Eagles Drop Road Test at No. 37 Georgia Tech

ATLANTA – Boston College women's tennis got off to a strong start on Sunday against 37th-ranked Georgia Tech, but the Yellow Jackets responded in singles play for a 5-2 ACC victory. The Eagles fell to 11-7 overall and 2-7 in conference play.

Boston College's top doubles team of Yufei Long and Kylie Wilcox clinched the doubles point to open the match with a 6-4 victory over Nami Otsuka and Gia Cohen. Natasha Irani and Loren Haukova also teamed up for a convincing 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles.

As the match shifted to singles, Irani dominated Cohen and dropped only two games in a 6-0, 6-2 triumph to give BC a 2-0 lead. Georgia Tech came back to win the other five singles matchups, including a tight match in the No. 3 slot with Valeriya Deminova slipping past Jackie Urbinati 7-5, 7-5 to secure the overall match.

Laura Lopez went to a third set against Nadia Gizdova in the final match to finish but dropped that set 7-5 in No. 6 singles.

Boston College hosts Houston next Friday before traveling to face Louisville in ACC play on Sunday afternoon.

SINGLES
1. #12 Kenya Jones (GT) def. #99 Kylie Wilcox (BC) 6-3, 6-3
2. Nami Otsuka (GT) def. #64 Yufei Long (BC) 6-3, 6-1
3. Valeriya Deminova (GT) def. Jackie Urbinati (BC) 7-5, 7-5
4. Natasha Irani (BC) def. Gia Cohen (GT) 6-2, 6-0
5. Victoria Flores (GT) def. Elene Tsokilauri (BC) 6-0, 6-2
6. Nadia Gizdova (GT) def. Laura Lopez (BC) 6-0, 2-6, 7-5

DOUBLES
1. Yufei Long/Kylie Wilcox (BC) def. Nami Otsuka/Gia Cohen (GT) 6-4
2. Kenya Jones/Valeriya Deminova (GT) def. Jackie Urbinati/Elene Tsokilauri (BC) 6-1
3. Natasha Irani/Loren Haukova (BC) def. Nadia Gizdova/Victoria Flores (GT) 6-2

Eagles Drop Road Test at No. 37 Georgia Tech

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Players Mentioned

Loren Haukova

Natasha Irani

Yufei Long

Laura Lopez

Elene Tsokilauri

Jackie Urbinati

Kylie Wilcox