April 5, 2012

Results

AMHERST, Mass. - After winning a tough battle for the doubles point, Massachusetts prevailed with a 5-2 home victory over the Boston University women's tennis team on Thursday afternoon.

Improving to 11-7, the Minutewomen won the No. 1 doubles match against sophomore Leonie-Charlotte Athanasiadis and junior Jessi Linero, 9-7. Senior Monika Mical and freshman Sami Lieb tied doubles with an identical score of 9-7 in the No. 3 slot.

UMass captured the doubles point by shutting out junior Vivien Laszloffy and senior Petra Santini in the tiebreaker for a critical 9-8(0) victory at No. 2.

Laszloffy rebounded from the tough loss by not dropping a single game in a dominating 6-0, 6-0 performance over Yuliana Motyl at the top singles spot. Linero provided BU the other point by rallying from a set down for a 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory at No. 3.

Sophomore Amelia Martinez tried to duplicate Linero's success at No. 6, but Chanel Glasper pulled out the second set tiebreaker to prevent any chance of a rally rally in a 6-2, 7-(2) victory.

The Terriers (6-10) will next play at Boston College on Tuesday, April 10, with action set to begin at 2 p.m.

UMass - 5, Boston University - 2

Singles
1. Vivien Laszloffy (BU) def. Motyl (UMass): 6-0, 6-0
2. Bokhari (UMass) def. Leonie-Charlotte Athanasiadis (BU): 6-1, 6-1
3. Jessi Linero (BU) def. Comas (UMass): 3-6, 6-3, 10-5
4. Podlofsky (UMass) def. Monika Mical (BU): 6-1, 6-3
5. Onaga (UMass) def. Sami Lieb (BU): 7-5, 6-0
6. Glasper (UMass) def. Amelia Martinez (BU): 6-2 7-6(2)

Doubles
1. Motyl/Swiszcz (UMass) def. Athanasiadis/Linero (BU): 9-7
2. Bokhari/Glasper (UMass) def. Laszloffy/Santini (BU): 9-8(0)
3. Mical/Lieb (BU) def. Podlofsky/Onaga (UMass): 9-7