BC Makes ACC Quarterfinals for First Time in Team History

Thursday, April 27

Rome, Ga.

4 PM

Boston College

North Carolina State University

BC Makes ACC Quarterfinals for First Time in Team History

April 27, 2017 | Women's Tennis

Eagles upset No. 29 NC State, 4-1

ROME, Ga. – The Boston College women's tennis team advanced to the ACC Championship quarterfinals for the first time in program history. The 12th-seeded Eagles defeated fifth-seeded NC State, 4-1, in the second round Thursday.

The Eagles (11-13, 6-10 ACC) won the doubles point and three singles matches. Senior Lexi Borr, junior Asiya Dair and sophomore Jackie Urbinati went 2-0 in the contest, winning their singles and doubles matches.

The Wolfpack took a 1-0 lead in doubles play with a 6-1 victory on the No. 1 court, but BC rallied back. Dair and freshman Elene Tsokilauri earned a 6-3 win on the No. 3 court to tie doubles play. Then Borr and Urbinati earned the doubles point for BC with a 6-4 win in second doubles.

BC took a 3-0 lead with two singles victories. First Dair defeated No. 75 Martina Frantova 6-3, 6-2. Then Urbinati won her fourth straight singles match with a 6-2, 6-4 win in fifth singles.

Borr, ranked 110th nationally, clinched BC's victory with a comeback, winning 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in second singles.

The victory marks an upset for the Eagles, who NC State (18-10, 7-8 ACC) defeated, 6-1, on March 19. BC will next face fourth-seeded and 32nd-ranked Miami on Friday at 1 p.m. in Rome, Ga.

ACC Championship Round 2
Boston College 4, No. 29 NC State 1
April 27, 2017 at Rome, Ga.
Rome Tennis Center at Berry College

Singles
No. 1 – Asiya Dair (BC) def. No. 75 Martina Frantova (ST) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 110 Lexi Borr (BC) def. Anna Rogers (ST) 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
No. 3 – Kylie Wilcox (BC) vs. Claudia Wiktorin (ST) no result
No. 4 – Adriana Reami (ST) def. Emily Safron (BC) 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 – Jackie Urbinati (BC) def. Bianca Moldovan (ST) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 – Elene Tsokilauri (BC) vs. Amanda Rebol (ST) no result

Doubles
No. 1 – No. 12 Rogers/Frantova (ST) def. Wilcox/Dasha Possokhova (BC) 6-1
No. 2 – Borr/Urbinati (BC) def. Moldovan/Wiktorin (ST) 6-4
No. 3 – Dair/Tsokilauri (BC) def. Reami/Tayla Stenta 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (1, 5, 4, 2)