Hokie ClubCORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Virginia Tech women's tennis team faltered on the road Sunday afternoon, falling to No. 16 Miami 4-0 at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
Tech (12-9, 3-9 ACC) fell behind after the doubles point as the Hurricanes won the matches on courts three and one.
Miami (13-6, 9-3 ACC) kept it going and clinched the team victory with straight set wins on courts six, one and three. The Hokies were up a set in two of the three unfinished matches.
On court four, Nina Sorkin had won the first set 6-2 over Ana Madcur, but trailed 3-4 in the second when it went unfinished. Katherine Butler had the win in the first set against Ulayan Shirokova on court five, but the 'Canes player held the 4-0 advantage in the second.
Caroline Daxhelet was battling with No. 64 Sinead Lohan at the two. Daxhelet gave up the first set 6-2, but came back to win the second 6-3. She was down 1-0 in the third before the match was decided.
The Hokies will wrap up the regular season next weekend, hosting No. 2 Georgia Tech on Friday at 3 p.m. before traveling to No. 4 Duke on Sunday for a noon match.
Singles
1. #3 Estela Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. #62 Natalie Novotna (VT) 6-1, 6-3
2. Caroline Daxhelet (VT) vs. #64 Sinead Lohan (UM) 2-6, 6-3, 0-1 dnf
3. Daniella Roldan (UM) def. Nika Kozar (VT) 7-5, 6-2
4. Nina Sorkin (VT) vs. Ana Madcur (UM) 6-2, 3-4 dnf
5. Katherine Butler (VT) vs. Ulyana Shirokova (UM) dnf
6. Dominika Paterova (UM) def. Sarah Baron (VT) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 6,1,3
Doubles
1. #78 Perez-Somarriba/Roldan (UM) def. Daxhelet/Kozar (VT) 6-2
2. #77 Lohan/Madcur (UM) vs. Novotna/Sorkin (VT) 5-1 dnf
3. #88 Paterova/Shirokova (UM) def. Baron/Shene Disbergen (VT) 6-2
Order of finish: 3,1