NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State women's tennis team kicked off the 2020 season against Old Dominion at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon, dropping the match 6-0 to the Monarchs.
Zoe Fraser and
Bruna Goncalves were the No. 1 doubles group for the Spartans, matching up against ODU's Yulia Starodubtseva and Alesya Yakubovich. The pair of Monarchs won the match 6-3, but Fraser and Goncalves put up the best result of the day for NSU.
Paula Fortuno and
Joyce Fields made up the No. 2 doubles team for NSU, dropping their match 6-0 to ODU's Holley Hutchinson and Brooke Pilkington. NSU defaulted at the No. 3 doubles.
All five Spartans fell in straight sets during singles play. Fraser had some success in her singles match, taking two games from ODU's Pilkington in a 6-2, 6-0 loss.
Siliah Burke appeared in the No. 5 singles after not participating in the earlier doubles events, dropping her match to 6-0 to ODU's Alexandra Viktorovich. ODU's No. 1, Hutchison, did not participate in singles play, and the Monarchs subsequently defaulted the No. 6 singles match.
Match Notes:
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Brittany Pilkington Baine, head coach of NSU, is the older sister of ODU's Pilkington.
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John Brinkman, who enters his first year as a volunteer assistant coach at Norfolk State, spent over a decade in the same role at Old Dominion.
The Spartans have a lengthy break until the season really gets underway, playing at Longwood on Feb. 29 before heading to Hilton Head, S.C. for the Spring Break Tennis fest on March 7 to March 15.
RESULTS
Jan. 22, 2020
Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center
Norfolk, Va.
Old Dominion: 6
Norfolk State: 0
Doubles
1. Starodubtseva/Yakubovich (ODU) def. Fraser/Goncalves (NSU) 6-3
2. Hutchinson/Pilkington (ODU) def. Fortuno/Fields (NSU) 6-0
3. NSU did not field a team
Singles
1. Starodubtseva (ODU) def. Fortuno (NSU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Pilkington (ODU) def. Fraser (NSU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Yakubovich (ODU) def. Goncalves (NSU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Sasnouskaya (ODU) def. Fields (NSU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Viktorovich (ODU) def. Burke (NSU) 6-0, 6-0
