@CanesWTennis Travels to Louisville and Syracuse
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team is set to resume conference play this weekend with a pair of road matches.
No. 42 Miami faces Louisville Friday at 3 p.m., at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center in Louisville, Ky., and then heads to Syracuse, N.Y., for an 11 a.m., match Sunday morning against Syracuse at Drumlins Tennis Club.
This will mark the first time all season the Hurricanes play two matches in a weekend against a pair of teams that are both unranked.
Miami (5-9, 3-5 ACC) features two players in the ITA singles rankings, with junior Sinead Lohan at No. 14 and freshman Estela Perez-Somarriba at No. 42.
In doubles, Lohan combines with redshirt senior Maci Epstein to form the No. 61 duo on the ITA’s list.
The Hurricanes have played Louisville just twice before, with the matches coming in each of the past two year after the Cardinals joined the ACC. Miami is 2-0 and has a 13-1 edge in points after winning last season’s match, 7-0, at home on April 17, 2016.
Louisville enters Friday’s contest with a record of 13-7 (2-6 ACC) thus far. The Cardinals do not have any ranked singles players or doubles pairs.
Live stats for Miami’s matchup with Louisville will be available HERE.
Miami is 9-0 all-time against Syracuse, including 2-0 on the road and 4-0 since the Orange joined the ACC, and has a 47-4 advantage in total points.
In the most recent meeting, the Hurricanes notched a 4-2 win over then-No. 27 Syracuse on April 22, 2016 in the ACC Championship quarterfinals in Cary, N.C.
The Orange are 6-9 (3-5 ACC) thus far in 2017 and have two players on the ITA’s singles list. Miranda Ramirez checks in at No. 79 and is followed by Valeria Salazar Garza at No. 109.
Additionally, Garza pairs with Gabriela Knutson in the No. 26 spot in the ITA’s doubles rankings.
Live stats for the Hurricanes’ Sunday contest versus the Orange can be found HERE.
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