Hoosiers Down Iowa, 4-2 in Big Ten Tournament

Thursday, April 27

Champaign, Ill.

3:00 PM

Indiana University

Iowa

4/27/2017 6:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis

URBANA, Ill. – The No. 10 seed Indiana women's tennis team advanced in the Big Ten Tournament with a 4-2 win against No. 7 seed Iowa on Thursday at the Atkins Tennis Center.

The Hoosiers will now take on No. 2 seed Michigan in the quarterfinals tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Caitlin Bernard and Pauline Jahren got the Hoosiers (14-13) going with a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles. The Hoosiers clinched the doubles point as Madison Appel and Kim Schmider picked up a 6-3 win to put the Hoosiers up 1-0 in the match.

After dropping her first set, Natalie Whalen came back to win the next two, 6-1, 6-0 to give the Hoosiers a 2-0 lead.

Iowa (16-9) responded with wins at No. 2 and No. 5 to tie the score, but Schmider put Indiana up 3-2 with a 6-3, 7-5 win on court six.

Madison Appel clinched the match for the Hoosiers with a 7-5 win in the third set. Appel lost the first set 4-6, but came back to win 6-2, 7-5.

"I thought we showed a lot of fight and resiliency today," IU head coach Ramiro Azcui said. "We got off to a great start in doubles and didn't have quite the start we wanted in singles. The team kept with it and I'm really proud of them."

Indiana 4, Iowa 2
Singles competition
1. Madison Appel (IND) def. Elise Van Heuvelen (IOWA) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
2. Zoe Douglas (IOWA) def. Paula Guitierrez (IND) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
3. Anastasia Reimchen (IOWA) vs. Caitlin Bernard (IND) 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
4. Natalie Whalen (IND) def. Adorabol Huckleby (IOWA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
5. Montana Crawford (IOWA) def. Pauline Jahren (IND) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
6. Kim Schmider (IND) def. Kristen Thoms (IOWA) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Madison Appel/Kim Schmider (IND) def. Elise Van Heuvelen/Adorabol Huckleby (IOWA) 6-3
2. Zoe Douglas/Kristen Thoms (IOWA) vs. Natalie Whalen/Paula Guitierrez (IND) 5-5, unfinished
3. Caitlin Bernard/Pauline Jahren (IND) def. Montana Crawford/Aimee Tarun (IOWA) 6-3