The Miami Hurricanes women’s tennis team (7-2, 4-0 ACC) clinched its fourth straight conference victory on the road in Raleigh Sunday evening, taking down the No.9 ranked NC State Wolfpack.
The 4-0 start to conference play marks the Hurricanes’ best start to a season since 2015.
It didn’t start perfect for the Canes as NC State kicked off the match taking the doubles point.
The Wolfpack would win all three doubles matches, with No. 2 Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe leading the charge with a commanding 6-2 victory over Sofia Rocchetti and Sebastianna Scilipoti on court one.
The Canes would storm back to life in the singles however, kickstarted by Sofia Rochetti taking down No. 35 Broadfoot 6-2, 6-0 on court two, earning her first ranked win.
Her double’s partner from earlier in the day, Scilipoti, would also earn a ranked victory over No. 29 Lavinia Tanasie, putting Miami up 2-1.
UM kept pushing forward, with Dominika Podhajecka earning a third ranked victory for the Canes over No. 66 Anna Zyryanova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in a thriller.
Things would get cut short due the weather, and after a brief intermission, the matches were resumed on the indoor courts.
Fresh off the break, NC State found life with Aely Arai and Victoria Osuigwe both earning victories for the Wolfpack, bringing it all square at 3-3 with just one point left to decide it.
It all went down to the top court between No. 94 Raquel Gonzalez for the Hurricanes, and No. 41 Mia Slama for the Wolfpack, and after a grueling duel, Gonzalez would come out on top 6-7, 7-6, 7-5 for an improbable top-10 upset win for the Hurricanes.
The Canes will be back in action Wednesday afternoon at the Neill Schiff Tennis Center in Coral Gables as they take on Boston University.
The University of Miami Men’s tennis team lost 4-2 against the No. 23 North Carolina State Wolfpack on Sunday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
With the loss, the Hurricanes (7-7, 0-4 ACC) have lost four matches in a row, all against ACC opponents. The 0-4 start to conference play is the worst for the Canes since 2023.
The battle for the doubles point was hard-fought, lasting for nearly an hour in length. The Wolfpack (12-1, 4-0 ACC) would end up securing the point, starting off with their ranked duo, No. 85 Martin Borisiouk and Jules Leroux getting the better of Antonio Prat and Jakub Kroslak 6-3. NC State got the doubles clincher after a neck-and-neck match between Cody Benton and Ainius Sabaliauskas against Nacho Serra Sanchez and Mehdi Sadaoui, with Benton and Sabaliauskas winning in a close one, 7-6 (7-5).
When play was stopped, UM pair Jules Garot and Rafael Segado were in a tiebreak game with William Manning and Charlie Camus 6-6 (2-3).
Singles play was even more strenuous than doubles, with only one match finishing in two sets.
That match would be the opening singles win for NC State as Darius Pop defeated Garot 6-4, 6-2.
The Hurricanes and Wolfpack split the remainder of the finished matches.
In order of finish: Serra Sanchez defeated No. 97 Manning 7-6 (7-4), 5-2, as Manning retired during the second set, No. 13 Borisiouk won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on court one over No. 98 Prat, Segado bested Sabaliauskas 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and Camus dealt Miami the final blow as he defeated Sadaoui 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, to give NC State the 4-2 victory.
When play was halted, Kroslak was tied in a grueling match, featuring two tiebreakers, with Leroux, 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (4-7), 3-3.
Next up, the Hurricanes will head up to Atlanta, Ga. to face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (8-6, 0-4 ACC) on Friday, March 13 at 5 p.m.
Miami’s golf team came in a strong fourth at the Gators Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course, finishing with a combined 28-over par across three rounds.
Rebekah Gardner led the Canes, tying for ninth place at one over par. Ashleen Kaur gave the Hurricanes a second top-20 showing, tying for 19th at 6-over, while Stella Jelinek tied for 34th at 9-over. Cloe Amion Villarino tied for 48th at 15 over par, and Barbora Bujáková tied for 65th at 21-over par.
The Florida Gators finished first with Paula Francisco earning medalist honors at 10-under, setting a program record for 54-hole team score. The Gators finished under 20 as a team with Clemson and Oklahoma at third and second.
The Canes will tee off March 16-17 at the Briar’s Creek Invitational in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The Tournament will be hosted by the College of Charleston.
For the second straight season, Miami swimmer Ashlyn Massey is heading back to college swimming’s biggest stage.
The sophomore officially qualified for the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, continuing the strong momentum of her collegiate career.
Massey secured her spot in mid-February at the Miami First Chance Meet, where she swam a 1:55.40 in the 200-yard butterfly — a time that locked in her return to the national championship. The Montreal native has once again emerged as one of Miami’s most reliable point scorers this season.
