Syracuse drops to .500 after 4-3 loss to No. 15 Virginia
Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor
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Syracuse took the court against No. 15 Virginia on Sunday at Drumlins Tennis Center. The Orange dominated doubles play but struggled to contain Virginia’s strength in singles play. Despite Syracuse (4-4, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) dropping the day’s match to the Cavaliers (6-2, 2-1), 4-3, freshman Viktoriya Kanapatskaya shined, upsetting the 11th-ranked Natasha Subhash in an electric singles match.
Syracuse’s No. 1 doubles duo Sofya Treshcheva and Polina Kozyreva stepped on to Court 1 to face Virginia’s Rosie Johanson and Emma Navarro. Syracuse jumped out to a 6-5 lead before returning a ball the Cavaliers couldn’t quite reach to secure the 7-5 victory.
Syracuse improves to 2-2 with 7-0 sweep of Army
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Syracuse improved to 2-2 after it swept Army West Point (0-1) 7-0 in both doubles and singles matches at the Drumlins Country Club on Saturday afternoon.
In doubles, the Orange won 2-1, with the No. 3 graduate student pair Miranda Ramirez and Guzal Yusupova finishing first with a 6-4 score after a series of tough back-and-forth volleys.
No. 1 doubles pair Viktoriya Kanapatskaya and Natalie Novotna followed shortly after with another 6-4 victory to give the Orange the doubles point. No. 2 pair Polina Kozyreva and Sofya Treshcheva lost in a close 6-4 score.
Ohio State sweeps Syracuse in season-opener at ITA Kickoff Weekend
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Miranda Ramirez lost her match 6-3 as the Orange were swept 4-0 by Ohio State in their season-opener.
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Syracuse opened its 2021 season Saturday morning with a 4-0 loss to Ohio State at the 13th annual ITA Kickoff Weekend.
The Orange returned four of six starters from last year’s roster, including Miranda Ramirez, who’s eligible for her fifth season. But Syracuse lost the doubles round 2-1 and was unable to mount a comeback during the singles round, leading to the Orange’s first loss in a spring season-opener since 2017.