Bucs lose first home match of the season

BRISTOL, Tenn. (Feb. 12, 2022) – Looking to get hot before conference play started, the Bucs were met with the VCU Rams in Bristol as the Rams took the match 4-0 playing to clinch.

Emilia Alfaro (Azul, Argentina) and Mayya Gorbunova (Moscow, Russia) kept their No. 2 flight competitive against VCU’s Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Laura Garcia Astudillo, but the Rams’ 1 and 3 flights took the doubles point before their match was finished.

Alejandra Morales (Santiago, Chile), Fernanda Carvajal (Queretaro, Mexico), and Daniela Rivera (Maturin, Venezuela) were the lone Bucs to win a set in their respective flights. Morales took her first set 6-3 before VCU’s Yelizaveta Karlova took the second and third sets, clinching the match for the Rams. Carvajal forced a third set 6-4 before having their match go unfinished. Rivera took her first set 6-1 against VCU’s Anja Draskovic before their match also went unfinished.

The Bucs drop to 0-2 at home despite playing both matches in Bristol.

Singles Competition

1. #69 Paola Diaz Delgado (VCU) def. #87 Laylo Bakhodirova (ETSU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Yelizaveta Karlova (VCU) def. Alejandra Morales (ETSU) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
3. Fernanda Carvajal (ETSU) vs. Gabriela Davidescu (VCU) 4-6, 6-4, 3-4, unfinished
4. Nina Sorkin (VCU) def. Emilia Alfaro (ETSU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Daniela Rivera (ETSU) vs. Anja Draskovic (VCU) 6-1, unfinished
6. Yunuen Elizarraras (ETSU) vs. Laura Astudillo (VCU) 2-3, unfinished

Doubles Competition

1. Gabriela Davidescu/Shivani Manjanna (VCU) def. Laylo Bakhodirova/Alejandra Morales (ETSU) 6-4
2. Emilia Alfaro/Mayya Gorbunova (ETSU) vs. Paola Diaz Delgado/Laura Astudillo (VCU) 4-4, unfinished
3. Yelizaveta Karlova/Nina Sorkin (VCU) def. Fernanda Carvajal/Yunuen Elizarraras (ETSU) 6-2

Match Notes: ETSU 2-6, VCU 6-1

Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,4,2)

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The Bucs host another pair of teams at home as ETSU hosts Western Carolina on Friday and Appalachian State on Saturday.

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