Tennessee tennis advances to second round after defeating Old Dominion

Tennessee women’s tennis (14-9, 8-7 SEC) is competing in its 33rd NCAA Tournament in program history.

On Friday, the Lady Vols opened play in the Durham Regional, hosted by Duke. Tennessee defeated Old Dominion, 4-2, in the first round at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

“We train to be able to make adjustments when we need to, and our girls did an incredible job of doing just that today,” Tennessee head coach Alison Ojeda said.

Tennessee advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round. The Lady Vols will face No. 15 seed Duke on Saturday. First serve is scheduled for 4 p.m. EDT. Duke defeated VCU, 4-0, in the first round.

Tennessee versus Old Dominion tennis results

Doubles

#38 Francesca Mattioli and Vanesa Suarez (UT) def. Kira Matushkina and Victoria Matasova (ODU), 6-3 

#21 Catherine Aulia and Leyla Britez Risso (UT) def. Uladzislava Manzhos and Marina Markina (ODU), 6-1

Lidiia Rasskouskaia and Ulyana Romanova (ODU) vs. Katrina Scott and Maeve Thorton (UT), 3-5, unfinished

Singles

#11 Katrina Scott (UT) def. #100 Kira Matushkina (ODU), 6-2, 6-1

Victoria Matasova (ODU) vs. #39 Leyla Britez Risso (UT), 6-4, 2-6, 1-4, unfinished

Ulyana Romanova (ODU) def. Catherine Aulia (UT), 6-4, 6-3

#87 Vanesa Suarez (UT) def. Uladzislava Manzhos (ODU), 7-5, 6-1

Francesca Mattioli (UT) def. Lidiia Rasskouskaia (ODU), 6-3, 6-3

Marina Markina (ODU) def. Saray Yli-Piipari (UT), 6-2, 6-4

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