Achong posted a strong weekend in singles against excellent competition, as well. The Geleen, Netherlands, native picked up a pair of top-90 wins, earning a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3) result against No. 90 Marie Mattel of UCF and a 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 1-0 (0-8) triumph versus No. 69 Domenika Turkovic of Arizona State.
Junior Isabella Pfennig logged the highest-ranked win of the weekend, as she logged the first top-five victory of her superb career. The Gauting, Germany, native took down fourth-ranked Layne Sleeth of Oklahoma, 6-3, 6-4.
Fourth-year junior Maya Tahan split her four singles matches on the weekend, including edging USC’s Sloane Morra, 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-1). Junior Audrey Boch-Collins also took home a pair of singles wins, including defeating Lucia Marzal of Ohio State, 6-1, 6-1.
Up next for Miami is another trip to Cary for the ITA Women’s All-American Championships, where select Hurricanes will play in one of the premier tournaments of the year.
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THURSDAY RESULTS
Doubles A Group – Round Robin
No. 35 Daevenia Achong/Alexa Noel (UM) def. No. 22 Patricija Spaka/Domenika Turkovic (AS), 6-4
No. 28 Alexandra Pisareva/Layne Sleeth (OU) def. No. 35 Daevenia Achong/Alexa Noel (UM), 6-2
Doubles D Group – Round Robin
Hibah Shaikh/Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Isabella Pfennig/Maya Tahan (UM), 6-3
No. 51 Sophie Abrams/Amelia Rajecki (ST) def. Isabella Pfennig/Maya Tahan (UM), 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles H Group – Round Robin
Roxana Manu/Jocelyn Massey (KU) def. Audrey Boch-Collins/Tatyana Nikolenko (UM), 6-2
Laylo Blakhodirova/Fernanda Carvajal (ET) def. Audrey Boch-Collins/Tatyana Nikolenko (UM), 6-2
FRIDAY RESULTS
Singles A-1 Draw – Main Draw Round of 32
Maddy Sieg (USC) def. No. 30 Daevenia Achong (UM), 6-4, 6-4
No. 19 [8] Alexa Noel (UM) def. No. 60 Jaedan Brown (MI), 6-2, 6-2
No. 66 Isabella Pfennig (UM) def. No. 4 [4] Layne Sleeth (OU), 6-3, 6-4
Singles A-2 Draw – Main Draw Round of 32
Roxana Manu (KU) def. [5-8] Audrey Boch-Collins (UM), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Singles Round-Robin
Fernanda Carvajal (ET) def. Tatyana Nikolenko (UM), 6-3, 6-2
Maya Tahan (UM) def. Sloane Morra (SC), 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-1)
Singles A-1 Draw – Main Draw Round of 16
No. 33 Fiona Crawley (NC) def. No. 19 [8] Alexa Noel (UM), 6-2, 6-2
No. 51 Sydni Ratliff (OS) def. No. 66 Isabella Pfennig (UM), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Singles A-1 Draw – West Draw Round of 16
No. 30 Daevenia…
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