CARY, N.C. (theACC.com) – No. 13 seed Clemson and No. 11 seed Virginia Tech advanced to the second round of the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Tennis Championship on Wednesday at the Cary Tennis Park.
Clemson moves on to face No. 5 seed Georgia Tech on Thursday at 3:30 p.m., while Virginia Tech is set to face No. 6 seed Miami at 6 p.m.
The Tigers upset No. 12 seedBoston College, 4-3, in a match that came down to Daniella Medvedeva's heroics on Court 3.
Boston College claimed the doubles point as all three courts were able to finish. Natalie Eordekian and Tola Glowacka gave the Eagles the edge with a 6-4 win over Clemson's Sophia Hatton and Alina Tsyurpalevych on Court 3. BC's No. 1 duo of Marice Aguiar and Stephanie Sanchez battled for a 7-6 (6) tiebreaker win over the Tigers' Jenna Thompson and Eleni Louka to clinch the 1-0 advantage. On Court 2, Seren Agar and Nada Dimovska recorded a 6-4 victory over Clemson's Cristina Mayorova and Leigh Van Zyl.
From there, the score went back and forth until the end as the Eagles' Agar claimed a dominant 6-3, 6-0 win on Court 6 over Van Zyl to give Boston College a 2-0 lead before Clemson's Louka defeated Aguiar in straight sets on Court 1, 6-2, 6-4, to cut the lead to 2-1.
Thompson evened the score for Clemson at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Sanchez on Court 5 before Eordekian gave Boston College the lead right back with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Mayorova at the No. 2 singles spot. Clemson wasn't done yet as Hatton gave the Tigers and Medvedeva the momentum they needed to finish.
On Court 3, Medvedeva and BC's Mahajan were in a battle as Medvedeva rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the third set to clinch the match for the Tigers 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.
Louisville got out to a 2-0 over Virginia Tech start thanks to a pair of doubles wins on Courts 1 and 2. The Cardinals' Allie Gretkowski and Lika Peresypkina defeated VT's Katie Andreini and Dariya Radulova, 6-3, at the top spot to give UL's Jamilah Snells and Berta Miret the momentum to clinch the doubles point with a 7-6 (6-4) tiebreaker win over the Hokies' Semra Aksu and Erika Cheng on Court 2.
Peresypkina made quick work of VT's Andreini on Court 2 in singles play with a 6-2, 6-1 win to extend Louisville's lead to 2-0, only to see the Hokies cut that lead in half with Radulova's 6-3, 6-1 win over Miret on Court 5.
After a tightly contested first set at the No. 1 singles, VT's Ozlem Uslu defeated Jamilah Snells 7-5 (7-6), 6-1 to tie the match at 2-2.
The Hokies secured four straight unanswered points to clinch the match after Laima Frosch's three set 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Allie Gretkowski and Aksu's 7-6 (4-0), 2-6, 6-3 three set winner over Lillian Mould.
Second-round action will be held Thursday, starting at 3:30 p.m. with No. 8 Duke versus No. 9 Wake Forest and No. 5 Georgia Tech playing No. 13 Clemson. At 6 p.m., No. 7 Notre Dame takes on No. 10 Syracuse and No. 6 Miami faces off No. 11 Virginia Tech.
The top four seeds in No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 Virginia, No. 3 Florida State and No. 4 NC State all picked up double byes into the Friday quarterfinals.
The quarterfinals start at 3:30 p.m. on Friday with top-seeded North Carolina facing off with the Duke-Wake Forest winner and No. 4 NC State battling Clemson or Georgia Tech. The 6 p.m. quarterfinals feature No. 2 Virginia playing the Notre Dame-Syracuse winner and No. 3 Florida State battling Miami or Virginia Tech.
Both of the semifinal matches on Saturday along with the championship match on Sunday are slated for 2 p.m.
Clemson 4, Boston College 3
Singles competition
1. Eleni Louka (CU) def. Marice Aguiar (BC) 6-2, 6-4
2. Natalie Eordekian (BC) def. Cristina Mayorova (CU) 6-2, 7-5
3. Daniella Medvedeva (CU) def. Muskan Mahajan (BC) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
4. Sophia Hatton (CU) def. Tola Glowacka (BC) 7-5, 6-4
5. Jenna Thompson (CU) def. Stephanie Sanchez (BC) 6-4, 6-4
6. Seren Agar (BC) def. Leigh Van Zyl (CU) 6-3, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Marice Aguiar/Stephanie Sanchez (BC) def. Jenna Thompson/Eleni Louka (CU) 7-6 (6-0)
2. Seren Agar/Nada Dimovska (BC) def. Cristina Mayorova/Leigh Van Zyl (CU) 6-4
3. Natalie Eordekian/Tola Glowacka (BC) def. Sophia Hatton/Alina Tsyurpalevych (CU) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,1,5,2,4,3)
#71 Virginia Tech 4, Louisville 2
Singles competition
1. Ozlem Uslu (VT) def. Jamilah Snells (LOU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
2. Lika Peresypkina (LOU) def. Katie Andreini (VT) 6-2, 6-1
3. Semra Aksu (VT) def. Lillian Mould (LOU) 7-6 (4-0), 2-6, 6-3
4. Tamara Barad Itzhaki (VT) vs. Germany Davis (LOU) 6-3, 2-6, 5-3, unfinished
5. Dariya Radulova (VT) def. Berta Miret (LOU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Laima Frosch (VT) def. Allie Gretkowski (LOU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Allie Gretkowski/Lika Peresypkina (LOU) def. Katie Andreini/Dariya Radulova (VT) 6-3
2. Jamilah Snells/Berta Miret (LOU) def. Semra Aksu/Erika Cheng (VT) 7-6 (6-4)
3. Charlotte Cartledge/Ozlem Uslu (VT) def. Germany Davis/Ibifuro Clement (LOU) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,5,1,6,3)