Injuries to Ines Fonte, Zeynep Erman and Shiori Ito forced Syracuse to forfeit a singles and doubles match in its eventual 6-1 loss to No. 1 North Carolina.
Since starting at the No. 1 singles spot, Miyuka Kimoto has struggled sliding down to the No. 4 ranking. Today, she fell in the No. 3 singles match as SU suffered its third straight defeat.
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.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Irina Cantos Siemers, a sophomore on the No. 9 Ohio State women’s tennis team, has been named the UTR ITA Player of the Week, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced Thursday. Cantos Siemers, from Barcelona, Spain, posted three wins to help the Buckeyes advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
Playing court two for the Buckeyes, Cantos Siemers, ranked 78th, posted a three-set win over No. 11-ranked Natasha Subhash of Virginia, tying the team score at two en route to a 4-2 Buckeye victory Sunday. In singles Saturday, Cantos Siemers led No. 121 Viktoriya Kanapatskaya of Syracuse, 6-2, 4-4, when the Buckeyes clinched the 4-0 team victory and her match was suspended.