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Huskies Top BU on Senior Day
4/7/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Results | Women's Tennis Senior Day 
MANCHESTER, Conn. - The UConn women's tennis team used a strong start in doubles play on the way to a 4-3 win over Boston University Saturday afternoon on "Senior Day" at the Magic Lincer Tennis Academy in Manchester. The Huskies improved to 10-8 this season in match play.
After the match, the Huskies honored their three graduating seniors, Yelyzaveta Pletnyeva (Vinnitsa, Ukranie), Summer Walker (Conyers, Ga.) and Zaina Zaki (West Chester, Pa.) along with their families.
"That was one great way to have a Senior Day match with a win over a really good BU team," commented head coach Glenn Marshall. "We played really good doubles with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. We were a really worried about the emotions of the day but we just really focused and got the job done in doubles and carried it over to singles."
Pletnyeva and junior Jacquelyn Fitz-Randolph (Tampa, Fla.) set the tone for the day with a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles over Remi Ramos and Lily Burchell are improved to 8-0 playing together this season. The Huskies clinched the opening point at No.3 with juniors Jacqueline Lazaro (Largo, Fla.) and Gillian Perrotta (Scarsdale, N.Y.) topping Dani Blaser and Katya Martens, 6-3
In singles, Zaki gave the Huskies a 2-1 lead in the match with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Martens at No. 5, her 12th win of the season. Pletnyeva was a double winner on Saturday, notching her 24th singles win of the season by beating Iryna Kostirko 7-5 and 6-2.
Sophomore Cassie Chung (Vancouver, British Columbia) clinched the win for UConn at No. 6, winning a three-set battle with Sophia Kryloff. Chung won the first set 6-1, dropped the second 6-1 and rebounded in the third for a 6-1 win, her 15th win this season.
"With Zaina and Lizzy had such good straight-set wins," said Marshall. "Lizzy has had some really good past battles with Kostirko from BU before and she just really played well today and so did Zaina. And we almost got the trifecta with Summer today but she was so close, had three close sets all up and down. She played really well too. I am just pleased and proud of how we competed all day today."
Walker lost a tough battle at No. 3 to Emily Kim. Down 5-2 in the first set, she battled back to win 7-6 (7) but dropped the second set, 6-1. The third set went down to the wire with Kim edging out a 7-5 victory.
The Huskies close out the regular season next weekend hosting a pair of American Athletic Conference opponents in ECU on Friday and Cincinnati on Sunday.
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