CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team won a top-20 showdown Saturday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center, defeating No. 20 Cal, 5-2.
No. 16 Miami (4-1) took the first four points of the match on the way to clinching the 400th victory of head coach Paige Yaorshuk-Tews’ illustrious 22-year tenure at The U.
“Listen, honestly, it’s an accumulation of some unbelievable players that have come through this program and an incredible athletic department that believes in me and supports me. [It has come from] just a whole lot of fun, a whole of competition and a whole lot of good times on the tennis court,” Yaroshuk-Tews shared. “Honestly, 400 is a number I can’t even wrap my head around, but the kids have put in the work. The players have put in the work … and that’s their number. That’s not my number.”
Featuring a new doubles lineup, Miami got off to a fast start behind the strong play of junior Audrey Boch-Collins and freshman Mia Mack. The duo raced past Berta Passola Folch and Hannah Viller Moeller, 6-1.
The other two matches were both tight, but the Hurricanes pushed through for a victory in a top-20 affair atop the lineup. Fifth-year senior Daevenia Achong and redshirt sophomore Alexa Noel, together ranked No. 17, edged No. 12 Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm, 6-4, to give Miami a 1-0 lead.
The Cal (2-2) tandem of Haley Giavara and Erin Richardson held 6-5 advantage and a match point on the Miami pair of junior Isabella Pfennig and fourth-year junior Maya Tahan when play stopped.
Each team took three opening sets in singles, but the Hurricanes quickly erased any hopes of a comeback by the visitors by closing out all three of their advantageous matches.
First, Boch-Collins sealed a 6-4, 6-0 decision versus Richardson and then, minutes later, No. 14 Noel defeated Giavara, 6-3, 6-1, to increase the edge to 3-0.
It did not take long for Tahan to then lock up Yaroshuk-Tews’ milestone triumph with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Passola Folch.
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