartans needed five wins for the overall match victory.
 
Norfolk State got strong wins at the top of the lineup, with sophomore Dajana Cvjetkovic topping Shelby Harris at the No. 1 spot, 6-1 and 6-0. Freshman Marta Gomar did even better at the second spot, sweeping Caroline Mosberg by scores of 6-0 and 6-0.
 
Junior Liza Gordeeva picked up a 6-4, 7-5 victory at the fourth slot in the lineup against Chrissy Gaul. Senior Mafalda Lhorca had to battle at the No. 6 position, winning in straight sets but needing to go into extra points. She won both sets by 7-6 scores, winning the first-set tiebreaker 7-5 and the second-set tiebreaker by a 7-2 margin.
 
The Eagles ultimately came away with the win after taking the other two singles matches. At No. 5, Taylor Diffley downed junior Ana Popovic, 6-3 and 6-1. Senior Andrea Macchiavello won the first set over Kait Brogan at the third position, 7-5. Brogan, though, won the second set 7-6, including the 9-7 tiebreaker win despite Macchiavello having three match points. She also led Macchiavello 2-0 in the third set before the Spartan senior retired from the match.
 
"The ladies put in an incredible performance in singles, cleaning up in the top two positions and winning a lot of close sets from 3 to 6 singles," said head coach Worth Richardson. "Unfortunately, under Division III scoring, the 3-0 hole after doubles proved to be a bit too much. This was nevertheless a great performance from a Division I perspective, and we will look to build on our singles play and work hard to improve our doubles."
 
Those struggles in doubles included an 8-6 loss at the second position, where Macchiavello and Lhorca succumbed to Smith and Diffley. At the third position, Mosberg and Sara Fioretti downed Gomar and Gordeeva, 8-5.
 
The Eagles also won at the No. 1 slot, an 8-3 victory for Harris and Brogan against Cvjetkovic and Popovic.
 
NSU will stay on the road for a Sunday matchup at George Washington at 1 p.m.