Irish Fall at ITA Kickoff Weekend

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Notre Dame Women’s Tennis team hit the road for the first time in the 2021 season, dropping two hard-fought matches at the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

The Irish battled No. 1 North Carolina, 4-0, in the opener of the event. In doubles play, Ally Bojczuk and Julia Andreach fell to UNC’s Cameron Morra and Elizabeth Scotty, the 45th ranked duo in the country, in a 6-2 battle. The Tar Heels would win another doubles match to earn the first point of the competition. 

In singles play, the Irish lost three consecutive matches to ranked opponents as the Tar Heels clinched the match with four points.

In Saturday’s consolation match, the Irish faced Old Dominion, falling to the Monarchs, 4-2. Cameron Corse and Page Freeman, the 19th ranked duo in the country, picked up a big singles victory over the No. 8 duo of Yulia Starodubtseva and Alesya Yakubovich, 6-1. Freshmen Meghan Coleman and Yashna Yellayi teamed up to take down Holly Hutchinson and Tatsiana Sasnouskaya to earn the doubles point for the Irish. In singles play, 

Ally Bojczuk recorded a singles victory over Shahar Biran, 6-2, 6-1, to add another Irish point to the board. ODU would pick up four singles victories to clinch the win over the Irish and conclude the weekend.

North Carolina 4, Notre Dame 0 

Singles Competition 

1. #3 Alexa Graham (NC) vs. #109 Cameron Corse (ND); match was unfinished: 6-2, 4-1 
2. #4 Sara Daavettila (NC) def. Page Freeman (ND) 6-2, 6-1 
3. #6 Cameron Morra (NC) def. Ally Bojczuk (ND) 6-0, 6-0 
4. #79 Elizabeth Scotty (NC) def. Julia Andreach (ND) 6-1, 6-2 
5. #120 Fiona Crawley (NC) vs. Yashna Yellayi (ND); match was unfinished: 6-2, 4-1 
6. Anika Yarlagadda (NC) vs. Maeve Koscielski (ND); match was unfinished: 6-1, 4-1 

Doubles Competition 

1. #3 Sara Daavettila and Alexa Graham (NC) vs. #19 Cameron Corse and Page Freeman (ND); match was unfinished: 3-3 
2. #45 Cameron Morra and Elizabeth Scotty (NC) def. Ally Bojczuk and Julia Andreach (ND) 6-2
3. Alle Sanford and Reilly Tran (NC) def. Maeve Koscielski and Yashna Yellayi (ND) 6-1

Old Dominion 4, Notre Dame 2 

Singles Competition 

1. #40 Holly Hutchinson (ODU) def. #109 Cameron Corse (ND) 6-3, 6-1 
2. Yulia Starodubtseva (ODU) vs. Page Freeman (ND); match was unfinished: 5-7, 7-5, 2-4
3. Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Shahar Biran (ODU) 6-2, 6-1 
4. Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (ODU) def. Julia Andreach (ND) 6-4, 7-5 
5. Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) def. Yashna Yellayi (ND) 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 
6. Alexandra Viktorovic (ODU) def. Maeve Koscielski (ND) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 

Doubles Competition 

1. #19 Cameron Corse and Page Freeman (ND) def. #8 Yulia Starodubtseva and Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) 6-1 
2. Shahar Biran and Alexandra Viktorovic (ODU) def. Ally Bojczuk and Julia Andreach (ND) 6-2 
3. Meghan Coleman and Yashna Yellayi (ND) def. Holly Hutchinson and Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (ODU) 6-3

Next Up
The Irish return to the Eck Tennis Pavilion to host Ball State, Friday, January 29, at 3 p.m. ET

While fans are unable to attend matches at the Eck Tennis Pavilion due to health and safety protocol, live stats are available at UND.com/mediastats and live streaming is available at UND.com/tennisstream.

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