No. 70 FAU Earns 5-2 Over BU Win

Saturday, March 12

Boca Raton, Fla.

10:30 a.m.

Florida Atlantic

Boston University

2022 FAU Women’s Tennis vs Florida Gulf Coast

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Florida Atlantic

3/12/2022 4:10:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team remains perfect at home after a 5-2 win over Boston University on Saturday morning.

The win moves FAU's home-match winning streak to 6-0, their overall winning streak to seven and the team's 2022 record to 10-6. It marks the eighth time in 10 seasons that FAU has tallied double-digit wins. FAU has now defeated BU in two-consecutive years and the all-time series versus BU improves to 5-5. With the loss, BU's 2022 record stands at 4-6 overall.

Freshmen Lexi Slina and Millie-Mae Mathews are the first Owls to get to 10 wins in 2022. Silna is 10-3 and Matthews is 10-5. Juniors Martina Kudelova and Katerina Filip are nipping on their heels at with records of 9-6 and 9-3, respectively.

Quotable

Ricard Gonzalez, FAU's Director of Tennis
"Today was another tough battle against a very good Boston team. Conditions were very tough and it was extremely hot and windy. Tennis wasn't pretty by any means, but our girls did a good job staying positive and fighting through it. Once again, we will now focus on recovery and being ready for another challenge tomorrow versus Houston."

The Results

3-12-22 at Boca Raton, Fla. | (Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center)
Florida Atlantic 5, Boston University 2
Singles competition
1. Kudelova, Martina (FAU-W) def. Victoria Carlsten (BOSTONU) 6-7, 7-5, 6-1
2. Filip, Katerina (FAU-W) def. Kaitlin Tan (BOSTONU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Silna, Lexi (FAU-W) def. Michelle Kleynerman (BOSTONU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Schieroni, Greta (FAU-W) def. Erica Di Battista (BOSTONU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
5. Shelly Yaloz (BOSTONU) def. McGinnis, Amber (FAU-W) 6-4, 6-4
6. Matthews, Millie-Mae (FAU-W) def. Emily Kim (BOSTONU) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Kudelova, Martina/Filip, Katerina (FAU-W) vs. Erica Di Battista/Emily Kim (BOSTONU) 4-5, unfinished
2. Kaitlin Tan/Shelly Yaloz (BOSTONU) def. Silna, Lexi/Schieroni, Greta (FAU-W) 6-4
3. Michelle Kleynerman/Victoria Carlsten (BOSTONU) def. McGinnis, Amber/Matthews, Millie-Mae (FAU-W) 6-3

Match Notes:
Boston University 4-6 | Florida Atlantic W-Tennis 10-6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (3,2,5,4,1,6)
T-3:26 A-65

Next Up

The Owls will continue their list of home opponents when FAU play host to Houston at 10:30 a.m. And will then take a break before hosting Yale on March 20th at 11 a.m. Both matches will be played at the Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center.

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