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University of Massachusets Athletics
Tennis To Face #40 Yale This Weekend
February 09, 2011 | Tennis
Feb. 9, 2011
AMHERST, Mass. - After a big win against NJIT on Sunday, the UMass tennis team travels to face the #40 Yale Bulldogs (4-2) on Saturday, Feb. 12 in New Haven, Conn. UMass' home match on Sunday, Feb. 13 against the Long Island Blackbirds has been cancelled. The Bulldogs lead the current series vs. UMass, 13-0, with the last win on Feb. 5, 2010 at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, 7-0.
The Newcomers
The trio of Yuliana Motyl (Toronto, Ontario), Clara Matias (Barcelona, Spain) and Jessica Podlofsky (Port Washington, N.Y.) joined the Minutewomen this fall for the 2010-11 season. Motyl has been ranked as high as 511th on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) world junior rankings, Matias has been ranked as high as 48th in the Spanish National Ranking and Podlofsky is currently 154th on the tennis recruiting national rankings for the 2010 class.
During the fall season, Podlofsky started out strong, grabbing the Eastern Collegiate Invitational Championship in Flight D. On the season, she is 2-0 in doubles matches and 2-2 in singles matches, ranging anywhere from the #4 to #6 singles. As for Matias, she has grabbed victories in both her #3 and #4 singles matches, and is 3-4 on the season. Motyl is playing tough competition at #1 and #2 singles and is looking to improve on her 0-6 start.
Tennis Predicted 5th in A-10
The UMass Tennis team is predicted to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10 according to the conference's preseason poll released on Monday. The group finished fifth in the conference tournament last season, and is looking to build from their strong fall 2-0 start in dual matches.
Richmond has been picked to repeat as A-10 championships after taking home its sixth title in the past seven seasons a year ago. George Washington, who fell in the conference title game last year, has been tabbed second this year, followed by Temple.
Streaming Video
UMass is proud to announce that we will be providing the public with our first UMass Tennis TV broadcast on March 27 against Fairfield. You can watch this broadcast on Comcast's channel 293 and on Charter's channel 290.
Scouting #40 Yale Bulldogs
The Yale Bulldogs are currently ranked 40th in the country with a record of 4-2 overall and 3-0 at home in the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in Connecticut. One of the Bulldogs to watch is Sophomore Elizabeth Epstein, who is ranked #65 on ITAtennis.com's top 125 Division 1 women's tennis players. She went 7-3 in her singles matches and 5-5 doubles matches during the fall 2010 season.
Next Up
The UMass tennis team continues their spring on the road in West Point, N.Y., in a three-way match, with Army on Friday, Feb.18, Farleigh Dickinson on Saturday, Feb. 19, and Bryant on Sunday, Feb. 20. UMass' next home match is on Saturday, Feb. 26 at the Bay Road Tennis Club at Hampshire College at 1230 p.m.
