@CanesWTennis Caps Homestand by Defeating VT, 6-1
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team extended its winning streak to five Friday by defeating No. 32 Virginia Tech, 6-1, at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
No. 12 Miami (9-4, 4-2 ACC) got off to a quick start with a stellar showing in doubles and never looked back en route to wrapping up its homestand with a perfect 4-0 record.
“I think our doubles play was much better today,” Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said. “We saw a lot of what we’ve been working on come into play for us. I think overall we played a pretty good match.”
Sophomore Sinead Lohan and freshman Clara Tanielian, ranked No. 55, defeated Caroline Daxhelet and Raluca Mita of Virginia Tech, 6-3, in the first completed doubles match.
Miami then took lead with senior Clementina Riobueno and sophomore Silvia Fuentes rolling past Elena Cerezo-Codina and Sansitha Nandekumar of Virginia Tech (10-5, 3-3 ACC) in a 6-2 win, clinching the doubles point.
Senior Stephanie Wagner and sophomore Wendy Zhang, ranked No. 10, held a 5-2 lead on Francesca Fusinato and Kelly Williford when doubles play concluded.
The Hurricanes’ dominating play continued in singles with sixth-ranked Wagner winning over Fusinato, 6-0, 6-2. Wagner scored ten unanswered points before Fusinato earned her first point of the match.
Fuentes won her singles match in similar fashion, logging a 6-2, 6-1 win against Williford to give Miami its third point of the day.
Seventh-ranked Lohan sealed the win for the Hurricanes by downing Cerezo-Codina, 6-3, 6-3, to move her record to 12-1 on the season.
After dropping the first set and then evening the match with a victory in the second, No. 103 Zhang came up short against No. 117 Daxhelet, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6.
Both Hurricane freshmen, Tanielian and Ana Madcur, won their matches in 10-point third-set tiebreakers. Tanielian downed Mita, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4), and Madcur earned a 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7) victory against Butler.
“The freshmen did great at the end, they pulled through,” Yaroshuk-Tews said.
Miami, which is now 7-0 at home this season, will play its first road match in nearly three weeks Sunday when it faces Pittsburgh at 11 a.m.
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RESULTS
Doubles Competition
1. No. 10 Stephanie Wagner/Wendy Zhang (UM) vs. Francesca Fusinato/Kelly Williford (VT) 5-2, unfinished
2. No. 55 Sinead Lohan/Clara Tanielian (UM) def. Caroline Daxhelet/Raluca Mita (VT) 6-3
3. Silvia Fuentes/Clementina Riobueno (UM) def. Elena Cerezo-Codina/Sansitha Nandakumar (VT), 6-2
Singles Competition
1. No. 6 Stephanie Wagner (UM) def. No. 58 Francesca Fusinato (VT) 6-0, 6-2
3. No. 117 Caroline Daxhelet (VT) def. No. 103 Wendy Zhang (UM), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
4. Silvia Fuentes (UM) def. Kelly Williford (VT) 6-2, 6-1
5. Clara Tanielian (UM) vs. Raluca Mita (VT)2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
