Possokhova, Urbinati Go 4-0 in Saturday Sweep

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's tennis team won two nonconference contests at home with a 7-0 victory against Rhode Island in the morning and a 6-1 rout against Bryant in the afternoon.

Freshman Dasha Possokhova and sophomore Jackie Urbinati each won two singles matches and two doubles matches for the Eagles (3-3).

Possokhova improved to 5-1 in dual-season singles matches with a 6-3, 6-0 win in third singles against Rhode Island (4-5) and a 6-2, 6-2 win in second singles against Bryant (0-3). Possokhova and freshman Kylie Wilcox won both first doubles matches.

Wilcox, junior Asiya Dair, senior Lexi Borr and freshmen Micayla Casella each went 3-0 in the two contests. Dair won both first singles matches in straight sets and also earned a 6-0 victory in third doubles with Urbinati against Bryant.

Borr earned two 6-2 victories in second doubles and a 6-0, 6-3 win in second singles against Rhode Island.

Casella made her dual-season debut against the Rams. Casella and Urbinati won 6-1 in third doubles, and Casella earned a 6-1, 6-3 victory in sixth singles in the contest. Then Casella won her next sixth singles match 6-4, 6-4 against Bryant.

Every member of the Eagles won at least one match Saturday. The Eagles swept both doubles series and have won their last five doubles points.

BC finishes its homestand Friday at 5 p.m. against Brown at the Dedham Health and Fitness Center.

Women's Tennis Results
Boston College 7, Rhode Island 0
February 11, 2017 at Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Flynn Recreation Complex
Doubles
No. 1 – Kylie Wilcox/Dasha Possokhova (BC) def. Mihaela Codreanu/Tiara Higuchi (RI) 6-1
No. 2 – Lexi Borr/Elene Tsokilauri (BC) def. Emily Zargham/Paige Alshon (RI) 6-2
No. 3 – Micayla Casella/Jackie Urbinati (BC) def. Ariel Haber/Jordan Rucks (RI) 6-1

Singles
No. 1 – Asiya Dair (BC) def. Codreanu (RI) 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 – Borr (BC) def. Higuchi (RI) 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 – Possokhova (BC) def. Zargham (RI) 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 – Emily Safron (BC) def. Haber (RI) 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 – Urbinati (BC) def. Alshon (RI) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Casella (BC) def. Rucks (RI) 6-1, 6-3

Boston College 6, Bryant 1
Doubles
No. 1 – Wilcox/Possokhova (BC) def. Marion Boullin/Ryan Brown (BU) 6-2
No. 2 – Borr/Safron (BC) def. Ashanti Campfield/Nina Liuggi (BU) 6-2
No. 3 – Dair/Urbinati (BC) def. Briana Leonard/Stefanie Arroyo (BU) 6-0

Singles
No. 1 – Dair (BC) def. Boullin (BU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 – Possokhova (BC) def. Arroyo (BU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 – Wilcox (BC) def. Liuggi (BU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 – Urbinati (BC) def. Brown (BU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 – Campfield (BU) def. Tsokilauri (BC) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
No. 6 – Casella (BC) def. Leonard (BU) 6-4, 6-4

Possokhova, Urbinati Go 4-0 in Saturday Sweep

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Players Mentioned

Lexi Borr

Micayla Casella

Asiya Dair

Dasha Possokhova

Emily Safron

Elene Tsokilauri

Jackie Urbinati

Kylie Wilcox