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BC Opens Season With Tight Loss To No. 23 Virginia
January 21, 2017 | Women's Tennis
Borr defeats nation’s No. 79 player
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Boston College women's tennis team dropped a tight 4-3 contest to No. 23 Virginia on Saturday afternoon as the Eagles opened both the spring dual season and ACC play.
BC (0-1, 0-1 ACC) won three of the six singles matches as freshman Dasha Possokhova and seniors Lexi Borr and Emily Safron each claimed singles victories.
Borr defeated Rosie Johanson, the 79th-ranked player nationally, in a 6-4, 6-4 straight-set victory. Possokhova won her first-career dual singles match with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory in fourth singles against Chloe Gullickson. Safron claimed a 6-2, 6-1 straight-set victory against Camille Favero.
Freshman Elene Tsokilauri's spring debut went down to the wire. Hunter Bleser defeated Tsokilauri 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in a battle between freshmen. Junior Asiya Dair – the nation's No. 103 player – and freshman Kyle Wilcox each had straight-set losses in singles play.
Borr and Possokhova dropped a 4-3 decision in first doubles. Virginia (1-0, 1-0 ACC) took an early lead in the contest with victories in second and third doubles. However, BC closed Virginia's lead thanks to success in singles matches.
BC continues its road trip at 5 p.m. Thursday against Yale in New Haven, Conn.
No. 23 Virginia 4, Boston College 3
Boar's Head Sports Club | Charlottesville, Va.
January 21, 2017
Singles
1. Cassie Merver (VA) def. No. 103 Asiya Dair (BC) 6-2, 6-3
2. Lexi Borr (BC) def. No. 79 Rosie Johanson (VA) 6-4, 6-4
3. No. 124 Meghan Kelley (VA) def. Kylie Wilcox (BC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Dasha Possokhova (BC) def. Chloe Gullickson (VA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
5. Emily Safron (BC) def. Camille Favero (VA) 6-2, 6-1
6. Hunter Bleser (VA) def. Elene Tsokilauri (BC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Doubles
1. Gullickson/Mercer (VA) def. Borr/Possokhova (BC) 4-3, unfinished
2. Johanson/Kelly (VA) def. Jackie Urbinati/Wilcox (BC) 6-1
3. Bleser/Favero (VA) def. Dair/Safron (BC) 6-0
BC (0-1, 0-1 ACC) won three of the six singles matches as freshman Dasha Possokhova and seniors Lexi Borr and Emily Safron each claimed singles victories.
Borr defeated Rosie Johanson, the 79th-ranked player nationally, in a 6-4, 6-4 straight-set victory. Possokhova won her first-career dual singles match with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory in fourth singles against Chloe Gullickson. Safron claimed a 6-2, 6-1 straight-set victory against Camille Favero.
Freshman Elene Tsokilauri's spring debut went down to the wire. Hunter Bleser defeated Tsokilauri 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in a battle between freshmen. Junior Asiya Dair – the nation's No. 103 player – and freshman Kyle Wilcox each had straight-set losses in singles play.
Borr and Possokhova dropped a 4-3 decision in first doubles. Virginia (1-0, 1-0 ACC) took an early lead in the contest with victories in second and third doubles. However, BC closed Virginia's lead thanks to success in singles matches.
BC continues its road trip at 5 p.m. Thursday against Yale in New Haven, Conn.
No. 23 Virginia 4, Boston College 3
Boar's Head Sports Club | Charlottesville, Va.
January 21, 2017
Singles
1. Cassie Merver (VA) def. No. 103 Asiya Dair (BC) 6-2, 6-3
2. Lexi Borr (BC) def. No. 79 Rosie Johanson (VA) 6-4, 6-4
3. No. 124 Meghan Kelley (VA) def. Kylie Wilcox (BC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Dasha Possokhova (BC) def. Chloe Gullickson (VA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
5. Emily Safron (BC) def. Camille Favero (VA) 6-2, 6-1
6. Hunter Bleser (VA) def. Elene Tsokilauri (BC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Doubles
1. Gullickson/Mercer (VA) def. Borr/Possokhova (BC) 4-3, unfinished
2. Johanson/Kelly (VA) def. Jackie Urbinati/Wilcox (BC) 6-1
3. Bleser/Favero (VA) def. Dair/Safron (BC) 6-0
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