Katya Martens, Alex Angyalosy, Lily Burchell, Emily Kim, Dani Blaser and Mia Wallace are standing next to each other masked while holding flowers in an intimate Senior Day ceremony at Holy Cross.

Women's Tennis Blanks Holy Cross, 7-0

April 17, 2021

WORCESTER, Mass. – After recognizing its six seniors, the Boston University women's tennis team cruised to a 7-0 victory at Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon.

With their fourth sweep of the season, the Terriers improve to 6-1 (2-0 PL), while the Crusaders drop to 0-5 (0-4 PL).

Five of the seniors were able to compete in singles action and dropped just nine combined games to complete the sweep after winning 18 of 20 games in doubles.

Seniors Emily Kim and Lily Burchell first teamed for a 6-1 win at line 1 to help Kim reach the 100-win (singles + doubles) milestone. Burchell followed up with a dominating 6-0, 6-0 singles victory at line 2 to pull within four wins of the same milestone, as Kim earned a 6-3, 6-1 win in the top slot.

Fellow classmates Dani Blaser and Mia Wallace posted a 6-0 doubles win at line 3 and then dropped just one game apiece in singles at lines 4 and 6, respectively.

Freshmen Kaitlin Tan and Victoria Carlsten completed the doubles sweep with a 6-1 score in the No. 2 slot. Junior Shelly Yaloz blanked her opponent at line 3 in singles, and senior Alex Angyalosy rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 win at line 5.

After competing in their final match of the season in Massachusetts, BU will next end the regular season against Navy at Army with a 2 p.m. start on Saturday, April 24.

BU - 7, Holy Cross - 0

Singles
1. Emily Kim (BU) def. Maddie DeNucci (HC): 6-3, 6-1
2. Lily Burchell (BU) def. Katya Martin (HC): 6-0, 6-0
3. Shelly Yaloz (BU) def. Alexandra Smith (HC): 6-0, 6-0
4. Dani Blaser (BU) def. Melissa Caiola (HC): 6-1, 6-0
5. Alex Angyalosy (BU) def. Hanna Beck (HC): 6-1, 6-2
6. Mia Wallace (BU) def. Jenna Tubby (HC) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
1. Burchell/Kim (BU) def. DeNucci/Caiola (HC): 6-1
2. Kaitlin Tan / Victoria Carlsten (BU) def. Martin/Smith (HC): 6-1
3. Blaser/Wallace (BU) def. Beck/Meg O'Melveny (HC): 6-0
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