Virginia Union University's
Ellie Parsons won two of her three matches at the CIAA Round-Up, held on March 21 & 22 at Battery Park in Richmond, Va.
Parsons won her opening match against Johnson C. Smith University 6-2, 6-1 and then beat her Winston-Salem State University opponent 6-3, 6-3.
Parsons lost her match against Livingstone College 6-1, 6-2.
Overall, the Lady Panthers went 0-3 in the Round-Up, losing to Johnson C. Smith 8-1, Livingstone College 5-4 and Winston-Salem State 8-1.
In VUU's match against Livingstone,
Lynda Kaneza won her match 6-1, 6-3 while teammate Tyanna Johnson won her match by forfeit.
In doubles-action, VUU's team of Parsons and
Logan Reid won their Livingstone match 8-3 while VUU picked up another doubles win by forfeit.
Virginia Union now travels to Raleigh, N.C., to face Shaw University on Thursday, March 26.