Boston College
Miami
Women's Tennis Falls At No. 10 Miami
April 16, 2007 | Women's Tennis
April 16, 2007
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - In order to avoid a rainout, the Eagles and Hurricanes pushed their match to Saturday evening, but BC could not avoid the10th-ranked Hurricanes as they dropped a 7-0 decision in their final regular season match played at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. Miami improves to 17-5 overall on the season and 7-3 in ACC play. The Eagles drop to 5-15 overall and 0-10 in conference.
The match was rescheduled due to possible weather conditions that could have affected the match, originally set to take place Sunday afternoon. The Hurricanes captured the doubles point as No. 23 Audra Cohen and Laura Vallverdu held Lauren Cash and Dasha Cherkasov to just one game, and captured the first doubles point at 8-1. Senior Audrey Banada and junior Gina Sabatino finished 8-2 over Brittany Delany and Gia Nafarrete, while juniors Romy Farah and Gina Sabatino teamed-up to capture the final doubles point, defeating Alina Sullivan and Lana Krasnopolsky, 8-5.
In singles, No. 44 senior Audrey Banada, Miami's all-time career singles leader, defeated Lauren Cash, 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 3 position, that clinched the match.
At the No. 1 singles spot, No. 1-ranked junior Audra Cohen captured the next point for Miami, as she defeated Lana Krasnopolsky, who could only post one game in both sets, to put the Hurricanes up 5-0 with a score of 6-1, 6-1.
Junior Caren Seenauth and Boston College's Brittany Delaney took on each other at the No. 5 position. Seenauth took the first set 6-1. Delaney registered four games in the second set, but it was Seenauth who came out on top with the win at 6-4.
The final singles match saw No. 14 freshman Laura Vallverdu defeat sophomore Dasha Cherkasov in a close 7-5, 6-1 match at the No. 2 slot.
The Eagles return to action at the ACC Championships that will run Thursday, April 19th thru Sunday, April 22nd in Cary, N.C. Seedings for the tournament will be released on Monday.
No. 10 Miami 7, Boston College 0
Singles competition 1. #1 Audra Cohen (UM) def. Lana Krasnopolsky (BC) 6-1, 6-1 2. #14 Laura Vallverdu (UM) def. Dasha Cherkasov (BC) 7-5, 6-1 3. #44 Audrey Banada (UM) def. Lauren Cash (BC) 6-1, 6-0 4. Romy Farah (UM) def. Alina Sullivan (BC) 6-0, 6-1 5. Caren Seenauth (UM) def. Brittany Delaney (BC) 6-1, 6-4 6. Gina Sabatino (UM) def. Sarah Svoboda (BC) 6-1, 6-0Doubles competition 1. #23 Audra Cohen/Laura Vallverdu (UM) def. Lauren Cash/Dasha Cherkasov (BC) 8-1 2. Romy Farah/Caren Seenauth (UM) def. Alina Sullivan/Lana Krasnopolsky (BC) 8-5 3. Audrey Banada/Gina Sabatino (UM) def. Brittany Delaney/Gia Nafarrete (BC) 8-2
