Hokie ClubCORAL GABLES, Fla. - The No. 35 Virginia Tech women's tennis team fell to No. 27 Miami 7-0 on Friday afternoon at Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
In a tightly contested doubles portion of the match, juniors Nika Kozar and Elizabet Danailova knocked off the nation's No. 59 ranked doubles pair, Daevenia Achong and Selma Cadar, 7-5. Miami got off to an early lead winning the doubles point with wins on court one and court three.
Tech was unable to match Miami's ranked front-end of the lineup and the Hurricanes clinched the match after winning in straight sets on courts two, four and one.
The Hokies will return to action on Sunday to play Notre Dame at 11 a.m. in South Bend, Ind. at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
SINGLES
1. #1 E. Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. Natalie Novotna (VT) 6-0, 6-2
2. #72 Daevenia Achong (UM) def. Nika Kozar (VT) 6-0, 6-0
3. #96 Selma Cadar (UM) def. Elizabet Danailova (VT) 6-2, 6-2
4. Florencia Urrutia (UM) def. Nina Sorkin (VT) 6-2, 6-1
5. Maya Tahan (UM) def. Shene Disbergen (VT) 7-6(3), 6-0
6. Nada Dimovska (UM) def. Erika Cheng (VT) 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 2,4,1,3,6,5
DOUBLES
1. Perez-Somarriba/Urrutia (UM) def. Disbergen/Novotna (VT) 7-6(2)
2. Kozar/Danailova (VT) vs. #59 Achong/Cadar (UM) 7-5
3. Dimovska/Tahan (UM) def. Cheng/Sorkin (VT) 6-4
Order of finish: 3,2,1