East Carolina Knocks Off Norfolk State, 5-2

Thursday, March 20

Norfolk, Va.

1:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

Norfolk State

March 20, 2025 | Women's Tennis

NORFOLK, Va. – The East Carolina women's tennis team won its second-straight match, defeating host Norfolk State by a 5-2 score Thursday afternoon at the NSU Tennis Complex.

Ines Bachir and Xenia Jeromin took care of things on court one in doubles play with a 6-1 victory before Anne Lou Champion and Martina Muzzolon clinched the point with a 6-4 win at the No. 3 position.

The Spartans would pull two points back in singles play with triumphs on courts one and two, but Isabella Rivera Ortiz, Champion, Joan Madi and Jeromin swept the decisions at the No. 3-6 positions to send the Pirates out with the dual victory.

Up Next: ECU looks for its third-straight win in a match at Appalachian State Sunday, March 23.

East Carolina 5, Norfolk State 2
Singles Play
No. 1 - Sofiya Tsitavets (NSU) def. Ines Bachir (ECU) – 6-3, 6-7 (1), 1-0 (3)
No. 2 - Yuliya Yurkova (NSU) def. Martina Muzzolon (ECU) – 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (7)
No. 3 – Isabella Rivera Ortiz (ECU) def. Caroline Nicholls (NSU) – 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 – Anne Lou Champion (ECU) def. Angelina Maniawska (NSU) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 – Joan Madi (ECU) def. Irina Iurea (NSU) – 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 – Xenia Jeromin (ECU) def. Sabina Iurea (NSU) – 6-4, 6-2

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

Doubles Play
No. 1 – Bachir/Jeromin (ECU) def. Gonzalez/Iurea (NSU) – 6-1
No. 2 – Nicholls/Yurkova (NSU) def. Lancaster/Rivera (ECU) – 6-2
No. 3 – Champion/Muzzolon (ECU) def. Sabadie/Tsitavets – 6-4

Order of Finish: 1,2,3*

Team Records: East Carolina (4-8), Norfolk State (6-7)