The No. 51 Virginia Tech women's tennis team traveled south this past weekend to take on the Clemson and the Georgia Tech.
The Hokies (10-6, 1-4 ACC) dropped both matches, losing a 5-2 decision to the Tigers and 7-0 to the Yellow Jackets.
Entering the encounter with No. 13 Clemson, the Hokies jumped out to a quick start by taking the points in the doubles matches.
The pairing of senior Jessica Brouwer and sophomore Holly Johnson came up with the biggest victory. They upset the No. 8 doubles pairing, Ani Mijacika and Keri Wong, by a count of 8-5. Also coming away with a win was the duo of sophomore Yasmin Hamza and senior Abbey Walker.
Singles play, though, was dominated by the Tigers. Led by Mijacika, the No. 1 player in the country, Clemson took five of the six matches. Mijacika defeated senior Inga Beermann 6-1, 6-0. The lone singles win was by freshman Martha Blakely, 7-6, 6-4.
The Hokies were thoroughly dominated by the No. 6 Yellow Jackets, who boast four players ranked in the top 50 nationally.
Georgia Tech took the first point of the day by winning two of three doubles matches and then never looked back as it swept all six of the singles matches. Virginia Tech's lone win for the day came from the doubles pairing of Beermann and Blakely as they won their match 8-7.
The Hokies host No. 8 Miami on Saturday and No. 30 Florida State on Sunday.
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