RedHawks Hold Off Women's Tennis in Singles Action, 5-2

Saturday, January 26

Allston, MA

11 AM

Boston University

Miami (OH) @ Harvard

Sabrina Faybyshev swings her tennis racquet.

RedHawks Hold Off Women's Tennis in Singles Action, 5-2

January 26, 2019 | Women's Tennis

Box Score Results

ALLSTON, Mass. – Competing in its first dual match of the year, the Boston University women's tennis team swept through doubles but came up just short in four hard-fought three-set singles matches to fall to Miami University, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at Harvard's Murr Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers won all three doubles matches by a combined score of 18-8 with senior Remi Ramos and sophomore Katya Martens dropping just one game at line 3.
Freshman Shelly Yaloz and sophomore Emily Kim posted a 6-3 victory in the top slot, while senior Sabrina Faybyshev and sophomore Lily Burchell prevailed, 6-4, at line 2.
Coming off Friday's three-set win over Harvard's No. 1 singles player Erica Oosterhout, reigning Mid-American Conference (MAC) Player of the Week and former Canadian Junior Fed Cup member Brindtha Ramasamy rolled to a 6-2, 6-2 win against Ramos to tie the match at 1-1.
Priyana Kalita then rallied from a set down to edge Burchell, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at line 3 to briefly give Miami the 2-1 advantage.
Faybyshev claimed BU's lone point in singles action with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win in the No. 6 slot to tie the match again, 2-2.
The RedHawks pulled away by capturing the final three points against Kim (#2), Yaloz (#3) and Martens (#5) in three sets.
Yaloz won the most games of the three, as she battled 2018 MAC All-Tournament Team honoree Emily Struble to a 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 decision.

MATCH NOTES

Faybyshev won her first match in dual action for the first time since 2017 after missing all of last spring due to injury.
Yaloz and Kim continued their stellar play in doubles, improving their overall record to 12-2.
2018 MAC runner-up Miami won the first meeting between the two teams since BU prevailed, 5-2, in 2015 at Dartmouth ... The RedHawks previously prevailed in 2013 at Yale.

NEXT UP: PROVIDENCE

The Terriers will be part of a BU tennis tripleheader on Sunday (Jan. 27) at the Track and Tennis Center, as they will host Providence at 2 p.m.
The men will host Siena at 9:30 a.m. and then Sacred Heart following the women's match at approximately 6:30 p.m.
The women are facing Providence for the first time since claiming a 6-1 road victory in 2000.