Saturday, April 6
West Lafayette, Ind.
12:00 PM
Indiana University
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at
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Purdue
Hoosiers Fall at Purdue
4/6/2019 3:56:00 PM | Women's Tennis
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In a tightly contested match, with four of the six singles matches going three-sets, the Indiana women's tennis team came up short as they fell 5-2 to Purdue on Saturday.
Purdue (7-11, 2-5) won the doubles points with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to get out to a 1-0 lead in the match.
The Hoosiers (13-9, 3-4) struck first in singles to even things up as senior Natalie Whalen won 7-5, 6-3.
Purdue won at No. 1 and No. 4 singles to go up 3-1, but Indiana responded with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 win from freshman Somer Henry to bring it to 3-2.
Purdue won the last two matches, both in three-sets to win the match.
Up next the Hoosiers close out their road swing with matches at Penn State and Ohio State next week.
Purdue 5, Indiana 2
Doubles
Ambrosio/Mukhametshina (Purdue) def. Appel/Bozovic (Indiana) 7-5
Bernard/Whalen (Indiana) def. Calkins/Babic (Purdue) 7-5
Dovnik/Sabe (Purdue) def. Henry/McKamey (Purdue) 7-5
Singles
Ambrosio (Purdue) def. Appel (Indiana) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Whalen (Indiana) def. Babic (Purdue) 7-5, 6-3
Shimizu (Purdue) def. Bernard (Indiana) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Mukhametshina (Purdue) def. Bozovic (Indiana) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Sabe (Purdue) def. McKamey (Indiana) 7-6, 7-6
Henry (Indiana) def. Dovnik (Purdue) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
Purdue (7-11, 2-5) won the doubles points with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to get out to a 1-0 lead in the match.
The Hoosiers (13-9, 3-4) struck first in singles to even things up as senior Natalie Whalen won 7-5, 6-3.
Purdue won at No. 1 and No. 4 singles to go up 3-1, but Indiana responded with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 win from freshman Somer Henry to bring it to 3-2.
Purdue won the last two matches, both in three-sets to win the match.
Up next the Hoosiers close out their road swing with matches at Penn State and Ohio State next week.
Purdue 5, Indiana 2
Doubles
Ambrosio/Mukhametshina (Purdue) def. Appel/Bozovic (Indiana) 7-5
Bernard/Whalen (Indiana) def. Calkins/Babic (Purdue) 7-5
Dovnik/Sabe (Purdue) def. Henry/McKamey (Purdue) 7-5
Singles
Ambrosio (Purdue) def. Appel (Indiana) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Whalen (Indiana) def. Babic (Purdue) 7-5, 6-3
Shimizu (Purdue) def. Bernard (Indiana) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Mukhametshina (Purdue) def. Bozovic (Indiana) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Sabe (Purdue) def. McKamey (Indiana) 7-6, 7-6
Henry (Indiana) def. Dovnik (Purdue) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
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