Collegiate Times

Inga Beermann (l) and Martha Blakely (r) celebrate during their doubles match in the Hokies' 5-2 win over the Maryland Terrapins on Sunday.

The Hokies opened up ACC action this past weekend with matches against Boston College and Maryland, taking one of two.

Tech traveled up north to Chestnut Hill, Mass., to take on the Eagles and was greeted with an upset loss of 4-3.

The Hokies (7-3, 1-1) came into the match ranked No. 39 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll, but fell behind quickly against Boston College after dropping two of the three doubles affairs.

The pairing of senior Jessica Brouwer and sophomore Holly Johnson grabbed the lone doubles victory, winning 8-7.

Tech was unable to rally to a victory during the singles matches as the Hokies split six with the Eagles. Coming away with wins for Tech were senior Inga Beermann (6-3, 6-3) as well as freshmen Martha Blakely (6-3, 7-6) and Courtney Rauscher (4-6, 6-3, 6-4).

Following the setback against Boston College, Tech hosted Maryland and came away with a 5-2 triumph.

The Hokies started off strong, sweeping all three of their doubles matches. Continuing the dominance into the singles matches, Tech was able to take the first three contests.

Beermann set the tone early by winning the opening singles encounter over Eleanor Peters, 7-5, 6-1. Johnson and Brouwer quickly followed the winning trend as both came away with narrow victories.

Brouwer's win sealed the overall victory for the Hokies when she took her match by a score of 7-6 (4), 6-2.

The Terripans were able to get on the board with wins by Maggie MacKeever and Osana Krutigenko, but by that time, the match was already decided.

Tech will return to action on March 5 when they travel to Rock Hill, S.C., to take on Winthrop University at 2 p.m.