Wolf Clinches Win for IU Over No. 59 Tennessee

Sunday, February 14

Bloomington, Ind.

11 am

Indiana University

Tennessee

2/14/2016 1:47:00 PM | Women's Tennis

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women's tennis improved to 6-1 on the season with a 4-3 victory over No. 59 Tennessee (4-2) on Sunday inside the IU Tennis Center.

IU took the doubles point as Natalie Whalen and Sarah McLean won 6-2 in the No. 1 match. The Volunteers would win at No. 2 doubles. With the doubles point left up to the No. 3 match, Danielle Wolf and Madison Appel prevailed for the Hoosiers, beating UT's Brittany Lindl and Gabby Schuck, 6-2.

In singles, McLean won at No. 3, 6-4, 6-2, for the Hoosiers, but UT's and the nation's 100^th ranked singles player Sadie Hammond put the Lady Vols on the board with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over IU's Appel. The Volunteers would tie the match at 2-2 with a win at No. 2 singles and then took a lead with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles.

IU's Whalen would tie the match for the Hoosiers as a second set tiebreaker win gave her a 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) match victory.

With the contest resting on the No. 6 singles spot, IU's Wolf outlasted UT's Schuck 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 securing the 4-3 victory for the Hoosiers.

Indiana will travel to South Bend for a match against Notre Dame next Saturday at 11 a.m. ET.

Results
No. 63 Indiana 4, No. 59 Tennessee 3

Singles
1. No. 100 Sadie Hammond (UT) def. Madison Appel (IU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Kim Kermet (UT) def. Paula Gutierrez (IU) (UT) 6-4, 6-2
3. Sarah McLean (IU) def. Mary Caroline Meredith (UT) 6-4, 6-1
4. Eve Repic (UT) def. Stephanie Smith (IU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Natalie Whalen (IU) def. Brittany Lindl (UT) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Danielle Wolf (IU) def. Gabby Schuck (UT) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

Doubles
1. Whalen/McLean (IU) def. Hammond/Repic (UT) 6-1
2. Meredith/Kermet (UT) def. Schmider/Baron (IU) 6-2
3. Wolf/Appel (IU) def. Lindl/Schuck (UT) 6-2

Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3) Singles (3,1,2,4,5,6)