Boston U. and Binghamton will advance to the America East Conference Tennis Championship on Sunday morning, at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, Conn. Boston University defeated Stony Brook 4-0, while Binghamton topped UMBC 4-2 to advance to the title match.
Complete Day Two Results
Boston U.’s Erin Katims and Cori Lefkowith set the pace for the Terriers with victories in both singles and doubles. Other singles winners for Boston U. were Yana Sadovskaya and Aimee Charest. Laura Ahmes and Danielle Abraham also earned wins on the doubles court.
UMBC’s Ale Pededgnana, Juliana Umeki, Lya Kushnirovich and Alex Scarangella all earned wins on both the singles and doubles court. Also scoring for the Retrievers was sophomore Pascaline Cette.
The America East Tennis Championship utilizes a format of three doubles matches and six singles matches. Doubles matches are played first using eight-game pro sets with a 12-point tie-break at eight games all. The team winning two or more of the doubles matches receives one point in the team scoring. The doubles matches are followed by the singles matches using a best two-of-three sets format. Each singles match is worth one point. A minimum of four points is required to win the team match.