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BLACKSBURG, Va. - The No. 50 Virginia Tech women’s tennis team defeated No. 73 Marshall, 6-1, at the Burrows-Burleson Indoor Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

Tech started the day off with a sweep over Marshall to clinch the doubles point. Francesca Fusinato and Raluca Mita (VT) def Derya Turhan and Anna Pomyatinskaya (M) on court one 8-2, followed by victories from Elena Cerrezo-Codina/Sansitha Nandakumar and Caroline Daxhelet/Kelly Williford on courts three and two 8-5, 8-5, respectively.

Mita got the Hokies their first singles win of the day as she defeated Bogicevic 6-1, 6-1 on court five. Daxhelet recorded the Hokies second singles win as she defeated Pomyatinskaya 6-2, 6-0 on court three to give the Hokies a 3-0 lead.

On court two, Fusinato defeated Silver 6-3, 6-2 to give the Hokies their fourth point and the victory.

Stoica continued with a win on court one for the Hokies fifth point. Cerrezo-Codina finished the day with a win on court four 4-6, 6-0, 7-5.

The Hokies return to action at Duke on Friday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.

Doubles Results (1,3,2)

Court One: Francesca Fusinato/Raluca Mita (VT) def Derya Turhan/Anna Pomyatinskaya (M) 8-2
Court Two: Caroline Daxhelet/Kelly Williford (VT) def Kai Broomfield/Marija Bogicevic (M) 8-5
Court Three: Elena C.Codina/S. Nandakumar (VT) def Rachel Morales/Maddie Silver (M) 8-5

Singles Results (5,3,2*,1,6,4)

Court One: Ilinca Stoica (VT) def Derya Turhan (M) 6-1, 6-7, 1-0 (10-6 tiebreak on third set)
Court Two: Francesca Fusinato (VT) def Maddie Silver (M) 6-3, 6-2
Court Three: Caroline Daxhelet (VT) def Anna Pomyatinskaya (M) 6-2, 6-0
Court Four: Elena Cerrezo-Codina (VT) def Kai Broomfield (M) 4-6, 6-0, 7-5
Court Five: Raluca Mita (VT) def Marija Bogicevic (M) 6-1, 6-1
Court Six: Rachel Morales (M) def Sansitha Nandakumar (VT) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8 tiebreak on third set)

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