Sunday, March 23
Syracuse, NY
10 am
Syracuse University
4
vs
3
Boston College
Tennis Bounces Boston College, 4-3
3/23/2014 7:34:00 PM | Tennis
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For the second time in as many home matches, the deciding point came down to junior Komal Safdar. And once again, she made it count when it mattered leading nationally-ranked No. 67 Syracuse against No. 34 Boston College, 4-3, on Sunday, March 23, at Drumlins.
The Orange (3-9, 3-4 ACC) won its third match in its last five tries - all coming in Atlantic Coast Conference play and against teams ranked in the top-48 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The two losses were to No. 13 Miami on Friday and previously-ranked No. 3 Virginia. In addition to Boston College, (10-6, 2-6 ACC), SU has also knocked off then-ranked No. 48 Virginia Tech and No. 25 Florida.
"I'm really excited for our win today. Every match we come out and play is a big match for us," said interim head coach Shelley George "I am just really proud of the effort we put forth today and the fight. There was fighting on the court from our doubles and our singles, one through six. You could hear the girls supporting each other. It was just a great match today."
Syracuse won the doubles point with it all coming down to senior Maddie Kobelt and freshman Valeria Salazar on court one. The duo exchanged points with Jessica Wacnik and Lexi Borr the entire match, but Kobelt and Salazar came away victorious to give the Orange a 1-0 lead. Freshmen Rhiann Newborn and Maria Avgerinos also won in doubles action for SU, defeating Jennifer Ren and Heini Salonen 8-4 on court two.
Salazar and Kobelt continued the momentum into singles play, sweeping their opponents on fourth and first courts, respectively, to extend the Orange's advantage to 3-1. Salazar took down Jennifer Ren 6-4, 6-1 while Kobelt was victorious at against Jessica Wacnik, 6-4, 6-3. With two wins on the day Kobelt upped her career total to 99 and is just one shy of becoming the 30th player in program history to reach the Century Club.
Three of the six singles matches were forced into the third set, with one going into a tie-breaker after the game was already decided. Safdar breezed past Wan-Yi Sweeting 6-2 in the first set, but dropped the second, 4-6. She came back, however, and dominated the third set, 6-1 to clinch the win for the Orange.
"I think they all competed extremely well today. Komal really grabbed ahold of that third set and beat her opponent 6-1. She stayed aggressive and played her game and she ended up being the better player today," said George.
Junior Amanda Rodgers just missed out on a win at the second spot, falling to Katya Vasilyev in a third-set tie-breaker, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9).
Syracuse is back in action Sunday, March 30 to face No. 10 North Carolina at Drumlins Tennis Center.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For the second time in as many home matches, the deciding point came down to junior Komal Safdar. And once again, she made it count when it mattered leading nationally-ranked No. 67 Syracuse against No. 34 Boston College, 4-3, on Sunday, March 23, at Drumlins.
The Orange (3-9, 3-4 ACC) won its third match in its last five tries - all coming in Atlantic Coast Conference play and against teams ranked in the top-48 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The two losses were to No. 13 Miami on Friday and previously-ranked No. 3 Virginia. In addition to Boston College, (10-6, 2-6 ACC), SU has also knocked off then-ranked No. 48 Virginia Tech and No. 25 Florida.
"I'm really excited for our win today. Every match we come out and play is a big match for us," said interim head coach Shelley George "I am just really proud of the effort we put forth today and the fight. There was fighting on the court from our doubles and our singles, one through six. You could hear the girls supporting each other. It was just a great match today."
Syracuse won the doubles point with it all coming down to senior Maddie Kobelt and freshman Valeria Salazar on court one. The duo exchanged points with Jessica Wacnik and Lexi Borr the entire match, but Kobelt and Salazar came away victorious to give the Orange a 1-0 lead. Freshmen Rhiann Newborn and Maria Avgerinos also won in doubles action for SU, defeating Jennifer Ren and Heini Salonen 8-4 on court two.
Salazar and Kobelt continued the momentum into singles play, sweeping their opponents on fourth and first courts, respectively, to extend the Orange's advantage to 3-1. Salazar took down Jennifer Ren 6-4, 6-1 while Kobelt was victorious at against Jessica Wacnik, 6-4, 6-3. With two wins on the day Kobelt upped her career total to 99 and is just one shy of becoming the 30th player in program history to reach the Century Club.
Three of the six singles matches were forced into the third set, with one going into a tie-breaker after the game was already decided. Safdar breezed past Wan-Yi Sweeting 6-2 in the first set, but dropped the second, 4-6. She came back, however, and dominated the third set, 6-1 to clinch the win for the Orange.
"I think they all competed extremely well today. Komal really grabbed ahold of that third set and beat her opponent 6-1. She stayed aggressive and played her game and she ended up being the better player today," said George.
Junior Amanda Rodgers just missed out on a win at the second spot, falling to Katya Vasilyev in a third-set tie-breaker, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9).
Syracuse is back in action Sunday, March 30 to face No. 10 North Carolina at Drumlins Tennis Center.
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