Eagles Visit Yale, Host No. 11 Virginia in ACC Opener

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The undefeated Eagles (6-0) will travel to Yale on Friday (Jan. 31) for a 5 p.m. match at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. BC returns home to host No. 11 Virginia on Sunday (Feb. 2) in its ACC opener at the Margot Connell Recreation Center at 10 a.m.

UNDEFEATED START
• Boston College is 6-0 to begin the spring and won four matches in the span of four days last week
• BC defeated UMass 7-0 on Thursday in its home opener, then pulled out a 4-3 road win at Harvard on Friday
• Laura Lopez battled Natasha Gonzalez all the way into a third set in order to secure the final point
• On Sunday, the Eagles swept Fordham (5-2) and Rhode Island (7-0), winning 11 of the 12 singles matches
• Boston College opened the season with road victories at Dartmouth and Brown, giving it a 3-0 record against Ivy schools

SCOUTING YALE
• The Eagles have won their past three matchups against Yale
• The Bulldogs are currently 1-0 in their spring season with a 7-0 win over Quinnipiac
• Samantha Martinelli closed the fall ranked No. 33 in the nation in singles
• She and Jessie Gong were crowned champions of the ITA All-American Championships, the first title for both Yale and the Ivy League
• Last year, Boston College won against Yale 5-2 at home during the spring campaign
• Jackie Urbinati, Dasha Possokhova and Lopez proved to be the difference in singles after the teams were tied 2-2

SCOUTING VIRGINIA
• Virginia is currently ranked No. 11 in the Oracle/ITA rankings
• Cavaliers' freshman Natasha Subhash was recently named the ITA Division I Player of the Week
• Virginia is 3-0 in its spring season, collecting wins over Towson, No. 16 California, and No. 22 Tennessee
• During the 2018-19 season, the 18th-ranked Cavaliers beat Boston College 5-2 in Charlottesville
• The loss marked the Eagles' first defeat of the spring following a perfect 9-0 start

UP NEXT
• After an off weekend, the Eagles will travel to Syracuse on Saturday, Feb. 15 for an 11 a.m. ACC match against the Orange
• BC will then play Cornell in Binghamton, New York on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 9 a.m.

Eagles Visit Yale, Host No. 11 Virginia in ACC Opener

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Players Mentioned

Laura Lopez

Dasha Possokhova

Jackie Urbinati