WEYMOUTH, Mass. –No. 37 Georgia Tech women’s tennis rounded out this four-match road swing with a 6-1 victory at Boston College Sunday afternoon. Tech, on a three-match win streak, improved to 6-4 overall and 3-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
DOUBLES
It was a competitive fight for the doubles point, all coming down to court two after the Jackets and Eagles split the first two matches. Tech’s pair of Gia Cohen and Ruth Marsh finished first, quickly grabbing a 6-1 decision on court three. Opening on serve at 1-all against Sophia Edwards and Hailey Wilcox, the Jackets won the next five points to pocket the match, 6-1. But Boston College evened the field with a victory on the top court. Tech’s duo of Kylie Bilchev and Ava Hrastar stood on serve at 3-3 with Laura Lopez and Marice Aguiar before the Eagles won three straight games to take the match, 6-3.
The early match lead would be left on court two where Carol Lee and Kate Sharabura faced BC’s Plobrung Plipuech and Stephanie Sanchez. The Jackets came out with a 4-2 lead, but BC rallied back, winning three-straight games for a 5-4 advantage. Lee and Sharabura moved back on serve at 5-all, as the teams traded the next two games to force a tiebreak at 6-6. The Jackets proved victorious in the tiebreak, 7-4, to seal the early match lead for Georgia Tech.
SINGLES
Georgia Tech carried momentum into singles action, winning the first five matches to finish. Cohen gave the Jackets a 2-0 match lead, rolling to a 6-0, 6-2 decision on court six over Sanchez before Lee collected a 6-2, 7-5 decision over Aguiar on court one, putting the Jackets on the verge of victory.
Hrastar clinched the match at 4-0 from the two seed. After dropping the first set, 6-1, against Lopez, Hrastar regrouped and took home a pair of 6-3 sets to win the three-set battle against the Eagle and clinch the victory.
The Jackets extended their lead when Mahak Jain pocketed a hard-fought win on court four against Natasha Irani. Jain erased an early 5-3 deficit against Irani to force a tiebreak at 6-6 in the opener. The Jacket proved victorious in the tiebreak, 7-4, and sealed the match, winning the second set, 7-5, after trailing 4-3. Bilchev rounded out Tech’s singles wins on court three, defeating Plipuech in three sets. Plipuech took a set lead, winning the first, but Bilchev battled back, evening the match with a 6-4 second set win. The freshman cruised in the third set, not dropping a game, to seal the triumph.
Boston College earned its only score on court five as Edwards defeated Sharabura, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4, to account for the final score.
UP NEXT
After four-straight road matches, the Yellow Jackets return to Atlanta to open their ACC home slate. Georgia Tech hosts a four-match homestand beginning this weekend with Louisville on Friday and Notre Dame on Sunday.
DOUBLES
1. Laura Lopez/Marice Aguiar (BC) def. No. 16 Kylie Bilchev/Ava Hrastar (GT) 6-3
2. No. 18 Carol Lee/Kate Sharabura (GT) def. Plobrung Plipuech/Stephanie Sanchez (BC) 7-6 (7-4)
3. Gia Cohen/Ruth Marsh (GT) def. Sophia Edwards/Hailey Wilcox (BC) 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1,2
SINGLES
1. No. 72 Carol Lee (GT) def. Marice Aguiar (BC) 6-2, 7-5
2. Ava Hrastar (GT) def. Laura Lopez (BC) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. No. 73 Kylie Bilchev (GT) def. Plobrung Plipuech (BC) 0-6, 6-4, 6-0
4. Mahak Jain (GT) def. Natasha Irani (BC) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
5. Sophia Edwards (BC) def. Kate Sharabura (GT) 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-4
6. Gia Cohen (GT) def. Stephanie Sanchez (BC) 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: 6, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
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