Freshman Isabella Pfennig yells in frustration after a point during Miami s match against Virginia on April 4 at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. Photo credit: Alex Carnochan
The Hurricanes’ hopes of an Atlantic Coast Conference women’s tennis championship ended with a 4-3 team loss to Georgia Tech Saturday. But before its tournament ended in Rome, Ga., Miami earned a couple of victories, including one over rival Florida State just two weeks after falling to the Seminoles in the regular season.
No. 24 UM (14-8, 8-5 ACC) now awaits its NCAA Tournament fate, with selections announced May 3.
Miami’s 4-1 win over FSU will certainly help its case in the committee’s eyes. After dropping a 4-3 heartbreaker at the ‘Noles on April 9 that was decided by a single match’s tiebreaker, the Hurricanes wasted little time securing the doubles point. The match, held at Georgia Tech, then proceeded into singles, where UM picked up right where they left off in doubles. FSU’s sole highligh
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Jones Tabbed ACC Player of the Week
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s tennis senior Kenya Jones picked up her second Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week honor on Tuesday, as announced by the league office. Jones went undefeated on the week as the Yellow Jackets opened ACC play at home.
Jones, ranked No. 13 in singles, helped Tech open ACC play splitting matches against Miami and No. 6 Florida State. Against the Hurricanes, Jones upset the No. 2 singles player in the country, Estela Perez-Somarriba in three-sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Jones’ win setup a 3-1 match lead for Tech after she handed the Hurricane her first loss of the season. In doubles action, Jones partnered with teammate Victoria Flores to top Daevenia Achong and Maya Tahan, 6-2, from the No. 1 spot. Jones kept her weekend record unblemished on Sunday, defeating No. 27 Guilia Pairone of Florida State, 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5) to move her win streak to three straight matches.
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