The Virginia Tech women's tennis team hosted a double-header match this past Saturday against Liberty and Davidson at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis center.
The Virginia Tech women's tennis team hosted a double-header match this past Saturday against Liberty and Davidson at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis center.
Tech was able to continue its early-season success by shutting out each of its opponents 7-0, 7-0. The Hokies came into the matches ranked No. 41 in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association polls and improved to 6-1 overall on the season.
Tech began the day by playing the Liberty Flames, and the match was never close. The doubles pairings of Jessica Brouwer and Holly Johnson, followed by Yasmin Hamza and Abbey Walker both won their matches to take the doubles points.
Following the doubles, Tech swept all six singles matches over the Flames. Freshman Martha Blakely dominated the No. 2 match against Lais Souzo 6-1, 6-1. Senior Inga Beermann had the toughest match of the day, as it took her extra sets to defeat opponent Jordan Jenkins 4-6, 7-6, 1-0.
The Hokies followed the Liberty performance with pure perfection against Davidson by sweeping the Wildcats in all doubles and singles matches.
Setting the tone early for the Hokies once again was the doubles team of Brouwer and Johnson, who cruised through with an 8-1 victory.
The singles matches displayed a strong performance by the freshman players on the team. Freshmen Katie Blow, Blakely and Shannon Betts all completed difficult victories in order to complete the sweep over the Wildcats.
Tech's next matches come on Feb. 21, as it travels to play at No. 34 VCU.
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