NORFOLK, Va. — The App State tennis team fell 5-2 to No. 62 Old Dominion on Friday.
Ninth-ranked
Savannah Dada-Mascoll kept her winning streak alive, requiring seven games in both sets to secure her 15th consecutive victory and 16th straight set win, 7-6 (5), 7-5. She defeated Old Dominion's (4-4) 102nd-ranked Kira Matushkina, last season's Sun Belt Women's Tennis Player to Watch and a fellow All-Sun Belt honoree in both singles and doubles.
Ruby Broadbent snapped a five-match skid, earning a straight-set win at No. 6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
How It Happened
App State (7-10) opened the dual by conceding the doubles point following losses at No. 2 and No. 3. The No. 1 duo of Dada-Mascoll and
Taya Powell were left tied at 4-4 when the point was clinched.
Trailing early, Dada-Mascoll and
Naledi Manyube both won their opening sets in tiebreakers, giving the Mountaineers one-set leads at Nos. 1, 2, and 6.
Losses on Courts 4 and 5 pushed App State into a 3-0 deficit. However, freshman
Allegra Hodson forced a third set to keep the Mountaineers alive while they led on the three remaining courts. Despite that resiliency, Hodson fell in the deciding set to clinch the victory for the Monarchs. Wins from Dada-Mascoll and Broadbent put the Mountaineers on the board after the match was decided, with Manyube forfeiting at No. 2 to result in the 5-2 final.
Up Next
The Mountaineers continue their road trip with a stop in Greenville, N.C. for a clash against East Carolina on Sunday. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the River Birch Tennis Complex.
Results:
(Doubles)
Savannah Dada-Mascoll/
Taya Powell (APP) vs. Victoria Matasova/Kira Matushkina (ODU) | 4-4, unfinished
Uladzislava Manzhos/Marina Markina (ODU) def.
Ruby Broadbent/
Naledi Manyube (APP) | 6-2
Lidiia Rasskouskaia/Ulyana Romanova (ODU) def.
Sreenidhi Balaji/
Allegra Hodson (APP) | 6-3
(Singles)
#9
Savannah Dada-Mascoll (APP) def. #102 Kira Matushkina (ODU) | 7-6 (5), 7-5
#115 Victoria Matasova (ODU) def.
Naledi Manyube | 6-7 (7-9), 4-3, retirement
Ulyana Romanova (ODU) def.
Allegra Hodson (APP) | 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Uladzislava Manzhos (ODU) def.
Sreenidhi Balaji (APP) | 6-3, 6-3
Lidiia Rasskouskaia (ODU) def.
Alexi Cleveland (APP) | 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Ruby Broadbent (APP) def. Mya Byrd (ODU) | 6-4, 7-6 (4)
