@CanesWTennis Match vs. Baylor Suspended
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Off to a strong start in singles play with a 1-0 lead in hand, the University of Miami women’s tennis team had its match against No. 29 Baylor suspended due to weather Monday.
No. 12 Miami (4-2, 1-0 ACC) was playing its fifth-straight match against a top-30 team and opened with a dominant showing on two doubles courts at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
Senior Stephanie Wagner and sophomore Wendy Zhang, ranked No. 12, defeated their third top-20 opponent of the spring, topping No. 20 Kiah Generette and Blair Shankle, 6-1.
Soon after, sophomore Sinead Lohan and freshman Clara Taneilian clinched the doubles point for Miami with a 6-4 win over Gabriela Ferreira and Rhiann Newborn. Sophomore Silvia Fuentes and senior Clementina Riobueno had their match against Katrina Traxler and Theresa Van Zyl left unfinished at 4-4.
Featuring the lone top-10 singles duo in the country, Miami had both seventh-ranked Lohan and No. 10
Wagner well in front in their first sets when rain began to fall. Lohan had a 5-1 lead on Newborn, while Wagner was up 5-0 on Generette.
No. 69 Zhang’s match against Van Zyl was left unfinished at 2-2, while Tanielian trailed Shankle, 1-4. Freshman Ana Madcur was down 2-3 to Ferreira and Fuentes had a 3-1 edge on Traxler.
Miami returns to the court Feb. 26 when it resumes ACC play at second-ranked North Carolina at 5 p.m. in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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RESULTS
Doubles Competition
1. No. 12 Stephanie Wagner/Wendy Zhang (UM) def. No. 20 Kiah Generette/Blair Shankle (BU), 6-1
2. Sinead Lohan/Clara Tanielian (UM) def. Gabriela Ferreira/Rhiann Newborn (BU), 6-4
3. Silvia Fuentes/Clementina Riobueno (UM) vs. Katrina Traxler/Theresa Van Zyl (BU), 4-4, unfinished
Singles Competition
1. No. 10 Stephanie Wagner (UM) vs. Kiah Generette (BU), 5-0, unfinished
2. No. 7 Sinead Lohan (UM) vs. Rhiann Newborn (BU), 5-1, unfinished
3. No. 69 Wendy Zhang (UM) vs. Theresa Van Zyl (BU), 2-2, unfinished
4. Blair Shankle (BU) vs. Clara Tanielian (UM), 4-1, unfinished
5. Gabriela Ferreira (BU) vs. Ana Madcur (UM), 3-2, unfinished
6. Silvia Fuentes (UM) vs. Katrina Traxler (BU), 3-1, unfinished
