SYRACUSE, N.Y. – No. 33 Stanford started its extended ACC road trip with a 4-2 win at Syracuse on Friday afternoon.
The Cardinal, beginning a 10-day conference swing through Syracuse, Boston College, Notre Dame and Louisville, snapped a two-match losing streak and picked up its first victory since Feb. 27 against Wake Forest.
Freshman Monika Ekstrand clinched for the fifth time this season on the top court with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Anastasia Sysoeva. She is 9-1 in duals and has won five straight.
Tianmei Wang, another freshman, started Stanford singles off with a win on court four over Leena Bennetto 6-2, 6-1, while Sein Myoung snapped a two-match losing streak on court five in beating Haram Kim 7-5, 6-0.
All three doubles matches finished and were won by the Cardinal. Sophomore Valerie Glozman, the nation’s No. 10-ranked singles player, made her spring debut on court three with Sein Myoung, beating Emma Scaldalai and Anastasia Sysoeva 7-5.
Stanford plays next at Boston College on Sunday, March 22 at 7 a.m. PT.
No. 33 Stanford 4, Syracuse 2
DOUBLES
1) #88 Caroline Driscoll/Monika Ekstrand (STAN) d. Serafima Shastova/Monika Wojcik (SYR) 7-5
2) Alyssa Ahn/Tianmei Wang (STAN) d. Leena Bennetto/Constance Levivier (SYR) 6-1
3) Valerie Glozman/Sein Myoung (STAN) d. Emma Scaldalai/Anastasia Sysoeva (SYR) 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
1) #30 Monika Ekstrand (STAN) d. Anastasia Sysoeva (SYR) 6-4, 7-5
2) Serafima Shastova (SYR) led #34 Alyssa Ahn (STAN) 4-6, 6-0, 2-1 unf.
3) Monika Wojcik (SYR) d. Caroline Driscoll (STAN) 7-5, 6-1
4) Tianmei Wang (STAN) d. Leena Bennetto (SYR) 6-2, 6-1
5) Sein Myoung (STAN) d. Haram Kim (SYR) 7-5, 6-0
6) Emma Scaldalai (SYR) d. Emma Sun (STAN) 6-4, 6-1
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 3, 5, 1