Tennis

Syracuse drops 2 weekend road matches to Clemson, Georgia Tech

The Orange (4-13, 4-8 Atlantic Coast) struggled on the road in ACC play this weekend, losing Friday to No. 15 Clemson (18-4, 10-1), 7-0, and Sunday to No. 32 Georgia Tech (11-7, 8-4), 7-0.

Against Clemson, the Syracuse doubles pairing of senior Maddie Kobelt and freshman Valeria Salazar defeated the 12th-ranked doubles team in the country, 8-2.

But Syracuse could not get a win from either of its other doubles teams, with the pairing of Amanda Rodgers and Komal Safdar losing 8-6 and freshmen Maria Avgerinos and Rhiann Newborn blowing a 7-6 lead and losing in the tiebreak 7-1.

After not taking any momentum into singles play, the Orange failed to win any of its singles matches. Newborn and Avgerinos were the only two on the team to even extend their matches to third sets.

On Sunday, Georgia Tech clearly outplayed the Orange in both singles and doubles play. The team lost both doubles matches that finished 8-1 and Kobelt was the only player to win even a set for the team in singles.



The Orange will end its regular season play at home at Drumlins Tennis Center this weekend against Wake Forest on Friday and Notre Dame on Saturday.

compiled by Ryan Raigrodski, staff writer, [email protected]





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