The Virginia women's tennis team won its final two matches Sunday to sew up a 4-3, come-from-behind victory over Pennsylvania and improve its record to 2-1 overall.
The Cavaliers dropped two of three doubles matches and trailed 1-0 heading into singles play. The doubles pairings of Christie Schweer and Henriette Williams, and Jennifer Tuchband and Kelly Weaver both lost, while Amy O'Donnell and Christine Kim won for Virginia. Weaver and Tuchband avenged their doubles defeats by winning their matches in straight sets, but freshman Laura James and Schweer dropped the next two matches to leave the Cavaliers down 3-2.
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Williams defeated Nicole Ptak in three sets to even the score. Top-seeded O'Donnell clinched the victory with a three-set win over Kunovac, the East Region's number four player, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
O'Donnell was able to win both her doubles and singles matches despite playing in only her third singles match since undergoing shoulder surgery in August.
Virginia drops in basketball poll
After a disappointing 62-56 loss at Georgia Tech on Sunday and a 90-80 loss at N.C. State on Wednesday, the Virginia men's basketball fell from No. 6 to No. 12 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.
North Carolina remained the top-ranked team, followed by Stanford and Duke.
Maryland fell four spots to 17th, and Wake Forest rounded out the ACC contingent at 23rd.
Virginia faces Duke at University Hall on Wednesday. The Athletic Department is asking all Cavalier fans attending the game to wear orange in celebration of Valentine's Day.
ACC players finalists for Naismith
Four ACC players are in the running for the 2001 Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year award. The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Monday that Shane Battier and Jason Williams of Duke, and Joseph Forte and Brendan Haywood of North Carolina are among the finalists for the prestigious award. Other finalists include Charlie Bell and Jason Richardson of Michigan State, Jarron Collins and Casey Jacobson of Stanford and Troy Murphy of Notre Dame.
Finalists for the women's award are twins Coco and Kelly Miller of Georgia, Svetlana Abrosimova, Sue Bird and Shea Ralph of Connecticut, and Tamkia Catchings and Michelle Snow of Tennessee. The winners will be announced April 7 in Atlanta.
ACC announces players of the week
On Monday, the ACC named Georgia Tech junior Tony Akins and Florida State senior Brooke Wyckoff as its men's and women's basketball Players of the Week.
Akins averaged 23.5 points to lead Tech to two wins over ACC rivals Virginia and Maryland. Akins hit 13 of 18 free throws and 15 of 21 field goals against the two teams. Against the Terrapins, Akins scored a season-high 28 points and sank all three of his three-point attempts. He added 19 points against Virginia on Sunday.
Wyckoff was a key factor in Florida State's rise to second place in the ACC standings. Wyckoff averaged 23.3 points and 7.3 rebounds to lead the Seminoles to victories over No. 4 Duke, Georgia Tech and Maryland. She scored a career-high 30 points on 61-percent shooting in Florida State's win over the Yellow Jackets. Against the Blue Devils, Wyckoff netted 20 points.
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