Cardinals Bow Out of ACC Tournament with 4-1 Loss to No. 40-ranked BC

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Sena Suswam celebrates during the match against Clemson at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on February 24

Cardinals Bow Out of ACC Tournament with 4-1 Loss to No. 40-ranked BC

April 17, 2019 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Senior Sena Suswam won singles and doubles in her career finale

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 4-1 to No. 40 Boston College when the Eagles pulled out the doubles point and won three of the first four singles matches Wednesday night in the first round of the 2019 ACC Championship at Cary Tennis Park.

The Cardinals end their season at 10-15 while the Eagles improve to 16-9 overall . BC moves on to face No. 6 seed Wake Forest on Thursday, April 18.

The doubles point was a gritty battle as senior Sena Suswam and Chloe Hamlin dispatched Yufei Long and Dasha Possokhova 6-0 at No. 2. Cardinals Aleksandra Mally and Diana Wong fell 6-4 at No. 3 leaving the point to be decided at the No. 1 slot. Raven Neely had multiple match points before dropping the tiebreaker 7-6 to the left-handed duo of Kylie Wilcox and Jackie Urbinati.

Down 1-0, the Cards got a boost from senior Sena Suswam, who rolled 6-3, 6-2 over Jackie Urbaniti 6-3, 6-2. Nikolina Jovic fell at No. 1 to Yufei Long 6-3, 6-2. Laura Lopez beat Diana Wong 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6. The match was clinched by Natasha Irani, who won 6-3. 6-3 over Aleksandra Mally. The other two matches were left unfinished.

Boston College vs Louisville
4/17/19 at Cary, N.C. (Cary Tennis Park)

#40 Boston College 4, Louisville 1
Singles competition
1. Yufei Long (BC) def. Nikolina Jovic (LOU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Raven Neely (LOU) vs. Kylie Wilcox (BC) 3-6, 7-5, 1-5, unfinished
3. Sena Suswam (LOU) def. Jackie Urbinati (BC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Natasha Irani (BC) def. Aleksandra Mally (LOU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Chloe Hamlin (LOU) vs. Elene Tsokilauri (BC) 6-7 (5-7), 3-4, unfinished
6. Laura Lopez (BC) def. Diana Wong (LOU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #70 Kylie Wilcox/Jackie Urbinati (BC) def. Raven Neely/Dina Chaika (LOU) 7-6
2. Sena Suswam/Chloe Hamlin (LOU) def. Yufei Long/Dasha Possokhova (BC) 6-0
3. Loren Haukova/Elene Tsokilauri (BC) def. Aleksandra Mally/Diana Wong (LOU) 6-4

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,1,6,4)