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Tennis

No. 25 Syracuse blown out by No. 18 Miami, 7-0

Max Freund | Staff Photographer

Miranda Ramirez dropped her second singles match as part of a shutout loss for Syracuse.

No. 25 Syracuse (14-5, 6-5 Atlantic Coast) lost its second match in three days to No. 18 Miami (12-6, 8-3), 7-0, in Coral Gables, Florida. After a 2-4 loss to Florida State on Friday, SU has dropped two consecutive matches for the first time all season.

No. 12 Gabriela Knutson and Miranda Ramirez opened the doubles portion with a 6-3 victory over Miami’s No. 66 Estela Perez-Somarriba and Daniella Roldan, but the Orange could not capitalize. With all three of UM’s doubles pairings ranked in the top-90, SU fell in second and third doubles to drop the first point of the match.

UM’s No. 75 Sinead Lohan only gave up two games to Ramirez in second singles en route to a 6-1, 6-1 victory. After Masha Tritou fell 3-6, 3-6 in fourth singles, No. 10 Knutson and No. 6 Perez-Somarriba battled with the match on the line.

Knutson held serve in the first set until the tenth game to drop the first set, 4-6. After a similar start to the second set, Knutson ultimately fell to Perez-Somarriba in straight-sets, 4-6, 4-6, to clinch the match for UM. Knutson’s defeat to Perez-Somarriba is only her second loss on the season, both against players currently top 10 in the nation.

After taking the first set, 6-3, Sofya Golubovskaya lost after a third-set super tiebreak in third singles, 6-3, 5-7, 0-1 (9-11). In similar fashion, Dina Hegab gave UM their seventh point of the afternoon in a 3-6, 6-2, 0-1 (9-11) loss in the sixth slot. Sunday’s 7-0 loss at Neil Schiff Tennis Center marks the only time the team has been shutout this season.



Syracuse will look to end its losing streak when the Orange face No. 3 Duke on Friday at Drumlins Country Club.





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