Last year, Massey arrived at the NCAA Championships seeded 19th in the 200-yard butterfly and delivered a record-setting performance, touching the wall in 1:54.83 to set a new Miami school record. This year, she’ll return to the national stage competing in both the 200-yard butterfly and the 100-yard butterfly for the second consecutive postseason.
Massey won’t be the only Hurricane with NCAA aspirations this month. Miami’s divers will attempt to secure their own spots through the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, which is scheduled for March 8–11 at the Gabrielsen Natatorium on the campus of the University of Georgia. With two conference champions and several Olympians in its ranks, Miami’s divers are expected to perform well.
The 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships will take place March 18–21 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, where Massey will once again look to make her mark among the nation’s top swimmers.
Sundays were Miami’s favorite day of the season, putting up football scorelines in victories over Lehigh and Lafayette, 27-3 and 30-5 respectively.
The Canes hoped to continue that momentum in their rubber match against Boston College to secure their opening ACC series, but fell short 9-5.
Sophomore right-hander Tate DeRias made his fourth start of the season for the Canes, facing off against fellow sophomore Brady Miller. Both only pitched three innings, but it was two different stories for the opening starters.
Miami pounced on Miller early, carrying over the momentum from last night’s series-tying win, notching an early 1-0 lead through a Derek Williams RBI single. However, the southpaw recomposed himself, allowing no runs across his final two innings.
After an efficient first inning where he sat the side down in order, DeRias ran into trouble each of his remaining innings.
An error from left fielder Dylan Dubovik put a runner in scoring position for BC, who was swiftly brought home after a single from Esteban Garcia, his first hit of the season. After a hit-by-pitch and a double steal, Garcia scored on a groundout from Cesar Gonzalez to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead.
Gonzalez added onto his RBI total for the afternoon in the fourth, launching a three-run homer off the scoreboard in left field to extend the BC lead 5-1, knocking DeRias out of the game and marking his first collegiate homer in the process.
Across his four starts this season DeRias has not gone deeper than 4.2 innings, struggling with command and location. Whether he remains as the Sunday starter will be a situation to monitor, with manager J.D. Arteaga hinting at a possible move over the past two weeks.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Tate Derias pitches against Duke University on Sunday, April 13, 2025. Photo Credit: Staff Photographer Brian Mulvey
Boston College elected to pull Miller early before the fourth inning — a move that immediately backfired.
In relief, lefty Jacob Burnham only managed to record one out, surrendering a homer to Williams and a two-run single to Fabio Peralta.
BC replaced Burnham with its third lefty arm of the day, John Kwiatkowski. The senior had a chance to escape the inning with the lead still intact, but his inning-ending throw ran wide on a routine grounder to the mound. Daniel Cuvet punished his mistake one batter later with a game-tying RBI single.
Despite all the momentum on the Miami side, the Canes returned the lead back to the Eagles in the fifth.
Freshman Jack Durso struggled to locate, walking all three batters he faced in the inning. Nebraska transfer T.J Coats was called in to put out the fire, but a one-out, two-run single from Gallo squashed those hopes as BC took a 7-5 lead.
Coats put up a scoreless sixth before his afternoon ended with a Nick Wang 414-foot homer to left field.
The Canes threatened in the eighth, loading the bases for Cuvet. However, his effort to trim the deficit was thwarted by BC relief pitcher Kyle Kipp, who snagged his drive up the middle to escape the inning unscathed.
Boston College added an insurance run in the ninth after loading the bases, giving Kipp a four run lead to work with to close the series out.
The righty completed his four inning save, taking down the heart of the Hurricane lineup in order to give Boston College (9-5, 2-1 ACC) the series win.
Miami (12-4,1-2 ACC) will turn the page to its first “road stretch” of the young season, traveling to Orlando to take on UCF on March 11 before a weekend series in Durham against the Duke Blue Devils.
Timothy Shaw and Pavel Stepanov, co-founders of the newly launched therapy app Lusea, addressed advertisements referencing a UM DUI bus driver accident in an interview with The Hurricane on March 5, 2026.
The flyers — which included the words, “I got off the bus. The stress stayed — but Lusaea helped” — were posted around campus at Ungar, Whitten and Dooley Memorial.
The flyers appeared just days after a University of Miami RSMAS shuttle driver was arrested for driving a shuttle with students while allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
Lusaea is a small startup created by two University of Miami students, and was made in an effort to bridge the gaps between therapy sessions “where the most progress is made,” according to Shaw.
The team first came up with the idea of a mental health related app in 2024 after Shaw lost his best friend and father to suicide. The app was later developed in September 2025.
