Third-seeded Canes Upset by Georgia Tech in ACC Quarterfinals
April 20, 2012
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CARY, N.C. – The No. 9 University of Miami women’s tennis team fell to 25th-ranked Georgia Tech, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championships at the Cary Tennis Center on Friday.
The Yellow Jackets, a six-seed in the tournament, clinched the match with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win at the No. 3 singles position, as Elizabeth Kilborn outlasted UM’s Lina Lileikite.
UM Sophomore Melissa Bolivar rolled in her match against Jasmine Minor, dismissing her opponent, 6-0, 6-0.
The second singles point for Miami went to 18th-ranked Anna Bartenstein, who on Friday was playing at the No. 2 position. The All-ACC team member also cruised to a straight set win, defeating Carolina Lilley, 6-1, 6-2.
Miami won the doubles point with wins at the Nos. 2 and 3 positions as the 84th-ranked tandem of Lileikite/Mejia defeated the Yellow Jackets’ Blau/Kilborn, 8-4, and the duo of Dubins/Bartenstein downed Ngo/Wacker, 8-6.
Tech fought their way back into the match with wins from No. 4-ranked Jillian O’Neil, Alex Anchelescu and Lynn Blau, before Kilborn’s clincher.
Miami will next compete in the NCAA Regional Rounds at a site to be determined next week.
