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Old Dominion 4, Delaware
0 Defending Champion ODU Knocks Blue Hens Out of First CAA Tournament
RICHMOND, VA -- The Old Dominion University men's and women's tennis teams knocked the University of Delaware out of the Colonial Athletic Association tennis tournament Friday morning with identical wins of 4-0 in the quarterfinals. In women's action, the No. 3 seed and defending champion Monarchs handed the No. 6 seed Blue Hen women a 4-0 loss in a match played at Virginia Commonwealth's Thalhimer Tennis Center. Delaware had a four-match win streak snapped to fall to 7-11. Old Dominion advances to Saturday's semifinals to face No. 2 seed Virginia Commonwealth, a 6-0 winner over Towson. The No. 3 seed Old Dominion men posted a 4-0 win over the No. 6 seed Delaware men in the quarterfinals at Byrd Park in Richmond. The Delaware men had a four-match win streak snapped to fall to 10-7 on the season. The Monarchs advanced to face No. 2 William & Mary, a first round 4-0 winner over Towson, in Saturday's semifinals. In the women's singles matches, ODU's Nataly Cahana, the two-time CAA Player of the Year, downed Delaware senior Elly Giese 6-0, 6-3 at No. 1, Ana Radeljevic downed Jessica Wilkes 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2, and Lara van Rooyen posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Anisha Talati at the No. 3 spot.. Delaware's Martine Street at No. 4, Christine Knox at No. 5, and Beth Principe at No. 6 did not finish their matches because the verdict had been decided. ODU also captured the doubles point by sweeping the three matches from the Blue Hens. Giese and Talati each had four-match win streaks snapped. Giese, 53-33 in her singles career at Delaware, played in her 86th career match for the Blue Hens, one shy of the record 87 played by Erin Kamen in 1996-2000. In the men's singles matches, Calin Milos of ODU downed Delaware's Robert Wirth 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot, Patrick Binkowski downed Delaware's Lee Kennedy 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4, and Niklas Oskarsson downed David Mouber 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 6 spot. The loss snapped Mouber's five-match winning streak and was his 71st career singles match, setting a new school record and breaking the mark of 70 by Ira Bernstein in 1995-99. Delaware's Sanjay Khindri at No. 1, John Tully at No. 2, and Dustin Lewis at No. 5 did not finish their matches because the verdict had already been decided. The Monarchs claimed the doubles point by winning each of the two matches. AGATE: Women: Old Dominion def. Delaware, 4-0 Singles: Nataly Cahana, ODU def. Elly Giese, 6-0, 6-3; Ana Radeljevic, ODU def. Jessica Wilkes, 6-1, 6-0; Lara van Rooyen, ODU def. Anisha Talati, 6-1, 6-0; Mily Kannarkat, ODU vs. Martine Street, D, dnc Patricia Araujo, ODU vs. Christine Knox, D, dnc; Julia Sotiriu, ODU vs. Beth Principe, D, dnc. Doubles: Cahana-Radeljevic, ODU, def. Giese-Street, 8-0; Kannarkat-Sotiriu, ODU def. Wilkes-Talati, 8-1; Araujo-van Rooyen, ODU, def. Knox-Principe, 8-0.
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