‘Cuse Loses to Hokies in ACC Opener

Friday, February 25

Blacksburg, VA

2 PM

Syracuse University

Virginia Tech

2/25/2022 5:52:00 PM | Tennis

Box Score

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The Orange lost to Virginia Tech by a 4-3 final score in a closely contested ACC opening match on Friday afternoon. No. 67-ranked Syracuse now stands at 6-2 and is set to face the No. 9 Virginia Cavaliers on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 11 a.m.

Syracuse started hot with two doubles victories to take the doubles point, both by a score of 6-3. Shiori Ito and Sofya Treshcheva won their second match out of the No. 1 doubles position, good for their fourth consecutive match together. Miyuka Kimoto and Polina Kozyreva also won their fourth straight doubles contest.

Kozyreva continued her strong form to begin the spring season as she improved to 8-0 with another singles victory. Kanapatskaya took down the Hokies' No. 1 player Tamara Barad Itzhaki, 6-4, 6-3. Virginia Tech took the remaining four singles matches to secure the win and move to 5-5.

The Orange will travel to Charlottesville for their second ACC match on Sunday. Updates for the match can be found at the live stats link here and by following Syracuse Women's Tennis on Twitter @Cuse_Tenis and on Instagram @CuseTennis.

Results

Doubles

1. Sofya Treshcheva/Shiori Ito (SU) def. Katie Andreini/Annie Clark (VT) 6-3
2. Miyuka Kimoto/Polina Kozyreva (SU) def. Erika Cheng/Chhinda Som (VT) 6-3
3. Dariya Radulova/Rita Pinto (VT) vs. Viktoriya Kanapatskaya/Ines Fonte (SU) 4-5, unfinished

Singles

1. Viktoriya Kanapatskaya (SU) def. Tamara Barad Itzhaki (VT) 6-4, 6-3
2. Elizabet Danailova (VT) def. Miyuka Kimoto (SU) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
3. Dariya Radulova (VT) def. Sofya Treshcheva (SU) 7-6, 6-2
4. Polina Kozyreva (SU) def. Rita Pinto (VT) 6-3, 6-3
5. Erika Cheng (VT) def. Shiori Ito (SU) 7-5, 7-5
6. Katie Andreini (VT) def. Ines Fonte (SU) 6-3, 6-4

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