Indiana Beats Bellarmine, 4-0

Monday, January 16

Bloomington, Ind.

4:00 P.M.

Indiana University

Bellarmine

BLOOMINGTON, IN - January 16, 2023 - Xiaowei “Rose” Hu during the meet between the Butler Bulldogs and the Indiana Hoosiers at IU Tennis Center in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics

1/16/2023 6:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women's tennis beats Bellarmine, 4-0, in their second match of the season at the IU Tennis Center on Monday evening.

Indiana's No. 1 doubles Lara Schneider and Saby Nihalani d the doubles point with a 6-0 victory. Alexandra Staiculescu and Rose Hu (IU) would clinch the point in the No. 3 doubles defeating Bellarmine, 6-1.

IU would earn a 2-0 advantage after Mila Mejic defeated Bellarmine's Cydney Rogers in No. 5 singles. Rose Hu and Saby Nihalani would earn the victory for the Hoosiers after winning No. 6 and No. 3 singles matches.

Indiana is now 2-0 to start the season for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

INDIANA 4, BELLARMINE 0
SINGLES
1. Lara Schneider (IU) vs. Ekaterina Tikhonko (BU), 6-3, 2-1, unfinished
2. Saby Nihalani (IU) vs. Vendula Kryslova, 6-0, 2-2, unfinished
3. Alexandra Staiculescu (IU) vs. Lailaa Bashir (BU), 3-6, 0-3, unfinished
4. Mila Mejic (IU) def. Cydney Rogers (BU), 6-1, 6-1
5. Lauren Lemonds (IU) def. Hanley Riner (BU), 6-1, 6-0
6. Rose Hu (IU) def. Shu Grosso (BU), 6-0, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Schneider/Nihalani (IU) def. Tikhonko/ Kryslova (BU), 6-0
2. Mejic/Lemonds (IU) vs. Bashir/Rogers (BU), unfinished
3. Staiculescu/Hu (IU) def. Riner/Varnum (BU), 6-1

ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 5, 6, 4, unfinished
Doubles: 1, 3, unfinished

UP NEXT
Indiana will host Cincinnati on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the IU Tennis Center.

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