ORLANDO, Fla. --  The top-ranked and top-seeded Barry University Buccaneers swept 11th-ranked and ninth-seeded Cameron University Aggies in the quarterfinal round of the 2023 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championships at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. The Buccaneers did not drop a set in their quarterfinal meeting with the Aggies.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 1 Barry 4, No. 11 Cameron 0
Records: Barry (26-0), Cameron (17-4)
Series: Buccaneers improve to 3-0 in all-time women's tennis meetings with the Aggies; last meeting was a 5-0 victory on May 11, 2011, in Lawton, Oklahoma.

SUMMARY:

Doubles

1. Dinara Alloiarova / Angela Leweurs (BU) vs. #25 Vasilisa Polunova / Anastasia Upsenskala (CU) 4-5, unf.
2. Nathalia Gasparin / Deniz Khazan (BU) def. Karolina Glowinska / Lea Manga (CU) 6-4
3. Daniela Farfan / Xiyao Wang (BU) def. Jenna Goessel / Magda Wawrowska (CU) 6-0

Singles

1. #1 Deniz Khazan (BU) vs. #23 Vasilisa Polunova (CU) 6-4, 4-0, unf.
2. #19 Dinara Alloiarova (BU) def. #34 Anastasia Upsenskala (CU) 6-3, 6-4
3. #16 Daniela Farfan (BU) def. Lea Manga (CU) 6-0, 6-0
4. #39 Xiyao Wang (BU) vs. Kateryna Rudenko (CU) 6-4, 3-3, unf.
5. Selina Pichler (BU) vs. Jenna Goessel (CU) 6-3, 5-1, unf.
6. #63 Clara Versier (BU) def. Magda Wawrowska (CU) 6-1,6-3

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Buccaneers took two doubles matches, one quickly, while leaving the third unfinished with a 4-5 score at first.
• Needing just three singles victories to complete the win, Daniela Farfan got the first at third singles. Farfan did not lose a game all day.
• Clara Versier followed with a straight-set win at sixth singles.
• Dinara Alloiarova won the clinching point with her 6-3, 6-4 decision at second singles.
• Daniela Farfan and Xiyao Wang started doubles in favor of the Bucs with their 6-0 final at third.
• Nathalia Gasparin and Deniz Khazan clinched the 1-0 lead for Barry with a 6-4 score at second doubles.
• Dinara Alloiarova and Angela Leweurs had a 4-5 score at first doubles that went unfinished. The Buccaneer duo saved two match points against before Khazan and Gasparin sealed the doubles point. In both match points against, Alloiarova angled a winning volley near the net.

COACH'S CORNER (Quoting head coach Avi Kigel):

"Doubles got a little bit tighter than we wanted to, especially at No. 2 doubles where we missed some opportunities to break it open and win easily. That's what tennis is all about; we didn't win a couple of deuce points, but very happy we we're able to win the important points and get the doubles point. It's always really good to start the singles when you know you're 1-0 up, give you a little energy, a little bit of confidence. Definitely played really well in singles. Score shows 4-0, but it wasn't as easy as the score shows. Very happy with the way we played today, we know we can play better next match and that's what we're looking forward to."

NOTEWORTHY:

• For Barry, it is their sixth time in a row to advance to the NCAA semifinals. 
• The Bucs have now won a school-record 88 straight matches, dating back to 2019. 
• Barry has won seven national championships, including the last five in a row.
• The Buccaneers became the first D-II women's tennis team to win five straight titles from 2017-22, with back-to-back title in 2017 and 2018, and 2021 and 2022, all being undefeated seasons.
• The 30-0 record in 2017 is the best perfect season ever at Barry.
• All seven titles have come under head coach Avi Kigel in the last 12 years.

ON THE HORIZON

Top-seeded Barry University advances to face fourth-seeded Flagler in a semifinal match on Monday (4 p.m.) at the USTA National Campus.