CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team capped its fall slate in impressive fashion on its home court this weekend.
Seven Hurricanes combined to post a 14-6 record in the Miami Fall Invite at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. The ledger includes a perfect 6-0 mark in doubles competition, all against SEC opponents.
Although the final day of action was canceled due to weather, the Hurricanes still managed to rack up several impressive victories Friday and Saturday.
“I felt we had a pretty solid weekend,” Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews. “The team worked on some things and played a level of tennis we know they’re capable of playing.”
On the opening day of competition, Miami went 3-0 in doubles matches against a talented in-state foe, Florida. Junior Audrey Boch-Collins and redshirt sophomore Alexa Noel topped Carly Briggs and Alicia Dudeney, 6-3, while the other two triumphs came in tiebreak fashion.
Freshman Mia Mack, in her home debut, paired with junior Isabella Pfennig to down Rachel Gailis and Bente Spee, 7-6 (7-5). Sophomore Tatyana Nikolenko and fourth-year junior Maya Tahan edged Emma Shelton and Anastasia Sysoeva, 7-6 (7-4).
Miami then continued its strong play into singles, posting a 5-2 mark. That figure included an unblemished 5-0 record versus Kentucky.
No. 19 Noel defeated Florencia Urrutia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, while all four other victories came in straight sets.
No. 66 Pfennig downed Lidia Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-2, while Boch-Collins and Mack both earned 6-2, 6-1 triumphs over Makayla Mills and Mailen Morante, respectively. Tahan, meanwhile, beat Zoe Hammond, 6-0, 6-3.