In the lone unfinished match, the Syracuse (9-0, 3-0 ACC) duo of Miyuka Kimoto and Polina Kozyreva held a narrow 4-3 edge on junior Audrey Boch-Collins and freshman Mia Mack.
The Orange took four opening sets and eventually closed all of them out in straight sets. First, Ito downed Mack, 6-4, 6-3, to level the score. Within minutes, Kanapatskaya put Syracuse ahead, 2-1, with a 6-3, 6-2 decision over Pfennig.
Erman knocked off eighth-ranked Noel, 6-4, 6-3, to extend the Orange’s advantage up to 3-1 and put them one point away from victory. Moments later, though, Achong defeated Kimoto, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, to slice the deficit in half.
Miami was unable to get the two remaining matches it needed, however, as Fonte defeated Tahan in a tiebreaker to clinch the win for Syracuse and keep the Orange undefeated with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-0) result.
The final matched was played out and proved to be a marathon, as Boch-Collins and Kozyreva played a tiebreaker that included 34 total points. After the lengthy back-and-forth affair, Kozyreva earned a 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (18-16) victory to end the day.
The Hurricanes are back in action Saturday at 11 a.m. when they square off with No. 14 UCF in Orlando, Fla., in the third of four straight road contests.
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