Feb. 15, 2007

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Old Dominion women's tennis team fell, 6-1, at No. 14 Virginia Commonwealth on Wednesday afternoon. The loss drops the Lady Monarchs to 6-2 overall with both losses coming against ranked teams in the ITA Poll.

Old Dominion's lone point came from junior Barbara Costa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) at No. 3 singles. Costa defeated Viktoria Konstantinova, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

The Lady Monarch women's tennis team returns to action on Friday, February 16th when they host Howard at Center Court Racket Club in Newport News.

#14 VCU 6, Old Dominion 1

Doubles:
1. Yuferova/Borisova (VCU) d. Haarhoff/Luiz, 8-1
2. Klokotzky/Konstantinova (VCU) d. Kubieikova/Garder, 8-4
3. Petrashevitch/Leonchuk (VCU) d. Cohen/Costa, 8-1

Singles:
1. Marianna Yuferova (VCU) d. #93 Charleen Haarhoff, 6-4, 6-4
2. Olga Borisova (VCU) d. Fernanda Luiz, 6-1, 6-0
3. Maria Klokotzky (VCU) d. Jana Kubieikova, 7-6 (4), 6-2
4. Barbara Costa (ODU) d. Viktoria Konstantinova, 7-6 (5), 6-4
5. Vera Petrashevitch (VCU) d. Daniela Cohen, 6-0, 6-2
6. Olena Leonchuk (VCU) d. Linda Garder, 8-3