WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Yana Klimchuk went a perfect 3-0 in singles to lead the Norfolk State women's tennis team at the William & Mary Hidden Duals, held Oct. 30–Nov. 1 at William & Mary.
The Spartans faced host William & Mary, Virginia Tech, East Carolina, Richmond and UNC Greensboro across three flights. They collected nine singles wins and three doubles wins over the weekend.
Klimchuk was the standout, winning all three of her singles matches. She outlasted William & Mary's Tilda Larsson 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, rallied past Richmond's Sofia Maria Barbulescu 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, and took down W&M's Francesca Davis in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.
Irina Iurea added two singles wins. She battled back for a 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over UNCG's Sanne Elise Salomonsen and topped Richmond's Lainey O'Neil 7-5, 6-4.
Yuliya Yurkova earned the most dramatic win of the weekend, taking down East Carolina's Zelie Bretin in back-to-back tiebreaks, 7-6(4), 7-6(3). Julia Daroszewska also came from a set down to defeat ECU's Kim Auerswald 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Sabina Iurea earned a three-set win over UNCG's Ivet Sala Sanchez, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, and Kayla Kennedy rolled past UNCG's Eliza Perry 6-2, 6-1.
In doubles, Daroszewska and Elena Martínez Prado posted the Spartans' signature win, beating William & Mary's Rebeka Svabikova and Francesca Davis 6-2. Klimchuk and Yurkova edged Virginia Tech's Linda Ziets-Segura and Madeleine Rexroat 7-5. Kennedy and Sabina Iurea teamed up for a 6-2 win over UNCG's Sara Kostic and Eliza Perry.
NSU also took two of William & Mary's and UNCG's tandems to tiebreaks. Daroszewska and Klimchuk fell 7-6(5) to W&M's Larsson and Julia Viesi Santoro Pereira. Yurkova and Ines Sabadie dropped a 7-6(4) decision to UNCG's Sophia Cedeno and Sala Sanchez.
Norfolk State Doubles Results
vs. UNCG, W&M
Cedeno/Sala Sanchez (UNCG) def. Yurkova/Sabadie (NSU) 7-6(4)
Larsson/Viesi Santoro Pereira (W&M) def. Daroszewska/Klimchuk (NSU) 7-6(5)
Salomonsen/Thomson (UNCG) def. Martínez Prado/I. Iurea (NSU) 6-2
Kennedy/S. Iurea (NSU) def. Kostic/Perry (UNCG) 6-2
vs. ECU, Richmond
Auerswald/Bretin (ECU) def. Daroszewska/Klimchuk (NSU) 6-4
Barbulescu/O'Neil (RICH) def. Yurkova/Sabadie (NSU) 6-4
de Grisogono/Jeromin (ECU) def. Martínez Prado/I. Iurea (NSU) 6-1
Pavlenko/Moody (ECU) def. Kennedy/S. Iurea (NSU) 6-3
vs. W&M, Virginia Tech
Daroszewska/Martínez Prado (NSU) def. Svabikova/Davis (W&M) 6-2
Klimchuk/Yurkova (NSU) def. Ziets-Segura/Rexroat (VT) 7-5
Sidelnyk/Frosch (VT) def. S. Iurea/Sabadie (NSU) 6-0
Larsson/Viesi Santoro Pereira (W&M) def. I. Iurea/Kennedy (NSU) 7-5
Norfolk State Singles Results
vs. UNCG, W&M
Sophia Cedeno (UNCG) def. Julia Daroszewska (NSU) – walkover (inj.)
Sara Kostic (UNCG) def. Yuliya Yurkova (NSU) 6-0, 7-5
Yana Klimchuk (NSU) def. Tilda Larsson (W&M) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
Lauren Thomson (UNCG) def. Elena Martínez Prado (NSU) 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-3
Irina Iurea (NSU) def. Sanne Elise Salomonsen (UNCG) 2-6, 6-0, 6-1
Sabina Iurea (NSU) def. Ivet Sala Sanchez (UNCG) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
Julia Viesi Santoro Pereira (W&M) def. Ines Sabadie (NSU) 6-0, 6-7(6), 7-6(3)
Kayla Kennedy (NSU) def. Eliza Perry (UNCG) 6-2, 6-1
vs. ECU, Richmond
Julia Daroszewska (NSU) def. Kim Auerswald (ECU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Yana Klimchuk (NSU) def. Sofia Maria Barbulescu (RICH) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
Yuliya Yurkova (NSU) def. Zelie Bretin (ECU) 7-6(4), 7-6(3)
Giorgia de Grisogono (ECU) def. Elena Martínez Prado (NSU) 6-4, 6-2
Irina Iurea (NSU) def. Lainey O'Neil (RICH) 7-5, 6-4
Xenia Jeromin (ECU) def. Sabina Iurea (NSU) 6-0, 6-3
Skylar Moody (ECU) def. Kayla Kennedy (NSU) 6-0, 6-2
vs. W&M, Virginia Tech
Rebeka Svabikova (W&M) def. Julia Daroszewska (NSU) 6-4, 6-1
Yana Klimchuk (NSU) def. Francesca Davis (W&M) 7-5, 6-4
Laima Frosch (VT) def. Yuliya Yurkova (NSU) 6-0, 6-3
Madeleine Rexroat (VT) def. Irina Iurea (NSU) 6-0, 6-1
Linda Ziets-Segura (VT) def. Elena Martínez Prado (NSU) 6-3, 6-2
Tilda Larsson (W&M) def. Sabina Iurea (NSU) 6-3, 6-0
Parker Debnam (W&M) def. Ines Sabadie (NSU) 6-2, 6-3