“We wanted to find a way to give people who are struggling tools that they need to improve,” the founders said. “Our mission drives every decision we make.”
“We’re a small start up and we don’t have a marketing budget,” Shaw said. “I recognize that using some of the people who are still processing and going through [that] might not have been the smartest choice.”
According to Stepanov, they did not receive approval from the University to post the advertisements around campus, nor did they speak to any of the students who were on the bus during the incident.
Stepanov stated that they are in contact with therapists and several other University of Miami students to extend this app as a tool for individuals struggling with mental health.
Miami’s Senior Day celebrations at the Watsco Center were spoiled by the Louisville Cardinals, defeating the Hurricanes in the final game of the regular season 92-89.
Falling one game shy of a program-record 25 regular-season wins, the Canes (24-7, 13-5 ACC) mounted a late push in the closing minutes and nearly erased a double-digit deficit after trailing big in the first half.
The Cardinals (22-9, 11-7 ACC) began the contest going 3-for-4 from beyond the perimeter, pouncing on Miami’s sluggish start to take a commanding 13-2 advantage within the first five minutes.
Louisville kept its foot on the gas as the first half wore on, stretching its lead to as much as 29-17 over UM.
Even without star freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr., out with a back injury, the Cards’ offense remained firing on all cylinders. They finished the first half with a comfortable 46-37 edge, shooting 62 percent from the field and going 9-for-15 from three-point range.
Miami’s defensive struggles plagued them all afternoon, surrendering their highest allowed first half point total of the season.
The Hurricanes stormed back after the break, feasting on the offensive side of the floor to hang 52 points over the last 20 minutes, their most in an ACC half this year.
Applying the pressure off a career-high 14 made free throws from Malik Reneau, Miami’s lead scorer buried three more from the line to cut it to only a one-score advantage for Louisville with five minutes remaining.
Tre Donaldson’s straightaway triple on the Canes’ next possession tied the margin at 77-77. The veteran guard then converted on a driving layup to give UM its first lead of the day.
Both sides traded baskets down the stretch until Cardinals guard Adrian Wooley drilled a three-point dagger with 18 seconds left, putting Louisville ahead 89-87.
Miami’s last sequence ended in disaster when Reneau failed to corral an off-balance pass from Donaldson that skipped out of bounds.
The catastrophic turnover was the final nail in the coffin, as the Canes would eventually lose by three, conceding the most points to any opponent all season.
Donaldson led all Canes with a game-high 25 points, sinking 11 of 16 shots from the field on 50 percent shooting from three.
David Lebowitz, Staff Photographer/Senior Guard Tre Donaldson races toward a loose ball against Elon on November 20, 2025.
Head coach Jai Lucas was frustrated with the loss, citing Miami’s sizable first-half deficit and persistent defensive woes as the difference maker.
“For me, it was a game that was lost in the first ten minutes, just with how we came out defensively. Anytime you give up 46 points in both halves, it’s hard to win a game.”
Despite the result, Lucas is ready to move forward towards the upcoming ACC conference tournament, where the Hurricanes could potentially be rematched with Louisville in the quarterfinals.
“I’m excited and just ready to turn the page…You don’t want to lose, but we got a lot of good film that we can use from this, and hopefully we get the opportunity to play them again on Thursday.”
Miami will now begin their postseason run in the quarterfinals of the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament. Tip-off is Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN or ESPN2.
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The University of Miami women’s tennis team defeated Wake Forest 4-1 in Winston Salem on Friday evening.
Doubles play went down to the wire between the ACC sides.
Raquel Gonzalez and Dominika Podhajecka fell 6-0 to the Demon Deacons’ Nevena Carton and Kady Tannenbaum at court one. UM responded with a rout of its own at court two, as Sofia Rocchetti and Sebastianna Scilipoti beat Wake Forest’s Evie Oxford and Sankavi Gownder 6-1.
The doubles point came down to a court three tiebreaker. Miami’s Maria Vargas and Daria Volosova were able to pull it out after a big volley, overcoming Krystal Blanch and Aubrey Nisbet 7-5 in the breaker.
Roccheti was the first to win singles for UM at court two, taking down Blanch 6-1, 6-2. Not long after, Gonzalez won against Carton 6-3, 6-3 at the top court.
Wake Forest cut the lead to 3-1 after Oxford prevailed 6-3, 6-3 over Podhajecka on court five.
Scilipoti clinched the match for Miami as she beat Tannenbaum 7-6(4), 6-1. The Hurricanes had narrow leads at courts four and six when the match was called.
The win moved UM to 3-0 in ACC play and 6-2 overall. The Canes look to continue the momentum in upcoming matches against NC State and Boston University.
