Terrapins Fall to No. 23 VCU, 7-0, Sunday Afternoon

Feb. 17, 2008

RICHMOND, Va. - The Maryland women's tennis team fell to No. 23 Virginia Commonwealth, 7-0, Sunday afternoon in Richmond, Va. at the Thalhimer Tennis Center. The Terps fell to 1-4 on the season, while the Rams improved to 9-0.

Sophomore Maggie MacKeever and freshman Julia Huschke won their No. 3 doubles match over VCU's Kateryna Yergina and Kateryna Malakhova, 8-4, for the Terps' only win of the day.

Junior captain Michal Amir and sophomore co-captain Lisa Miller teamed up against Tatsiana Uvarova and Viktoria Konstantinova. Amir and Miller lost the No. 1 doubles match, 8-6. The freshman duo of Adela Matejkova and Karin Lundmark fell to Vera Petrashevitch and Laura Burns, 8-3, in their No. 2 doubles match.

Amir lost her No. 1 singles match to Uvarova, 6-4, 6-1. MacKeever dropped her No. 4 match to Burns, 6-2, 6-1, while Miller lost her No. 5 match to Petrashevitch, 6-1, 6-3.

Freshman Oksana Krutiyenko lost to Malakhova at the No. 6 position, 8-4, while Lundmark lost to Konstantinova, 6-2, 6-0. Huschke also lost her singles match to Yergina, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 3 position.

The Terrapins will play host to Penn next Saturday and Old Dominion Sunday. Both matches will take place at 10 a.m. at the Tennis Center at College Park.

Maryland 0, VCU 7
Doubles
1. Uvarova/Konstantinova (VCU) def. Amir/Miller (MD), 8-6
2. Petrashevitch/Burns (VCU) def. Matejkova/Lundmark (MD), 8-3
3. MacKeever/Huschke (MD) def. Yergina/Malakhova (VCU), 8-4
Order of finish: 2,3,1

Singles
1. Uvarova (VCU) def. Amir (MD), 6-4, 6-1
2. Konstantinova (VCU) def. Lundmark (MD), 6-2, 6-0
3. Yergina (VCU) def. Huschke (MD), 6-2, 6-1
4. Burns (VCU) def. MacKeever (MD), 6-2, 6-1
5. Petrashevitch (VCU) def. Miller (MD), 6-1, 6-3
6. Malakhova (VCU) def. Krutiyenko (MD), 8-4
Order of finish: 4,3,1,2,5,6

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