No. 9 Virginia Falls 6-1 at No. 13 Miami
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The No. 9 Virginia women’s tennis team (12-4, 5-2 ACC) dropped a match 6-1 at No. 13 Miami (10-3, 5-1 ACC) on Friday (March 24) at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center in Coral Gables, Fla.
Elaine Chervinsky won the lone point for the Cavaliers, topping Audrey Boch-Collins 7-5, 7-5 on court four.
Miami won all three doubles courts to start the match 1-0. The Hurricanes picked up straight-set victories on the top three singles courts to clinch the match.
Sara Ziodato dropped her first set on court five in a tiebreaker, 7-5, against Mia Mack but rebounded with a 6-3 win in the second set. Mack took the super tiebreaker 10-6 to pick up the point.
Mélodie Collard played a very close match on court six. Collard won the first set 6-4 before Maya Tahan took the second by that same tally. Tahan edged Collard 10-8 in the super tiebreaker.
The Cavaliers close out the weekend playing at No. 35 Florida State (9-6, 2-3 ACC) on Sunday, March 26 at noon.
Singles competition
- #11 Alexa Noel (UM) def. #98 Natasha Subhash (VA) 6-1, 6-3
- #118 Daevenia Achong (UM) def. #43 Julia Adams (VA) 6-2, 6-1
- #116 Isabella Pfennig (UM) def. #89 Hibah Shaikh (VA) 6-2, 6-1
- Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Audrey Boch-Collins (UM) 7-5, 7-5
- Mia Mack (UM) def. Sara Ziodato (VA) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
- Maya Tahan (UM) def. Melodie Collard (VA) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
Doubles competition
- Daevenia Achong/Maya Tahan (UM) def. #9 Elaine Chervinsky/Natasha Subhash (VA) 6-3
- #53 Isabella Pfennig/Alexa Noel (UM) def. #11 Julia Adams/Melodie Collard (VA) 6-0
- Audrey Boch-Collins/Mia Mack (UM) def. Hibah Shaikh/Sara Ziodato (VA) 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,3,1,6,4,5)