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Tech senior Inga Beermann serves toward her opponent. Beermann is one of the three seniors who will be leaving the team after this season.

After an up and down 2009 season, the Virginia Tech women's tennis team lost the first match of the ACC tournament and just missed the NCAA tournament.

"I think overall it was a good season," said head coach Terry Ann Zawacki-Woods. "It definitely could have been better."

The team finished with a winning record of 13-11, but held a losing record within the ACC at 3-8. Despite their losing record in the ACC, it was the highest finish the team has seen since the arrival of Zawacki-Woods.

"I definitely wish we could have just got a couple more of those wins under our belt," she said. "I really feel that it would have been a huger success."

The team lost three seniors at the close of the season: Inga Beermann, Jessica Brouwer and Abbey Walker.

Beermann, who finished the year with 17 singles wins and 21 doubles wins said, "We started off with a bang,"

"I think we started off 8-0 and didn't even lose a match our first five games," she said. "We just had such a fun team this year."

"We had a lot of freshmen who had a lot of potential and showed a lot of talent," she said. "They had a lot of heart and definitely contributed to the success we had. I would consider it one of the most successful seasons as a team that I've had since I've been here."

Of her four years as a Hokie, Beermann's most memorable was her freshman season.

"I came in with no expectations pretty much," she said. "I knew I was good. I played number one all four years, and I think I was the first one in Virginia Tech history to make NCAAs in singles."

Beermann concluded her career ranked fourth in career singles with 80 individual wins. She also tied for second in doubles wins with 75 during her career.

Her highlight of the season occurred at the beginning of the season this January.

"We started off in Texas beating Iowa 7-0. I guess nobody expected us to win because we're such a young team. Just winning that so easily and playing so well," she said. "You could see the hard work paid off."

Senior Day against Wake Forest was an especially emotional day for Inga this spring.

"We beat Wake Forest; it was a big upset for us," she said. "They were ranked 37, and we bet them."

"I had a big doubles win, a big comeback. Unfortunately, I lost in singles but I played the same girl four days later at ACCs. I got my revenge and beat her," she said.

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