RICHMOND, VA - The Chowan University women's tennis team picked up a 9-0 win over Virginia Union University on Thursday afternoon. The Hawks advance to 17-8 on the season and 13-0 in conference competition.

Chowan swept Virginia Union in doubles and singles play during Thursday's match. In the number one doubles play, Polina Novachuk and Victoria Smolchenkova defeated Logan Reid and Sabrina Connor 8-0, while Cynthia Carrier and Angelique Gouin took the number two doubles 8-0 for Chowan over Zsakee Crocker and Amirah Eckles. The Hawks secured the number three doubles position 8-0 with Anna Makhneva and Roxana Daneshjoo over Destiny Chapman and Lynda Kaneza.

Heading into singles with a 3-0 lead, Chowan's Novachuk defeated Connor 8-0 in the first singles match. Smolchenkova won the number two singles 8-0 over Reid. The Panthers fell in the number three singles play 8-0, with Eckles to Carrier, while Kaneza dropped the number four position for Virginia Union 8-0 to Gouin. The Hawks picked up the number five singles with a clean 8-0, Franca Pacelli over Chapman, before Natalia Andrade defeated Crocker 8-0 for Chowan in the sixth singles position.

The Hawks are back in action on Friday April 14^th as they travel to Staunton, Virginia to take on Bluefield State College. Match time is slated for 3:00pm.

Chowan 9, Virginia Union 0
4/13/2017 at Virginia Union University 

Singles competition

1. NOVACHUK,Polina (CU-W) def. CONNOR,Sabrina (VUU-W) 8-0

2. SMOLCHENKOVA,Victori (CU-W) def. REID,Logan (VUU-W) 8-0

3. CARRIER,Cynthia (CU-W) def. ECKLES,Amirah (VUU-W) 8-0

4. GOUIN,Angelique (CU-W) def. KANEZA,Lynda (VUU-W) 8-0

5. PACELLI,Franca (CU-W) def. CHAPMAN,Destiny (VUU-W) 8-0

6. ANDRADE,Natalia (CU-W) def. CROCKER,Zsakee (VUU-W) 8-0

 

Doubles competition

1. NOVACHUK,Polina/SMOLCHENKOVA,Victori (CU-W) def. CONNOR,Sabrina/REID,Logan (VUU-W) 8-0

2. CARRIER,Cynthia/GOUIN,Angelique (CU-W) def. ECKLES,Amirah/CROCKER,Zsakee (VUU-W) 8-0

3. MAKHNEVA,Anna/DANESHJOO,Roxana (CU-W) def. CHAPMAN,Destiny/KANEZA,Lynda (VUU-W) 8-0

 

Match Notes

Chowan 17-8

Order of finish: Doubles (13,2); Singles (6,4,5,3,2,1)