MANCHESTER, Mass. – The Boston University women's tennis team opened the weekend against the Ivy League with a 4-3 win over Brown on Saturday afternoon at the Manchester Athletic Club.

The Terriers (5-6) swept through doubles and won three of the six singles matches, as the Bears (6-7) saw their three-match win streak snapped.

Senior and reigning Patriot League Player of the Week Shelly Yaloz won both of her matches to reach the 100-win milestone. Sophomore Victoria Carlsten and freshman Sydney Sharma also won both of their matches with Carlsten clinching the team victory with a three-set rally in the top singles slot.

BU started off winning all three doubles matches by a combined score of 18-7. In singles, Sharma dropped the fewest games, cruising to a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 6 singles. Yaloz also won in straight sets with a 7-5, 6-3 decision at line 4.

Brown won a tiebreaker in the first set of both singles matches in the No. 3 and 5 slots en route to a pair of points. The Bears tied the match by rallying from a set down for a 0-6, 6-2, 6-2 win at line 2.

Carlsten though sealed the victory for BU by conducting her own rally for the 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 win in the top singles match against Brown's Britany Lau.

BU will next make the short trek to Harvard to face Cornell on Sunday (March 20) at 10 a.m.

Boston University - 4, Brown - 3

SINGLES
1) Victoria Carlsten (BU) def. Britany Lau (Brown): 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
2) Sophia Reddy (Brown) def. Erica Di Battista (BU): 0-6, 6-2, 6-2
3) Ali Benedetto (Brown) def. Michelle Kleynerman (BU): 7-6, 6-2
4) Shelly Yaloz (BU) def. Addison Ahlstrom (Brown): 7-5, 6-3
5) Olivia Mariotti (Brown) def. Emily Kim (BU): 7-6, 6-2
6) Sydney Sharma (BU) def. Ryan Peus (Brown): 6-2, 6-1

DOUBLES
1) Di Battista/Kim (BU) def. Benedetto/Lindsey Hofflander (Brown): 6-3
2) Yaloz / Kaitlin Tan (BU) def. Mariotti/Garbiella Dellacono: 6-2
3) Carlsten/Sharma (BU) def. Julia Newman/Peus (Brown): 6-2