Annapolis, Md. –  The No. 2 Navy women’s tennis team upset No. 1 Boston University, 4-3, to capture their first Patriot League championship title in program history at the U.S. Naval Academy’s Fluegel-Moore Tennis Stadium in Annapolis, Md. on Sunday afternoon.

The Midshipmen received the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship. The team will learn their destination and opponent on Monday, April 29, during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show at 6:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.

Navy claimed the doubles point on courts one (6-4) and three (6-4) with wins from Sia Chaundry/Samantha Johns and Kate Lee/Parvathi Shanker, respectively.
 
In singles play, the Mids’ Makaila Cheng put Navy up 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-0 win over the Terriers’ Sydney Sharma on court five. BU’s Uma Bakaityte gave the Terriers their first point of the day with a 6-3, 6-3 court-two victory over Navy’s Johns. On court six, BU’s Ellie Gyuro recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win to even the match at 2-2.
 
BU’s Victoria Carlsten gave BU a 3-2 lead with a 6-4, 7-5 court-one victory over Navy’s Emily Tannenbaum. Navy came back to tie the score at three all when Sia Chandry bested BU’s Kaitlin Tan 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 on court three.
 
In a three-set three-hour thriller, Navy’s Kate Lee sealed the win for the Mids besting BU’s Emily Zhao 6-2, 1-6, 7(8)-6(6) on court four. Following her championship-clinching victory, the junior was awarded the John "Pat" Rooney Award as the Championship MVP.
 
Results
No. 1 Boston University 3 vs. No. 2 Navy 4
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1, 3)
    1. Sia Chaundry/Samantha Johns (Navy) def. Blanka DeMicheli/Uma Bakaityte (BU), 6-4
    2. Kaitlin Tan/Emily Zhao (BU) vs. Olivia Fermo/Emily Tannenbaum (Navy), DNF
    3. Kate Lee/Parvathi Shanker (Navy) def. Victoria Carlsten/Nina Gulbransen (BU), 6-4

Singles (Order of Finish: 5, 2, 6, 1, 3, 4)
    1. Victoria Carlsten (BU) def. Emily Tannenbaum (Navy), 6-4, 7-5
    2. Uma Bakaityte (BU) def. Samantha Johns (Navy), 6-3, 6-3 
    3. Sia Chandry (Navy) def. Kaitlin Tan (BU), 0-6, 6-3, 6-2
    4. Kate Lee (Navy) def. Emily Zhao (BU) 6-2, 1-6, 7(8)-6(6)
    5. Makaila Cheng (Navy) def. Sydney Sharma (BU), 6-2, 6-0
    6. Ellie Gyuro (BU) def. Parvathi Shanker (Navy), 6-1, 6-0
 
2024 Patriot League Women's Tennis Championship Results
Thursday, April 18 – First Round
No. 8 Lafayette 4 vs. No. 9 Holy Cross 0

Friday, April 19 – Quarterfinals
No. 1 Boston U. 4 vs. Lafayette 0
No. 4 Loyola 1 vs. No. 5 Lehigh 4
No. 3 Army 4 vs. No. 6 Colgate 0
No. 2 Navy 4 vs. No. 7 Bucknell 0

Saturday, April 20 – Semifinals
No. 1 Boston U. 4 vs. No. 5 Lehigh 0
No. 2. Navy 4 vs. No. 3 Army 3

Sunday, April 21 – Championship
No. 1 Boston U. 3 vs. No. 2 Navy 4
 
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