|   Virgina Commonwealth Rams 4,
Duke Blue Devils 3
Round of 16
2:00 PM, May 16, 2002
West Tennis Courts
Live Scoreboard
| DOUBLES | | Doubles | Duke | Virginia Commonwealth | Score | W | | 1. | Hillary Adams/Kelly McCain | Martina Nedelkova/Andrea Ondrisova | 8-1 | D | | 2. | Julie DeRoo/Amanda Johnson | Silvia Urickova/Barbora Zahnova | 2-5 (V) | - | | 3. | Katie Granson/Prim Siripipat | Jana Carollo/Christina Gago | 8-2 | D | | Order of Finish: 1, 3 (Duke wins doubles point) | | SINGLES | | Singles | Duke | Virginia Commonwealth | Score | W | | 1. | Kelly McCain | Andrea Ondrisova | 6-4, 6-4 | V | | 2. | Julie DeRoo | Martina Nedelkova | 6-2, 6-1 | V | | 3. | Ioana Plesu | Silvia Urickova | 6-1, 6-4 | V | | 4. | Saras Arasu | Barbora Zahnova | 6-4, 7-6 (3) | V | | 5. | Katie Granson | Christina Gago | 6-2, 6-2 | D | | 6. | Hillary Adams | Jana Carollo | 7-6 (4), 6-1 | D | | Order of Finish: 2, 5, 3, 6, 1, 4 | | Final Score: Virginia Commonwealth 4, Duke 3 | Team Records: Virginia Commonwealth 20-2, Duke 25-5. | | Match Notes: The 2:00 p.m. match at the West Campus Courts ... The match was decided at No. 4 singles, as Barbora Zahnova broke a 3-3 tie by defeating Saras Arasu 7-3 in a second set tiebreaker ... The Rams, who are ranked 24th in the country, were the only unseeded team in the Round of 16 ... Duke is ranked fourth in the nation and seeded fifth in the tournament ... VCU advances to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Team Championship for the first time in shcool history ... The Rams were also making their first-ever appearance in the Round of 16 ... VCU is 13-0 outdoors this season ... The Blue Devils were making their 12th consecutive appearance in the Round of 16 ... VCU's Andrea Ondrisova is now 21-0 overall this season ... The Rams will face Tennessee in the quarters on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Taube Tennis Center. Duke Head Coach Jamie Ashworth - "We played defensive tennis today. We went through the whole year losing five macthes, and all five went down to the last match. I told our team today that this was a bad time to play our worst match of the year, especially after we won the doubles point and had the momentum." Virginia Commonwealth Head Coach Paul Kostin - "It was an ubelievable match with an unbelievable finish (second set tiebreaker at No. 4 singles). With the way we lost the doubles point, I was hoping that we could just stay with them for awhile. But we reloaded for singles. Everyone played well today. We've lost a couple of 4-3 squeakers like this earlier this year5, but today we deserved to win." | |
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