Sydney Sharma gets ready for a double-handed swing as the tennis ball approaches above her waist.
Matt Woolverton

Boston College Fends Off Women's Tennis, 6-1

February 12, 2022

WEYMOUTH, Mass. – Making the trek to the Weymouth Club, the Boston University women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to B-line rival Boston College on Saturday evening.

The final result was not indicative of the Terriers' (2-4) efforts, as the Eagles (3-2) had to rally from a 5-3 deficit in the No. 3 doubles match for the first point before capturing two singles points in third-set tiebreakers. 

Graduate student Emily Kim and junior Erica Di Battista claimed a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles before the Eagles top duo fended off senior Shelly Yaloz and sophomore Kaitlin Tan, 6-3, following their win last week against Harvard's No. 1 doubles team. Sophomore Victoria Carlsten and freshman Michelle Kleynerman were one game away from capturing the first point, but the Eagles' No. 3 duo won the last four games to move ahead, 1-0.

BC then prevailed in the top three singles matches in straight sets for the team win. The other three contests went to a super tiebreaker. Freshman Sydney Sharma led BU with a 6-3, 6-7, 11-9 win at line 6 against Muskan Mahajan, who was the No. 26 recruit in 2020.

Both sophomore Victoria Carlsten and senior Shelly Yaloz won a set in their respective matches before BC prevailed in the tiebreakers at lines 4 and 5, respectively.

The Terriers will next visit Bryant on Sunday (Feb. 13) at 5:15 p.m.

BOSTON COLLEGE - 6, BOSTON UNIVERSITY - 1

SINGLES 
1) Marice Aguiar (BC) def. Erica Di Battista (BU): 6-3, 6-3
2) Laura Lopez (BC) def. Kaitlin Tan (BU): 6-0, 6-3
3) Plobrung Plipuech (Brown) def. Michelle Kleynerman (BU): 6-2, 6-1
4) Natasha Irani (BC) def. Victoria Carlsten (BU): 3-6, 6-2, 10-7
5) Sophia Edwards (BC) def. Shelly Yaloz (BU): 2-6, 7-6, 13-11
6) Sydney Sharma (BU) def. Muskan Mahajan (BC): 6-3, 6-7, 11-9

DOUBLES
1) Lopez/Aguiar (BC) def. Tan/Yaloz (BU): 6-3
2) Di Battista / Emily Kim (BU) def. Stephanie Sanchez/Plipuech (BC): 6-2
3) Hailey Wilcox/Edwards (BC) def. Carlsten/Kleynerman (BU): 7-5
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