#73 Boston College Earns Hard-Fought 4-1 Victory Over Women’s Tennis
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — The Cornell women’s tennis team had its five-match win streak halted as No. 73 Boston College earned a hard-fought 4-1 victory on Thursday afternoon at the Margot Connell Recreation Center. The Big Red fell to 5-8, while the Eagles improved to 8-9. Cornell had its two-match win streak against ranked opponents snapped with the loss.
Boston College took the doubles point, though not without a fight. Both the first and second courts went to the tiebreaker knotted at 6-6. Jenny Wong and Lauren Stein gave 35th-ranked Laura Lopez and Marice Aguiar all they could handle before falling 7-6. Alexandra Savu and Maria Adiaconitei took the 7-6 win at No. 2 doubles for the Big Red, but the point already sat in BC’s tally at that point.
The Eagles lead expanded to 3-0 after Aguiar completed a three-set win over Lan Mi at No. 1, but Lauren Stein picked up a victory over Natasha Irani at No. 3 after winning the first set and dropping the second 7-5. Irani was forced to default in the third with the two players all square at 5-5. Valerie Ho was up a set at No. 4 in a match that went unfinished after Boston College clinched the win.
The Big Red will continue Ivy competition with matches against Dartmouth (Saturday, April 9 at 1 p.m.) and Harvard (Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m.) to wrap up the weekend.
#73 Boston College 4, Cornell 1
Doubles
1. #35 Laura Lopez/Marice Aguiar (BC) def. Jenny Wong/Lauren Stein (COR), 7-6
2. Alexandra Savu/Maria Adiaconitei (COR) def. Sophia Edwards/Hailey Wilcox (BC), 7-6
3. Plobrung Plipuech/Stephanie Sanchez (BC) def. Valerie Ho/Ashley Huang (COR), 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
1. Marice Aguiar (BC) def. Lan Mi (COR), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
2. Laura Lopez (BC) def. Katherine Nguyen (COR), 6-3, 6-1
3. Lauren Stein (COR) def. Natasha Irani (BC), 6-4, 5-7, 5-5 (default)
4. Valerie Ho (COR) vs. Stephanie Sanchez (BC), 6-3, 2-5 (unfinished)
5. Sophia Edwards (BC) def. Maria Adiaconitei (COR), 6-1, 6-1
6. Jenny Wong (COR) vs. Sophia Edwards (BC) (unplayed)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3, 5
