Boston College women’s tennis left Cambridge with plenty of positive results after a busy weekend at the Harvard Fall Classic from Oct. 2-4.
The Eagles finished 6-3 in doubles and 12-7 in singles, with Bella Camacho and Tola Glowacka leading the way in doubles by going unbeaten across their three matches. Camacho also turned in a perfect run in singles, while Olivia Cutone, Gian Octa, Jackie Soloveychik, and Glowacka each won two of their three singles matches.
BC’s next stop comes next week at Yale for the ITA Regional Championships.
The strongest stretch came over the final two days, when the Eagles kept stacking wins against Stony Brook and Harvard. Against Stony Brook on Day 2, Olivia Benton earned a 2-6, 6-2, 10-7 win over Paisha Douglas, and Camacho followed with a 6-3, 0-6, 10-6 victory over Elena Lobo-Corral. Glowacka added another win when Mia Palladina retired with the score at 6-2, 2-1, and Octa, Soloveychik, and Cutone all came through in singles as well.
BC also picked up three doubles wins that day, including a 6-2 result from Glowacka and Camacho over Yasmin Vavrova and Sanjana Devineni.
The Eagles kept rolling on Day 3 against Harvard. Camacho and Glowacka beat Claire Shao and Anna Tabunschchyk 6-1 in doubles, Benton and Cutone won 6-4, and Octa with Soloveychik handled Anna-Raphaëlle Serghi and Kate Kim 6-2.
In singles, Camacho topped Natalie Block 6-2, 6-2, Glowacka beat Shao 7-6 (3), 6-3, and Cutone defeated Natasha Rajaram 6-1, 6-2. Harvard did get wins from Tabunschchyk over Benton, Serghi over Soloveychik, and Kate Kim over Lucy King.
Boston College opened the tournament on Day 1 with a pair of doubles wins, as Camacho and Glowacka blanked Gabriella Mikaul and Nancy Liu 6-0 and Soloveychik with Octa beat Gabby Sadowski and Lauren Kettlewell 6-4. In singles, Camacho beat Kettlewell 6-2, 6-2, Octa topped Ellie Gyuro 7-5, 7-5, and Soloveychik defeated Madison Liu 7-5, 6-4.
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