Tennis Eager to Hit the Courts After 12 Day Hiatus
February 23, 2011 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 23, 2011
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -
After 12 days since beginning ACC play 2-0 for the first time in school history, the Boston College women's tennis team will resume its season with three matches from Feb. 24-27.
On Thursday, Feb. 24, the Eagles (3-3, 2-0 ACC) will host Rhode Island (2-2) at 5 p.m. in the William J. Flynn Recreation Complex. BC will then square off against No. 63 Purdue (6-1) on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Weymouth Club, in Weymouth, Mass., before traveling to Hanover, N.H. to meet Dartmouth (4-4) the following day at noon.
The Eagles are 2-1 in matches decided by one point and will be looking to upset Purdue's No. 17 doubles pairing of Schmidt/Robot and Dartmouth's No. 122 singles player in Molly Scott.
Junior Kataina Gajic leads BC's charge with a 5-1 record, having played on singles courts three, four and five, while Sophomore Alex Kelleher adds an impressive 4-2 record at No. 1 singles so far this season.
Kelleher and doubles partner sophomore Olga Khmylev are .500 through six matches in the No. 1 doubles and Gajic has combined with senior captain Katharine Attwell for a team-leading 4-2 record.
Results will be posted to the itatennis.com website following the matches.
Fans are invited view a live webcast of the match at Dartmouth. Click Go Eagles! to watch.
This weekend's matches:
Thursday, Feb. 24 vs. Rhode Island - 5 p.m. (William J. Flynn Recreation Complex)
Saturday, Feb. 26 vs. No. 63 Purdue - 3 p.m. (Weymouth Club)
Sunday, Feb. 27 at Dartmouth - 12 p.m. (Alexis Boss Tennis Center & Alan Gordon Pavilion, Hanover, N.H.)
