No. 9 UVA Women's Tennis Downs Virginia Tech 5-2 in Commonwealth Clash

The Cavaliers defeated the Hokies on Thursday in Charlottesville to earn a point towards the 2022-2023 Commonwealth Clash

Matt Newton | Apr 6, 2023

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That's another point for the Hoos in the 2022-2023 Commonwealth Clash. No. 9 Virginia women's tennis defeated Virginia Tech 5-2 on Thursday afternoon at Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville to give UVA an 8.0-7.0 lead in this year's Commonwealth Clash.

It was a near perfect start to the match for the Cavaliers, who swept all three doubles matches. The teams of Julia Adams/Melodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky/Natasha Subhash didn't drop a single game, winning 6-0 on courts 1 and 2, while Sara Ziodato and Annabelle Xu picked up a 6-2 win on court 3.

Julia Adams, who was honored in a Senior Day ceremony before the match, continued her celebration in singles action as she defeated Tamara Bara Itzhaki 6-2, 6-2 on court 2. Sara Ziodato picked up a 6-2, 6-2 win over Erika Cheng on court 5 to make it 3-0 in favor of Virginia.

Virginia Tech got on the board on court 6 as Katie Andreini beat Melodie Collard 6-2, 6-4. Hibah Shaikh clinched the victory for the Cavaliers shortly after that, though, winning 6-3, 6-1 vs. Daryia Radulova on court 3.

With the match already decided, each team scored a point as Ozlem Uslu beat Natasha Subhash 6-1, 7-6 on the top court and Elaine Chervinsky rallied to beat Semra Aksu 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 on court 4, making the final score 5-2 in favor of Virginia.

The win allows the Cavaliers to retake the lead over the Hokies in the 2022-2023 Commonwealth Clash, which Virginia now leads 8.0-7.0 See the full list of events and scores for the 2022-2023 Commonwealth Clash here.

Now 15-4 overall and 8-2 in ACC play, Virginia will conclude the regular season with a pair of ranked road matches next weekend at No. 7 NC State on Friday (4/14) and at No. 24 Wake Forest on Sunday (4/16).

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Published Apr 6, 2023

MATT NEWTON

Matt launched Virginia Cavaliers On SI in August of 2021 and has since served as the site's publisher and managing editor, covering all 23 NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. He is from Downingtown, Pennsylvania and graduated from UVA in May of 2021.