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Pirates Blanked By Virginia Tech In Season Opener
Danielle Terpko Takes A Set In Singles Play
Go Tigers! Senior Natalie Collins opened her final spring season with the Pirates Saturday at Virginia Tech.
Go Tigers!
Senior Natalie Collins opened her final spring season with the Pirates Saturday at Virginia Tech.
 Go Tigers!

Jan. 28, 2012

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech swept aside East Carolina to earn a 7-0 non-conference women’s tennis triumph at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center Saturday afternoon in the Lady Pirates’ season opener.

The No. 60 Hokies (2-0) opened the match capturing the doubles point by taking all three contests. In the No. 1 spot, Martha Blakely and Courtney Rauscher teamed up to top Neena Wanko and Renata Bakieva 8-3. The Lady Pirate pair of Natalie Collins and Yilian Zhang fell at No. 2 8-2 to Shannon Betts and Katie Blow. Rounding out the doubles play was an 8-5 victory by Emily Lauten and Isel Martinez-Marcos over Danielle Terpko and Dana Gray in the No. 3 match.

Virginia Tech continued its strong performances in the singles competition, posting straight-set triumphs in all but one matchup. Terpko, playing in the No. 4 slot, turned in the Lady Pirates’ top effort, taking the second set 7-5 from Rauscher after dropping the opening set 7-5. Rauscher secured the tiebreaker to win the point.

In other singles action, Blakely defeated Wanko 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 and Martinez-Marcos downed Zhang with a 6-1, 6-4 decision at No. 2. In the No. 3 hole, Betts secured a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Collins. Carol Kahoun picked up a 6-1 victory over Bakieva in the first set before being pushed to a 7-6 (3) triumph in the second set. Completing the singles action was Lauten over Gray 7-6 (3), 6-4.

East Carolina (0-1) has nearly a week off before playing a pair of Conference USA matches in Orlando. The Pirates face host UCF at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, and close the weekend against Tulane at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.


 

 

VIRGINIA TECH 7, EAST CAROLINA 0
Singles Play
No. 1 - Martha Blakely (VT) def. Neena Wanko (ECU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 - Isel Martinez-Marcos (VT) def. Yilian Zhang (ECU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 - Shannon Betts (VT) def. Natalie Collins (ECU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Courtney Rauscher (VT) def. Danielle Terpko (ECU) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0(7)
No. 5 - Carol Kahoun (VT) def. Renata Bakieva (ECU) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
No. 6 - Emily Lauten (VT) def. Dana Gray (ECU) 7-6(3), 6-4
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Blakely/Rauscher (VT) def. Wanko/Bakieva (ECU) 8-3
No. 2 - Betts/Blow (VT) def. Collins/Zhang (ECU) 8-2
No. 3 - Lauten/Martinez-Marcos (VT) def. Terpko/Gray (ECU) 8-5
Team Records: East Carolina 0-1, Virginia Tech 2-0