ACC Women’s Tennis Tournament Starts Tuesday

CARY, N.C. – The Syracuse women's tennis team (9-10, 2-10 ACC) starts the road to an ACC Championship as the 16^th seed on Tuesday, April 15 when the Orange face Boston College (5-16, 1-10 ACC) the 17^th seed at 10 a.m. in Cary, N.C at Cary Tennis Park.

The Orange enters the tournament coming off a loss 4-0 to No. 24 Notre Dame, while the Eagles are also coming off a 4-0 loss to Louisville. Both matches were played on Sunday, April 13.

During the regular season, Syracuse met with Boston College once, earning a 5-2 road win on Feb. 9. To secure the victory, 'Cuse claimed the doubles point at the Nos. 2 and 3 positions, followed by wins from Miyuka Kimoto, Serafima Shastova, Shiori Ito and Monika Wojcik in singles.

SYRACUSE VS. BOSTON COLLEGE BRIEFING
Match Details: April 15, 2025| Cary, N.C. |Cary Tennis Park |10 a.m.
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ABOUT THE ORANGE

Syracuse is coming off a 10-11 campaign last spring. The Orange returned four players from last year's team this fall and welcomed two newcomers.
Miyuka Kimoto is back for her senior year with the Orange after racking up 11 doubles and 10 singles victories in the spring. She earned her first ACC Player of the Week Award last March and was tabbed No. 24 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) preseason singles rankings.
Also back as a senior for the Orange is Shiori Ito, who checked in at No. 44 in the ITA's preseason doubles rankings alongside Kimoto. She has won 31 career dual singles contests and to go along with her 27 doubles victories.
Anastasia Sysoeva returns for her second year with 'Cuse as a junior. In her debut campaign last year, she finished with a 12-6 record in singles, which included six wins against ACC opponents.
Another returning junior for the Orange is Constance Levivier, who tallied six wins last spring across singles and doubles.
Syracuse welcomes two fresh faces this fall - Nelly Knezkova and Serafima Shastova. Knezkova earned All-Big West Second Team honors in singles last season at Hawaii, where she played the Nos. 1 and 2 positions. In her one year at Jacksonville State, Shastova won 12 singles contests on her way to earning First Team All-ASUN and ASUN Freshman of the Year honors.
Joining the Orange for the Spring season are two freshmen, Monika Wojcik and Haram Kim.
Head coach Younes Limam returns for his 11th season at the helm of the Orange. Jacqueline Calla is in her second season as an assistant coach.

SINGLES SUCCESS

Syracuse is 56-44 in singles during the regular season.
The Orange have at least seven wins at all six singles positions. The most being 13 at the No. 6 spot.
Ito has competed at four different singles positions this season while Levivier, Shastova and Sysoeva competed at three.
Wojcik has the team-best 12 wins in singles. Shastova follows with 11, then Knezkova and Ito with nine. All 12 of Wojcik's wins have come from the Nos. 5 and 6 positions.

DOMINATING DOUBLES

Syracuse has played 15 different doubles pairings this season.
Shastova and Wojcik each have nine doubles wins to pace the Orange. Followed by Sysoeva with seven.
The Orange have won seven out of 15 doubles points since losing to James Madison on Jan. 25.
Overall, Syracuse is 22-29 in doubles play this season with 11 of 15 pairings having contributed at least one victory.
Kimoto and Knezkova earned ACC Doubles Team of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Kimoto and Knezkova were ranked No. 55 in doubles by ITA alongside Shastova and Wojcick who ranked No. 74 on Tuesday, March 4.

FRESHMAN CONTRIBUTIONS

Syracuse freshmen Monika Wojcik and Haram Kim are 23-9 across doubles and singles this season.
Wojcik is 12-3 in singles and has won a trio of sets with a 6-0 score.
Kim made her college debut in the Fordham match, winning at No. 6 singles, 7-5, 6-3.
Wojick was awarded ACC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 4 after competing against Drexel. She won her first ever three-set singles match, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.

SCOUTING BOSTON COLLEGE

The Eagles are on an eight-match losing streak to enter the ACC tournament.
Boston College earned their lone ACC opponent victory against Miami winning, 4-2, a team the Orange had come up short against during their season.
During the last matchup with the Orange, freshman Olivia Benton and senior Muskan Mahajan each tallied a win in singles for the Eagles at the No. 1 and 3 spots.
In the all-time series record, BC leads 23-17 against 'Cuse.

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