Pair Advances to Quarterfinals at ITA Regional

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Pair Advances to Quarterfinals at ITA Regional

October 23, 2016 | Women's Tennis

Dair and Borr reach the final eight at the annual regional championship

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Two Boston College women's tennis players advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Northeast Regional hosted by Yale this weekend. Full Singles Results | Full Doubles Results

Junior Asiya Dair entered the tournament as the event's No. 1 overall seed, and senior Lexi Borr earned a spot in the Nos. 5-8 seed pack. Both players reached the round of eight before falling in straight sets in their quarterfinal match-ups.

Dair lost to the eventul champion, Syracuse's Valerie Salazar, 6-3, 6-1. Salazar entered the tournament seeded in the Nos. 5-8 seed bank. Borr dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to the event's eventual runner-up, No. 3 seed Jessica Livianu from St. John's (NY).

Freshmen Kylie Wilcox and Dasha Possokhova advanced to the Round of 32 in the tournament.

Wilcox drew a seed in the Nos. 17-32 band and, after a first-round bye, defeated St. John's Stepanie Elgegren in three sets in the Round of 64 before falling to Yale's Madison Battaglia, who was seeded in the Nos. 9-16 group.

Possokhova won her first two matches in the Rounds of 128 and 64, including a straight-set win over Dartmouth's Chuyang Guan, who was seeded in the Nos. 17-32 band. She dropped her Round of 32 match to Yale's Sherry Li in straight sets. Senior Emily Safron and freshman Elene Tsokilauri both advanced to the Round of 64.

In doubles action, Borr and Possohova advanced to the Round of 16 after drawing a seed in the Nos. 5-8 range. They topped duos from Penn and Drexel before falling to Harvard's tandem of June Lee and Erica Oosterhout, 8-6.

SINGLES

Asiya Dair (seeded No. 1)
Round of 128 – Bye
Round of 64 – def. Marta Kowalska (Penn) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
Round of 32 – def. Jacqueline Crawford (Dartmouth)
Round of 16 – def. Andrea Kevakian (Columbia) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinals - lost to Valerie Salazar (Syracuse), 6-3, 6-1

Lexi Borr (seeded Nos. 5-8)
Round of 128 – Bye
Round of 64 – def. Nan Porter (Army) 6-3, 6-4
Round of 32 – def. Tanja Stojanovska (Buffalo) 6-7(7), 6-2, 7-5
Round of 16 – def. Devon Jack (Brown) 6-2, 6-3
Quarterfinals - lost to Jessica Livianu (St. Johns), 6-2, 6-1

Kylie Wilcox (seeded Nos. 17-32)
Round of 128 – Bye
Round of 64 – def. Stephanie Elgegren (SJU) 6-4,3-6,6-2
Round of 32 – lost to Madison Battaglia (Yale) 6-4, 7-5

Emily Safron
Round of 128 – def. Irene Lu (Harvard) 7-6, 6-4
Round of 64 – lost to Alex Solovyev (Columbia) 6-1, 6-4

Dasha Possokhova
Round of 128 – def. Jasmine King (Hofstra) 6-2, 6 -2
Round of 64 – def. Nos. 17-32 seed Chuyang Guan (Dartmouth) 6-1,7-6(5)
Round of 32 – lost to Sherry Li (Yale) 7-5, 6-3

Elene Tsokilauri
Round of 128 - Renee Ren (Columbia) 2-6,7-5,7-6(5)
Round of 64 – lost to No. 4 seed Kana Daniel (Penn) 3-6,7-6(7),7-5

DOUBLES

Lexi Borr/Dasha Possokhova (Seeded Nos. 5-8)
Round of 64 – def. Dreyfuss/Qostal (Penn) 8-4
Round of 32 – def. Benhadi/Bunch (Drexel) 8-0
Round of 16 – lost to Lee/Oosterhoust (Harvard) 8-6

Jackie Urbinati/Kylie Wilcox
Round of 64 – lost to Ng/Lyn (Dartmouth) 8-5

Emily Safron/Asiya Dair
Round of 64 – def. Eink/Hayley (Army) 8-4
Round of 32 – lost to Stojanovska/Kotok (Buffalo) 8-3