Orange Crush Spiders in Season Opener

Sunday, January 19

Richmond, VA

4 PM

Syracuse University

Richmond

1/19/2020 8:01:00 PM | Tennis

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. - Syracuse tennis started the 2020 season in the win column, besting Richmond, 6-1, Sunday afternoon in Richmond, Va. to extend the Orange's streak of season-opening wins to six years. No. 64 Guzal Yusupova and Polina Kozyreva both recorded sweeps in their singles matches, and the 48th-ranked duo of Sofya Treshcheva/Kim Hansen combined with Miranda Ramirez/Yusupova to claim the doubles point.

How It Happened
Playing in the No. 1 spot, Treshcheva/Hansen took down Emily Dunbar/Kiana Marshall 6-4. No. 3-slotted Ramirez/Yusupova then used a convincing 6-1 victory over Lyndell Giffenig/Andrea Campodonico to claim the doubles point. Sofya Golubovskaya/Zeynep Erman fell in the No. 2 spot, 6-4, to Dessi Zlateva/Lea Owens.

Singles play was all Syracuse, with Yusupova topping Dunbar 6-0, 6-4 in the No. 1 position. Ramirez then went 7-6 (1), 6-0 at the two spot to win over Zlateva. The hot streak skipped for a moment when Treshcheva lost 6-3, 6-3 to Owens in No. 3, but No. 4 Hansen swept Campodonico 6-4, 7-5 to get Syracuse back on track. The match came to a close when Kozyreva defeated Giffenig 7-6 (6), 6-1 in the No. 4 spot. Erman was up 6-4 in the No. 6 slot before she won due to her opponent retiring.

Up Next
Syracuse closes out its trip to Virginia Monday when it plays VCU at noon.

What's Ahead
The Orange's first home contest is Jan. 26 against Cornell, with the action starting at 11 a.m. 'Cuse then stays put in Syracuse for the entire month of February. All home matches are played at Drumlins.

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Singles
No. 1 – No. 64 Guzal Yusupova (Cuse) def. Emily Dunbar, 6-0, 6-4
No. 2 – No. 80 Miranda Ramirez (Cuse) def. Dessi Zlateva, 7-6 (1), 6-0
No. 3 – Lea Owens def. Sofya Treshcheva (Cuse), 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 – Kim Hansen (Cuse) def. Andrea Campodonico, 6-4, 7-5
No. 5 – Polina Kozyreva (Cuse) def. Lyndell Giffenig, 7-6 (6), 6-1
No. 6 – Zeynep Erman (Cuse) def. Justine Bryson, 6-4 (ret.)

Doubles
No. 1 – No. 48 Treshcheva/Hansen (Cuse) def. Dunbar/Marshall, 6-4
No. 2 – Zlateva/Owens def. Golubovskaya/Erman (Cuse), 6-4
No. 3 – Ramirez/Yusupova (Cuse) def. Giffenig/Campodinoco, 6-1