No. 30 Syracuse’s (8-4, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) midseason slide continued on Friday afternoon when it was shutout by No. 34 Georgia Tech (8-5, 3-1), 7-0.

After winning its first seven matches, the Orange has lost four of its last five. Friday afternoon’s matchup at Ken Byers Tennis Complex in Atlanta was also SU’s third straight loss.

The Orange didn’t tally a single win on Friday and in its last three matches — all of them losses — Syracuse has only one win in singles play.

SU’s one bright spot came when Valeria Salazar and Gabriela Knutson took a 3-1 lead. But the pair dropped the next five games and fell 3-6, giving the Yellow Jackets the doubles point. Before the loss, the No. 26 doubles team of Salazar and Knutson was 5-0 in the ACC and 6-0 overall.

To make it 2-0, freshman Dina Hegab, who began the year 8-0 in singles, lost 2-6, 2-6. It’s her third straight singles loss.

The Yellow Jackets claimed a 3-0 lead when Salazar fell 0-6, 4-6. To clinch the match and make it 4-0, Georgia Tech’s Johnnise Renaud beat No. 45 singles player Anna Shkudun, 1-6, 5-7. Shkudun has lost four of her last five singles matches.

Since joining the ACC, the Orange is 0-3 versus Georgia Tech.

On Sunday, Syracuse continues its stretch of road matches at Clemson. First serve is at 10 a.m.

Published on March 11, 2016 at 7:54 pm

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