Sept. 21, 2014

Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Highlighted by strong singles performances from junior Johanna Hyoty and freshman Iryna Kostirko, the defending Patriot League champion Boston University women's tennis team opened the 2014-15 season at the Brown Invitational. During the three-day event over the weekend, five Terriers collected at least two singles wins, and three of the four doubles teams earned at least two victories.

The reigning PL Player of the Year Hyoty represented BU in the top singles flight and went all the way to the finals before falling to 108th-nationally ranked Dayna Lord in a hard-fought 6-2, 7-5 decision. Hyoty opened the competition with a pair of impressive wins, knocking off freshman blue chippers Ana Yrazusta Acosta (UMass: 6-3, 6-4) and Alyza Benotto (Brown: 7-6(4), 6-2).

Korstirko went a perfect 3-0 in the Scarlet Flight, starting with a 6-3, 6-1 win over UMass' Aarzoo Malik. She followed up with straight-set victories over Providence's Alana Prinos (6-1, 6-4) and Rutgers' Lee Levy (6-3, 6-2).

Junior Madison Craft was the third Terrier to reach the finals of a singles flight. She rallied from a set down in her first two matches to beat Rhode Island's Taylor Holden (2-6, 6-4, 6-4) and Brown's Maddie Stearns (3-6, 7-6(6), 6-0), but eventually ran out of steam in a 6-3, 6-1 loss to Stony Brook's Yana Nikolaeva.

Sophomores Barbara Rodriguez and Iris Lin dropped their first singles matches but rebounded with two victories apiece to win the consolation bracket in the Gold and Maroon Flight, respectively.

In doubles action, Rodriguez and Kostirko went 3-1 to lead the Terriers, claiming victories over teams from Stony Brook, Rutgers and Brown.

The Terriers will next compete at the ITA Northeast Regionals on the campus of Yale University starting Oct. 16.

SINGLES

Brown Flight
Johanna Hyoty (2-1)
def. Ana Yrazusta Acosta (UMass): 6-3, 6-4
def. Alyza Benotto (Brown): 7-6(4), 6-2
lost to #108 Dayna Lord (Brown): 6-2, 7-5

Lauren Davis (1-2)
lost to Asiya Dair (BC): 6-3, 6-0
def. Gina Lee (Rutgers): 6-2, 7-6(6)
lost to Ana Yrazusta Acosta (UMass): 5-7, 6-2, 10-6

Gold Flight
Kim McCallum (0-3)
lost to Hannah Camhi (Brown): 6-2, 6-2
lost to Louise Badoche (SBU): 6-3, 6-1
lost to Brooke Burnside (PC): 6-3, 6-3

Barbara Rodriguez (2-1)
lost to Kristina Vozniak (SBU): 7-6(3), 6-4
def. Wan Yi Sweeting (BC): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
def. Louise Badoche (SBU): 7-5, 6-4

Scarlet Flight
Iryna Kostirko (3-0)
def. Aarzoo Malik (UMass): 6-3, 6-1
def. Alana Prinos (PC): 6-1, 6-4
def. Lee Levy (Rutgers): 6-3, 6-2

Black Flight
Madison Craft (2-1)
def. Taylor Holden (URI): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
def. Maddie Stearns (Brown): 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-0
lost to Yana Nikolaeva (SBU): 6-3, 6-1

Maroon Flight
Iris Lin (2-1)
lost to Adey Osabouhien (SBU): 6-2, 6-3
def. Kathleen Uy (URI): 6-1, 6-3
def. Becky Shtilkind (SBU): 6-1, 6-1

Blue Flight
Sophie Wyman (0-2)
lost to Emma Burgess (PC): 6-4, 6-3
lost to Mariam Zein (Rutgers): 6-0, 6-2

DOUBLES

Bears Flight
Barbara Rodriguez / Iryna Kostirko (3-1)
def. Kayati/Lee (Rutgers): 8-5
lost to Lord/Camhi (Brown): 8-7
def. Badoche/Smergut (SBU): 8-7(7)
def. Mandalap/Stearns (Brown): 8-5

Madison Craft / Lauren Davis (2-2)
lost to Zein/G. Lee (Rutgers): 8-5
def. Griffin/Malik (UMass): 8-4
lost to Kayati/C. Lee (Rutgers): 8-7(6)
def. Vozniak/Nikoaeva (SBU): 8-5

Johanna Hyoty / Kim McCallum (2-2)
def. Uy/Asokaraj (URI): 8-2
def. Kandath/Uberoi (Brown): 8-7(5)
lost to Benotto/Noyes (Brown): 8-7(6)
lost to Zein/G. Lee (Rutgers): 8-6

Eagles Flight
Iris Lin / Sophie Wyman (0-2)
lost to Collens/Glasper (UMass): 8-7
lost to Balsamo/Levy (Rutgers): 8-5