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Barry wins the 2021 NCAA Division II National Championship!
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Winner Barry BARRY-W (15-0)
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UIndy UINDY (23-1)
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Dennis Jezek, Jr.

DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN! Women's Tennis Wins National Championship

Barry claims sixth overall and fourth straight titles

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Barry Buccaneers out-raced the top-ranked UIndy Greyhounds 4-0 to claim their fourth straight national championship at the 2021 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Tournament at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex on Friday.

Barry has won six overall and four straight titles.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #2 Barry 4, #1 UIndy
Records: Barry 15-0, UIndy 23-1
Series: Barry leads 2-0

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

SUMMARY:

Singles

  1. #2 Deniz Khazan (Barry) def #1 Nikol Alekseeva (UIndy) 6-1, 7-6(5)
  2. #20 Jil Engelmann (Barry) def #8 Anna Novikova 6-4, 6-1
  3. #26 Madeline Bosnjak (Barry) vs. #14 Alina Kislitskaya (UIndy) 1-6, 6-3, 2-3 unf
  4. Xiyao Wang (Barry) vs. Kristina Lagoda (UIndy) 5-7, 3-4 unf
  5. Julie Razafindranaly (Barry) vs. Mariia Solnyshkina (UIndy) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 unf
  6. Daniela Farfan (Barry) vs. Sofia Shaonova (UIndy) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

  1. #10 Deniz Khazan/Madeline Bosnjak (Barry) def. #1 Alekseeva/Novikova (UIndy) 6-4
  2. Jil Engelmann/Julie Razafindranaly (Barry) vs #3 Kislitskaya/Lagoda (UIndy) 5-5 unf
  3. Kim Moosbacher/Daniela Farfan (Barry) def. Sharonova/Solnyshkina (UIndy) 6-3

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Bucs made another strong statement in doubles, winning at #1 and #3 and taking the point from the Greyhounds for the first time this season.
  • Tenth-ranked Khazan and Bosnjak beat top-ranked Alekseeva and Novikova 6-4 at number one.
  • Kim Moosbacher and Daniela Farfan posted a 6-3 win over Sharanova and Solnyshkina at nymber three.
  • Farfan proceeded to run rough-shod over Sharonova at number six singles, winning 6-0, 6-3 in under an hour.
  • After dropping her semifinal match, Engelmann had a big comeback win over #8 Novikova at number two singles, 6-4, 6-1.
  • Second-ranked Khazan won six straight games to take the first set from top-ranked Alekseeva, but in the second set, the Greyhound found her feet and rebounded from down 5-3 and a match point to take a 6-5 lead and was serving for the set. But Khazan got the break she needed to force a tiebreaker. She took a 3-0 lead, then fought Alekseeva off down the stretch to win 7-5 and clinch the title.
  • The remaining matches went unfinished.

NOTES

  • The Bucs won their sixth overall national championship and fourth in a row.
  • Barry tied SIU-Edwardsville (1986-89) as the only teams to win four straight titles in Division II women's tennis. 
  • Barry's six titles are third in Division history behind Armstrong (8) and BYU-Hawai'i (7). Both Armstrong and BYU-Hawai'i have eliminated their athletic programs.
  • For Barry's overall atletic program, it is their 24th national championship and 19th since 2004.
  • Barry dropped just four points all season and only 17 singles sets on the year. Farfan did not lose a set all year.
  • Barry has now beaten the Greyhounds in both meetings.

ON THE HORIZON

The Bucs return to campus this weekend.

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