The East Tennessee State women’s tennis team split two matches, falling to host Virginia Commonwealth, 5-0, then defeating George Mason, 5-0, in Saturday action of the VCU 4-1 Invitational from the Thalhimer Tennis Center in Richmond, Va.
In Saturday’s first match, VCU (3-0) swept all four singles matches and the lone doubles match.
Sylwia Ziolkowska fell at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-3, to VCU’s Christina Arribas. and at No. 2 singles, Courtney McInnis was defeated by Beatriz Cabrera, 6-1, 6-3.
In the doubles match, Jessica Irey and Gemma Halim fell to Silvia Urickova and Barbara Zahnova of VCU, 6-4, 6-1.
Against George Mason (0-3), the Bucs (2-2) turned the tables, recording a shutout of their own.
Ziolkowska defeated Jenn Dektas of the Patriots at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-0. McInnis defeated GMU’s Dinali DeSilva, 4-6, 6-0, 10-6, at No. 2 singles. At No. 3 singles, Irey won over George Mason’s Kelly Melichar, 6-1, 6-1. Junior Aimee Villavicencio picked up ETSU’s last singles victory, defeating GMU’s Katie Sloper, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 4.
“We played better than last weekend, but we still have some mental and strategy situations that we need to work on,” ETSU head coach Steve Brooks said after the two matches. “But I am very happy with our progress.

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