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Sports Briefs: 4/22

Women’s Tennis Miami lost for just the fifth time this season, dropping the last match of the year to Virginia. The Canes’ three top singles players all fell, while the other two matches reached a third set before going unfinished. Next up is the ACC Tournament, where Miami will try to rebound against more top-quality...

Sports briefs: 4/15

Baseball Miami went on the road to College Park this weekend and took two of three games from the Maryland Terrapins. Chris Diaz turned in a solid outing on the mound Friday night, but it took the Hurricanes 13 innings to secure a 1-0 win. Freshman Brandon Lopez knocked in the winning run with a...

Canes beat Boston College 7-0 for 10th home victory

The Canes couldn’t have picked it any better. Sunday’s scattered clouds and breezy 77 degrees at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center created a fine setting for the UM men’s tennis team to dominate Boston College in a 7-0 rout. Miami (13-8, 2-4 ACC) extended its winning record to 10-2 at home in Coral Gables with...
Soto leads team as singles player with 8-5 start

Soto leads team as singles player with 8-5 start

A blur of fluorescent green sneakers slides around the court, as the body that fills the shoes uncorks. “Dale!” screams Diego Soto, filling the air with passion after his forehand falls triumphantly for a winner. This sequence is pretty common on the courts at Miami’s Neil Schiff Tennis Center. In fact, it seems to happen...
Passion for tennis fuels Canes’ rising star

Passion for tennis fuels Canes’ rising star

  A typical week for the UM women’s tennis team begins at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. The courts are drenched in blinding sunshine, but it’s nearly silent – the occasional sighs and grunts of hard-working players are the only sounds. Eighteen-year-old Clementina Riobueno, like her teammates, is clad head to...

Canes outlast Clemson after five hours on the court

There are some things in life you just can’t rush. After nearly five hours of play – and two hours of doubles competition alone – the University of Miami women’s tennis team proved that success does not come easily nor quickly. The No. 15 Hurricanes defeated the No. 23 Clemson Tigers 4-3 in Sunday’s ACC...

Back-to-back victories frame weekend matches

The Miami men’s tennis team had its share of struggles in five previous matchups against Rice. Perhaps the most painful of all was last year’s 7-0 shutout loss when rain forced the match indoors to the Galleria Tennis Athletic Club in Houston. But back home on Sunday at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center, backed by...
Photo Brief: Women's tennis secures first match of 2013

Photo Brief: Women’s tennis secures first match of 2013

Canes destroy Cavaliers, Hokies in final homestand

Canes destroy Cavaliers, Hokies in final homestand

In the final homestand of a successful season, the ninth-ranked University of Miami women’s tennis team routed the Virginia Tech Hokies in a 7-0 demolition. Seniors Anna Bartenstein and Gabriela Mejia exited Schiff stadium Sunday with doubles and singles wins to show for the match and two illustrious careers nearing the end. “It’s a weird...
Win streak extended to 14, weekend of top-10 matches looms

Win streak extended to 14, weekend of top-10 matches looms

The Hurricanes reeled off five consecutive singles points to come away with a 5-2 victory against the No.57 Fresno State Bulldogs (10-6, 3-0 WAC) on Wednesday afternoon. Miami (16-1, 7-0 ACC), ranked No.5 in the ITA polls, has now won 14 consecutive matches dating back to early February.

Women’s tennis defeats University of Maryland

Ranked fifth in the country and perfect in the ACC, the ‘Canes just keep on winning. Coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews, recently inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame, has established a team that is truly a force to be reckoned with. The No. 5 University of Miami women’s tennis team captured their thirteenth...
Team notches first ACC win

Team notches first ACC win

The University of Miami men’s tennis team could not have scripted a more climactic victory than Sunday’s win over Wake Forest.