HANOVER, N.H. – Wrapping up a weekend trip to New Hampshire, the Boston University women's tennis team claimed a 5-2 win over Brown on Sunday afternoon at Dartmouth's Boss Tennis Center.
The Terriers (1-2) captured five of the six singles points, including four in three sets, to defeat the Bears (1-3) after dropping a hard-fought doubles point.
Coming off Saturday's 6-1 win over UMass, the Bears jumped out to a 1-0 lead by winning two of the three doubles matches by two games apiece. Senior
Shelly Yaloz and sophomore
Kaitlin Tan opened with a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles, but Brown posted identical 7-5 victories in the No. 1 and 3 slots.
Brown added a second point with a 6-2, 6-1 win in the top singles slot, but that would be it for the rest of the day, as sophomore
Victoria Carlsten keyed the Terrier comeback with a dominating 6-2, 6-0 win at line 4.
After exchanging 7-5 results through the first two sets of the No. 2 match, Tan cruised in the third for the 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 victory. Freshman
Michelle Kleynerman had an identical score in her third set for a 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 victory at line 3.
Yaloz improved to a perfect 3-0 in the new year by rallying from a set down for the 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory at line 5. Freshman
Sydney Sharman added the other point by also rallying from a set down in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win in the No. 6 slot.
The Terriers will next conclude their four-match road trip against the Ivy League with a short trek to rival Harvard on Saturday (Feb. 5) at 9:30 a.m.
Boston University - 5, Brown - 2
Singles
1) Britany Lau (Brown) def.
Erica Di Battista (BU): 6-2, 6-1
2)
Kaitlin Tan (BU) def. Ali Benedetto (Brown): 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
3)
Michelle Kleynerman (BU) def. Gabby Soliman (Brown): 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
4)
Victoria Carlsten (BU): def. Olivia Mariotti (Brown): 6-2, 6-0
5)
Shelly Yaloz (BU) def. Lindsey Hofflander (Brown): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
6)
Sydney Sharma (BU) def. Addison Ahlstrom (Brown): 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
1) Benedetto/Hafflander (Brown) def. Di Battista /
Emily Kim (BU): 7-5
2) Yaloz/Tan (BU) def. Ryan Peus / Julia Newman (Brown): 6-4
3) Ahlstrom/Lau (Brown) def. Carlsten/Sharma (BU): 7-5