NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Concluding a two-match road trip in Connecticut, the Boston University women's tennis team fell at Yale, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs (7-8) captured a tightly-contested doubles point and then claimed four singles points to pull away from the Terriers (6-8), who were coming off Friday night's 6-1 win against Lehigh in Stamford. Sophomore Lily Burchell led BU by winning both the No. 1 doubles and No. 4 singles matches.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Burchell and senior Remi Ramos posted a 6-3 win in the top doubles slot, while Yale prevailed at line 3 with a 6-2 victory.
• The doubles point came down to the No. 2 match, as the Bulldogs edged sophomore Emily Kim and freshman Shelly Yaloz in a tiebreaker, 7-6(4).
• Burchell cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles to put BU on the scoreboard.
• Yaloz bounced back from her doubles loss with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7(4), 10-4 win at line 2 against 2017 blue chipper Caroline Dunleavy, who was the No. 1 recruit in New England.
• The Bulldogs posted straight-set singles wins at lines 1, 3 and 5.
• Sophomore Katya Martens rallied back from a set down to force a third but eventually came up short, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.

NEXT UP: BRYANT

• The Terriers will return home to host Bryant on Friday (March 29) at 3 p.m.
• BU is 3-0 at the Track & Tennis Center this season and swept the Bulldogs, 7-0, last season at home.