East Carolina Tops Radford, 6-1

Saturday, February 11

Blacksburg, Va.

10:00 a.m.

East Carolina University

Radford

February 11, 2023 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

BLACKSBURG, Va. – East Carolina put itself back in the win column and moved to .500 on the season with a 6-1 victory over Radford in a neutral site match at Virginia Tech Saturday morning.

Martina Muzzolon and Isabella Rivera Ortiz got things started in doubles with a 6-2 win over Lexi Smolder and Brooke Murphy before Ines Bachir and Alisha Hussain topped Julia Abrams and Emily Brandow 6-4 to clinch the point and put the Pirates up 1-0 in the contest.

Hussain made quick work of Camryn McClure by a 6-0, 6-1 margin in singles action to make it 2-0 in favor of ECU. Abrams got the Highlanders on the board with a victory on court one, but Muzzolon and Bachir recorded straight-set wins at the No. 3 and No. 2 positions to secure the match for the Pirates. Joan Madi and Laura Becker collected triumphs on the final two courts to provide the final margin.

Up Next: East Carolina faces off with host Virginia Tech Sunday at 3 p.m.

East Carolina 6, Radford 1
Singles Play
No. 1 – Julia Abrams (Radford) def. Isabella Rivera Ortiz (ECU) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 – Ines Bachir (ECU) def. Emily Brandow (Radford) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 – Martina Muzzolon (ECU) def. Lexi Smolder (Radford) – 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – Alisha Hussain (ECU) def. Camryn McClure (Radford) – 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 – Joan Madi (ECU) def. Rachel Ekanem (Radford) – 7-6, 7-6
No. 6 – Laura Becker (ECU) def. Brooke Murphy (Radford) – 7-5, 0-6, 7-6

Order of Finish: 4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 6

Doubles Play
No. 1 – Bachir/Hussain (ECU) def. Abrams/Brandow (Radford) - 6-4
No. 2 – Muzzolon/Ortiz (ECU) def. Smolder/Murphy (Radford) - 6-2
No. 3 – Becker/Champion (ECU) vs. McClure/Batth (Radford) – 4-3, Unfinished

Order of Finish: 2, 1

Team Records: East Carolina (3-3), Radford (0-4)