CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College women's tennis opens the spring season on Saturday (Jan. 18) with a 12 p.m. road match against Dartmouth at the Boss Tennis Center. On Monday (Jan. 20), the Eagles travel to face another Ivy League opponent Brown in Providence at 1 p.m. Live video of the Dartmouth match is available via ESPN3.
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
• Saturday will also mark the spring opener for the Big Green
• The schools have met 15 times since 2006 with BC holding a 9-6 advantage in the series
• Boston College defeated Dartmouth 6-1 in last year's spring opener in Chestnut Hill
• Kylie Wilcox, Yufei Long, Natasha Irani and Laura Lopez all posted singles victories
• Last season, the Big Green finished with a record of 4-17-1 and went 1-6-0 in the Ivy League
SCOUTING BROWN
• Martin Luther King Day will be the season opener for the Bears at the Pizzitola Sports Center
• BC beat Brown 6-1 at home last year, winning all but one singles match and two of the three doubles matchups
• Long, Wilcox and Irani won in straight sets from the top three positions
• The Bears went 10-13 overall and 2-5 in conference play last season
FALL FINALE
• BC closed its fall season at the Brown Classic in November as Elene Tsokilauri and Irani each earned singles victories
• Tsokilauri defeated Julia Newman in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 in the No.