COLLEGE MEN’S TENNIS
Old Dominion (4-0) won several close matches to post a 7-0 shutout Sunday at Drake in Des Moines, Iowa. The Monarchs won both matches on their Midwest trip, beating Wisconsin 5-2.
The Monarchs took the doubles point via 6-3 victories from the tandems of Cosme Rolland De Ravel/Jakob Cadonau and Yanis Moundir/Maxime Mareschal-Hay, overcoming a loss on the top line.
Three ODU players won in straight sets: Connor van Schalkwyk at line 2, Aryan Saleh at 5 and Cadonau at 6. Codie van Schalkwyk at 1, Rolland De Ravel at 3 and Moundir at 4.
Both ODU and Drake saw their seasons end a year ago in the NCAA Tournament in Chapel Hill. The Sun Belt champion Monarchs lost to Utah on the same day Drake, the Summit League champion, fell to eventual round-of-16 finisher North Carolina.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S TENNIS
Monarchs go 1-1 at ITA Kickoff
Old Dominion (1-2) made an early impact in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kickoff Weekend, shutting out Iowa State — a team that reached the NCAA Elite Eight last year — 4-0 Saturday on the Cyclones’ indoor courts in Ames before losing 4-0 Sunday to third-ranked Oklahoma State.
The Cyclones lacked a No. 6 player, so ODU got one free point. Sofia Johnson and Lidiia Rasskouskaia edged the ITA’s 56th-ranked tandem, Anna Kuearum and Isabella Dunlap, 7-6 (7-4) to give the Monarchs the doubles point.
Johnson beat Kuearum 6-2, 6-2 on line 1 and Rasskouskaia won 6-4, 6-4 on line 5, enabling the Monarchs to clinch the victory. Three competitive singles matches were halted when they did so.
Oklahoma State (4-0) earned a berth in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship’s 16-team field in Seattle by beating the Monarchs. OSU didn’t lose a set.
Johnson was at 5-all in the second set with Anastasiya Komar, the nation’s No. 13 player, when their match was adjourned. Ange Oby Kajuru, ranked second by the ITA, beat Alexandra Viktorovich 6-1, 6-4 on line 2.
COLLEGE WRESTLING
UVA dominates American
Virginia defeated American 36-6, winning eight of the 10 bouts.
Three nationally ranked Cavaliers prevailed: No. 14 Justin McCoy at 174 pounds, No. 28 Dylan Cedeno at 157 and No. 33 Ryan Catka at heavyweight.
Also earning victories for UVA were Kyle Montaperto at 125, Gable Porter at 133, Jack Gioffre at 141, Nick Hamilton at 165 and Krystian Kinsey at 197.