BC Earns Doubles Point in Loss To Harvard

BOSTON – The Harvard women's tennis team defeated Boston College, 5-2, in non-league play Saturday at the Crimson's Murr Tennis Courts.

The Eagles (1-3) earned the doubles point for the third-straight match. Junior Asiya Dair and sophomore Jackie Urbinati won their third straight match together with a 6-4 victory in second doubles.

Senior Emily Safron and freshman Elene Tsokilauri won 6-3 in third doubles.

Freshman Dasha Possokhova earned the Eagles' lone singles victory in a 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 effort from the third spot. Possokhova advanced to 3-1 in singles play in dual season.

Dair, ranked 103rd nationally, took Harvard's Erica Oosterhout to a third-set tiebreaker in first singles. However, Oosterhout won the match 6-4, 2-6,12-10.

Harvard advances to 1-4.

BC resumes action in its home opener at 10 a.m. next Saturday against Rhode Island at the Flynn Recreation Complex.

Women's Tennis Results
Harvard 5, Boston College 2
February 4, 2017 in Boston
Murr Tennis Courts

Doubles
No. 1 – Erica Oosterhout/June Lee (HU) d. Lexi Borr/Dasha Possokhova (BC) 6-2
No. 2 – Asiya Dair/Jackie Urbinati (BC) d. Irene Lu/Jenna Friedel (HU) 6-4
No. 3 – Emily Safron/Elene Tsokilauri (BC) d. Annika Ringblom/Natasha Gonzalez (HU) 6-3

Singles
No. 1 – Oosterhout (HU) d. No. 103 Dair (BC) 6-4, 2-6, 12-10
No. 2 – Lee (HU) d. Borr (BC) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 – Possokhova (BC) d. Friedel (HU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 – Ringblom (HU) d. Safron (BC) 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 – Lu (HU) d. Tsokilauri (BC) 7-5, 6-0
No. 6 – Gonzalez (HU) d. Urbinati (BC) 6-4, 6-3

BC Earns Doubles Point in Loss To Harvard

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Players Mentioned

Lexi Borr

Asiya Dair

Dasha Possokhova

Emily Safron

Elene Tsokilauri

Jackie Urbinati