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Bruna Goncalves
Nick Sutton
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Norfolk State NSUW (2-7)
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Winner Longwood LWUW (8-8)
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Longwood LWUW
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Matt Wurzburger, Sports Information Intern

Spartans Blanked by Longwood, 4-0

FARMVILLE, Va. – Norfolk State women's tennis dropped a 4-0 decision to Longwood at Lancer Courts on Sunday evening.
 
The Lancers (8-8) swept all three doubles matches to start the outing. At top-seeded doubles, Marija Venta and Kaori Terunuma shut out Dajana Cvjetkovic and Paula Fortuno, 6-0.
 
Longwood then wrapped up the doubles point with a 6-0 win by Tanja Skalda and Julia Candiotto on the third court. Jamie Breunig and Yulia Almiron downed Bruna Goncalves and Ana Popovic, 6-2 on the second court, to conclude doubles action.
 
The Spartans (2-7) quickly dropped three-straight in singles play.
 
Skalda dispatched Tyrika Lee in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, in the fifth-seeded flight. On court three, Breuning defeated Popovic, 6-3, 6-0.
 
Candiotto secured the win with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Nena Greenhouse at No. 6 singles.
 
Longwood won the first set in all three unfinished matches. On the first court, Cvjetkovic dropped the first set to Almiron, 6-2. Fortuno lost the first set 6-4 in her second-seeded flight against Venta, and Goncalves fell to Terunuma, 6-1, on the fourth court.
 
The Spartans finish out the regular season with four-straight home matches against MEAC Northern Division foes, beginning with a 4 p.m. clash with Hampton on Thursday.
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