Winthrop drops 5-2 women’s tennis decision to VCU

The Winthrop women’s tennis team came up short against the Virginia Commonwealth Rams 5-2 Thursday afternoon at the Winthrop Memorial Tennis Center.

Winthrop fell behind early, losing the doubles competition. The No. 1 pairing of Alice Garcia and Mariana Humberg continued strong play, winning their sixth straight doubles match 8-4 over Salome Kvitashvili and Olga Barscheuskaya. However, the Rams took both the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, claiming the doubles point. The No. 2 duo of Ekin Gunaysu and Tijana Uzelac lost 8-6 to Cindy Chala and Darya Berezhnaya. No. 3 combo of Monica Aguado and Camille Amrani also lost 8-6 to Ludivine Burguiere and Alzbeta Veverkova.

Singles play began with No. 1 Gunaysu losing to Chala 6-1, 6-1. The Eagles rebounded from their 2-0 deficit with No. 2 Garcia’s 7-6, 7-5 victory over Kvitashvili. No. 3 Humberg was topped by Barscheuskaya 6-4, 7-5. Winthrop battled back with No. 4 Uzelac winning 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (9) over Burguiere.

The Rams proved to be too tough winning at No. 5 and No. 6 singles slots and taking the match. No. 5 Aguado couldn’t get over the hump in her 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (5) loss to Berezhnaya. No. 6 Amrani lost 6-2, 6-2 to Veverkova.

This story was originally published March 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM with the headline "Winthrop drops 5-2 women’s tennis decision to VCU."