CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team wrapped up its 2023 regular season home slate with a top-25 victory Saturday afternoon, defeating No. 23 Notre Dame, 5-2, at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
After dropping the doubles point, No. 14 Miami (13-5, 8-3 ACC) dominated singles play and tallied five straight-set victories to improve to 6-4 this year against top-25 foes, including 6-3 in its last nine such outings.
“I wasn’t happy with the way we played [in doubles]. We got up, we got a little sloppy, we lost our rhythm and we just simply weren’t good enough to get it back, period,” Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said. “They play a little unorthodox and we just kind of let them take the rhythm away from us. In singles, I thought we did a great job. We played straightforward, played smart. They’re a little tricky at one, two and three, but we took care of business. We did what we needed to do.”
Notre Dame (13-9, 4-7 ACC) opened the day with a 6-3 doubles win from Carrie Beckman and Bojana Pozder against junior Audrey Boch-Collins and freshman Mia Mack.
The Hurricanes, though, quickly leveled the tally. Fifth-year senior Daevenia Achong, who was honored before the match during senior day festivities, and fourth-year junior Maya Tahan, together ranked No. 52, defeated Page Freeman and Maria Olivia Castedo, 6-4.
The decisive match, though, went to the Fighting Irish in narrow fashion. Rylie Hanford and Yashna Yellayi edged redshirt sophomore Alexa Noel and junior Isabella Pfennig, together ranked No. 16, by a slim 7-5 margin to put the visitors on top.
Once singles began, Miami quickly turned the tide, taking five opening sets. It closed out all five of those without needing a third and even got a split in the sixth.
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