The No. 40 Virginia women’s tennis team won both sides of the doubleheader in Pittsburgh Friday, beating Duquesne, 6-1, and Pittsburgh, 5-2, before traveling to Louisville Sunday and losing to the Cardinals, 4-3.
Virginia (9-11, 6-6 ACC) took control of the match against Duquesne (13-8, 5-2 A10) from the beginning, taking the doubles point and handily winning most singles matches. On court one, Virginia freshman Rosie Johanson beat junior Kylie Isaacs 6-3, 6-3. On court two, junior Cassie Mercer also won in straight sets, defeating sophomore Julianne Herman 6-2, 7-6 (4). The win marked an end to a prior five-game skid for Virginia.
Later that day, Virginia beat Pittsburgh (3-13, 0-12 ACC) for its first win against a conference opponent in six matches. This time, Virginia lost the doubles point but was able to win five of six singles matches to take the match. Johanson and Mercer again picked up big victories, along with sophomore Meghan Kelley, freshman Camille Favero and freshman Hunter Bleser.
In its final road match of the season, Virginia battled against Louisville Sunday but came up short. After Louisville won the doubles point to begin the match, Johanson topped Louisville sophomore Aleksandra Mally 6-0, 6-2 to even out the match. Mercer and Bleser went on to win in singles, but the effort came up shy, 4-3.
Virginia closes out the season with three home matches this weekend against Florida State, Miami and Towson. Virginia first takes on conference opponent Florida State at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Snyder Tennis Courts.
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