The Notre Dame women’s tennis team improved to 14-3 and 4-2 in ACC play after shutting out Louisville at home on Sunday. The 4-0 win was their second straight conference victory, and improved their record on home courts to 10-2.
Doubles got out to a fast start as junior Bojana Pozder and freshman Bianca Molnar took a resounding 6-1 win at No. 3. The No. 1 pairing of junior Akari Matsuno and senior Carrie Beckman claimed a point with their 6-3 win, leaving the No. 2 match unfinished at 3-4.
Junior Rylie Hanford led the way in the singles competition, winning in straight sets on court five without dropping a single game. Beckman followed with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 6 singles, putting the Irish within a point of team victory. Pozder would clinch the win for Notre Dame on court three, winning her match 7-5, 6-3. As the match finished, Matsuno was a game away from victory at No. 1, while senior Nibi Ghosh was knotted at 5-5 in the second after taking her first set 6-3. Molnar was also in a 4-4 second-set battle at No. 2, looking to battle back after falling 7-5 in set one.
Their dominant display on the singles courts against the Cardinals continued the trend in 2025, especially on courts 4-6 where they now hold a combined 34-11 record. With their fourth win of the season as the No. 1 pairing, Beckman and Matsuno seem to have established themselves as the best pairing Notre Dame has to offer on the doubles courts. The win marked their first in ACC play as a partnership, improving their overall record to 4-1 for the year.
The 30th-ranked Irish now set their sights on next weekend’s trip to Virginia for a pair of ACC contests against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Friday, March 28 at 3 p.m. and Virginia in Charlottesville on Sunday, March 30 at noon.
