Match Results

NORFOLK, Va. – North Carolina Central lost all three doubles matches but rebounded to win four of the six singles matches to hand the Norfolk State women's tennis team a 4-3 loss on Sunday morning at the NSU Tennis Complex.
 
The Spartans' two seniors, Andrea Macchiavello and Mafalda Lhorca, won their singles and doubles matches on a day when NSU honored the former on its official 2016 Senior Day. The Eagles, though, came away with the win to improve to 5-12 while dropping NSU to 9-10 in its second-to-last contest of the regular season.
 
Macchiavello and Lhorca first won in doubles at the No. 2 position, defeating Mia Ramic and Jasmine Gabriel by a 7-5 margin. The Spartans also won the other two matches by the same 7-5 scores.
 
Junior Ana Popovic and sophomore Dajana Cvjetkovic knocked off Aissa Muamba and Jamie Rogers at the top spot in the lineup, while junior Liza Gordeeva and freshman Marta Gomar took care of Lynsey Cover and Tamara Jeremic at the third position.
 
Macchiavello posted a victory at No. 3 singles over Gabriel, 6-3 and 6-4. At the sixth slot, Lhorca handed Jeremic a 6-4, 6-1 loss.
 
"Andrea really stepped up on her senior day," said head coach Worth Richardson. "Unfortunately, we weren't physically 100 percent and it caught up to us."
 
Lhorca was honored last year on Senior Day before deciding to return for a post-grad semester this spring and her last year of eligibility.
 
The Eagles, a member of the MEAC Southern Division, won the other four matches, including the top two spots. Muamba posted a 6-3, 6-0 triumph over Cvjetkovic at the top slot, while Ramic earned a 6-2, 6-1 win over Gordeeva at No. 2 singles.
 
In the other matchups, Rogers won the first set tiebreaker over Gomar at No. 4 singles, 8-6, to win the set, 7-6. Rogers then won the second set by a 6-3 margin. Cover also helped NCCU to the win, taking the fifth singles spot over Popovic, 6-4 and 6-1.
 
NSU will play later in the day on Sunday afternoon against Notre Dame to close out the regular season.