‘Cuse Faces 6-0 Shutout at No. 18 Miami

Sunday, April 8

Coral Gables, FL

11 AM

Syracuse University

Miami

4/8/2018 1:04:00 PM | Tennis

MIAMI, Fla. - Despite a battle between two top-25 teams, the No. 25 Syracuse tennis team could not find success against the 18th-ranked Hurricanes, Sunday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. The Orange look to rebound from a pair of losses when they host No. 3 Duke on Friday, April 13 at 5 p.m. at Drumlins Country Club.

At first doubles, Gabriela Knutson and Miranda Ramirez got the ball rolling for the Orange, defeating the No. 66 duo from Miami, 6-4, for the first doubles match win for 'Cuse. A 6-3 loss at second doubles and a 6-4 loss at third doubles for the Orange put Miami ahead 1-0 entering singles play.

The Hurricanes carried their momentum into the singles marches, as Ramirez fell to 75th-ranked Sinead Lohan in a pair of 6-1, 6-1 sets. Wins at fourth and first singles clinched the match for Miami with a 4-0 lead. At fifth singles, Anna Shkudun waged a first-set battle, coming up just short 7-5. Set two went the way of the Hurricanes with a 6-4 win for Miami's Ulyana Shirokova.

Freshman Sofya Golubovskaya and junior Dina Hegab each forced their matches into a third set but could not overcome their competition from Miami.

Singles Competition
1. #6 E. Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. #10 Gabriela Knutson (SU) 6-4, 6-4
2. #75 Sinead Lohan (UM) def. Miranda Ramirez (SU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Daniella Roldan (UM) def. Sofya Golubovskaya (SU) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11-9) 4. Ana Madcur (UM) def. Maria Tritou (SU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Ulyana Shirokova (UM) def. Anna Shkudun (SU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Dominika Paterova (UM) def. Dina Hegab (SU) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9)

Doubles Competition
1. #12 Gabriela Knutson/Miranda Ramirez (SU) def. #66 E. Perez-Somarriba/Daniella Roldan (UM) 6-3 2. #82 Sinead Lohan/Ana Madcur (UM) def. Sofya Golubovskaya/Anna Shkudun (SU) 6-3
3. #88 Dominika Paterova/Ulyana Shirokova (UM) def. Dina Hegab/Maria Tritou (SU) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,4,1,5,3,6)

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