THE FLATS – No. 24 Georgia Tech women’s tennis cruised to a 4-0 victory over Old Dominion on Monday morning at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex. The Yellow Jackets picked up the doubles point and three singles victories to improve to 8-7 overall.
DOUBLES
Georgia Tech took courts one and two to claim the doubles point and early match lead. Alejandra Cruz and Given Roach wrapped up first on court two, pocketing a 6-2 win over Lidiia Rasskouskaia and Ulyana Romanova. The Yellow Jackets broke open a 2-2 standstill, winning the next four games to seal the victory.
Scarlett Nicholson and Kylie Bilchev clinched the doubles point from court one. The pair jumped out with a 3-0 lead over Sofia Johnson and Victoria Matasova before the Monarchs rallied back to 3-2. Tech held strong and rattled off the next three games to clinch a 6-2 match for the 1-0 match lead.
SINGLES
With three straight-set singles victories, the Yellow Jackets quickly secured the match win. Taly Licht added to the scoreboard from court five, dropping only four games en route to a 6-2, 6-2 rout of Victoria Matasova. The freshman picked up her sixth dual win with the victory that pushed Tech in front, 2-0.
Competing on court two, Cruz put the Yellow Jackets on the brink of victory, rolling to a straight-set decision over Kira Matushkina. After dropping only one game in the first set, 6-1, Cruz dominated the second set, 6-0, to put Georgia Tech up, 3-0, in the match.
Nicholson proved to be the deciding match, collecting a top-10 victory from the No. 1 court over Johnson. The Jacket jumped out with a 4-0 lead in the first set and took the opener, 6-3. Nicholson carried momentum into the second set with a 2-0 lead and clinched the win, 6-3, 6-3.
Georgia Tech returns to Atlantic Coast Conference play this upcoming weekend, welcoming Syracuse and Boston College on Friday and Sunday, respectively. The Orange visit on Friday, March 21 at 4 p.m.
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Scarlett Nicholson/Kylie Bilchev (GT) def. Sofia Johnson/Victoria Matasova (ODU) 6-2
2. Alejandra Cruz/Given Roach (GT) def. Lidiia Rasskouskaia/Ulyana Romanova (ODU) 6-2
3. Taly Licht/Meera Jesudason (GT) vs. Marina Markina/Kira Matushkina (ODU) 5-4, DNF
Order of finish: 2,1*
Singles
1. No. 94 Scarlett Nicholson (GT) def. No. 10 Sofia Johnson (ODU) 6-3, 6-3*
2. No. 113 Alejandra Cruz (GT) def. Kira Matushkina (ODU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Kate Sharabura (GT) vs. Lidiia Rasskouskaia (ODU) 3-6, 6-4, 1-1, DNF
4. Given Roach (GT) vs. Ulyana Romanova (ODU) 6-1, 4-6, DNF
5. Taly Licht (GT) def. Victoria Matasova (ODU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Olivia Carneiro (GT) vs. Marina Markina (ODU) 5-7, 4-2, DNF
Order of finish: 5,2,1*
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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