MEN’S TENNIS
The 21st-ranked Rams topped
No. 44 Southern Methodist, 4-3,
and improved to 10-2 Saturday
afternoon at the Thalhimer Tennis
Center. The Mustangs won two of
three doubles matches to take the
doubles point, but the Rams took
four of six singles matches to take
victory. VCU won three singles
matches in a row, including a 6-4,
6-4 victory by Martin Schulhauser
(Karvina, Czech Republic) over No.
50 Robin Fahgen. SMU won the next
two, evening the score at 3-3, but
BoBo Delemark (Danderyd, Sweden)
handily defeated Taylor St. Eve 6-1,
6-3 to finish off the day.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
The No. 25 Rams improved to
13-0 after a lopsided 6-0 victory over
No. 55 Marshall Saturday afternoon
at Thalhimer Tennis Center. No. 33
Tatsiana Uvarova (Minsk, Belarus)
took home the day’s most impressive
victory, defeating No. 39 Kellie
Schmitt 6-2, 6-3. In doubles action,
Schmitt and partner Karolina Soor,
the 9th-ranked combination in
the nation, defeated Uvarova and
Viktoria Konstantino, 8-6.