Friday, February 3
Ithaca, NY
3:00 P.M.
Indiana University
4
at
3
Cornell
Indiana Women’s Tennis Defeats Cornell, 4-3
2/3/2023 6:48:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ITHACA, N.Y. – Indiana women's tennis (4-1) defeats Cornell in their first road match of the season on Friday afternoon at Reis Tennis Center.
In the doubles matches, redshirt-juniors Alexandra Staiculescu and Rose Hu dropped the first match 6-1 before the Hoosiers would dominate in the top two spots.
Graduate Lauren Lemonds and redshirt junior Mila Mejic would win No. 2 doubles 6-3 leaving it up to graduate Saby Nihalani and redshirt sophomore Lara Schneider to close it out. They were up 5-3 at the completion, before winning the set to put Indiana up 1-0.
Mejic jumpstarted the singles round for IU as she defeated her opponent 6-0, 6-4.
Cornell would take the No. 2 and 3 matches to tie the score, 2-2.
Lemonds got Indiana back on track with a 6-3, 7-5 win to take the lead. Hu clinched the win with a 7-5, 6-2 win over the Big Red.
NOTABLES
• Indiana is now 5-0 in the series against the Big Red.
• Mejic is 4-1 on the season in singles matches.
• Lemonds and Nihalani are now 3-1 in singles matches on the season.
• Doubles team Mejic and Lemonds are 3-1 after collecting their fourth win against Cornell.
INDIANA 4, CORNELL 3
SINGLES
1. Lan Mi (CU) def. Lara Schneider (IU), 7-6 (2), 6-4
2. Lauren Stein (CU) def. Saby Nihalani (IU), 6-2, 6-1
3. Emma Baker (CU) def. Alexandra Staiculescu (IU), 6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
4. Mila Mejic (IU) def. Fatima El Ashram (CU), 6-0, 6-4
5. Lauren Lemonds (IU) def. Sofia Iantosca (CU), 6-3, 7-5
6. Xiaowei "Rose" Hu (IU) def. Tanya Fan (CU), 7-5, 6-2
DOUBLES
1. Schneider/Nihalani (IU) def. Baker/Stein (CU), 6-3
2. Mejic/Lemonds (IU) def. Iantosca/El Ashram, 6-3
3. Fan/Mi (CU) def. Staiculescu/Hu (IU), 6-1
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 1
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
UP NEXT
Indiana will face off against Yale on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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In the doubles matches, redshirt-juniors Alexandra Staiculescu and Rose Hu dropped the first match 6-1 before the Hoosiers would dominate in the top two spots.
Graduate Lauren Lemonds and redshirt junior Mila Mejic would win No. 2 doubles 6-3 leaving it up to graduate Saby Nihalani and redshirt sophomore Lara Schneider to close it out. They were up 5-3 at the completion, before winning the set to put Indiana up 1-0.
Mejic jumpstarted the singles round for IU as she defeated her opponent 6-0, 6-4.
Cornell would take the No. 2 and 3 matches to tie the score, 2-2.
Lemonds got Indiana back on track with a 6-3, 7-5 win to take the lead. Hu clinched the win with a 7-5, 6-2 win over the Big Red.
NOTABLES
• Indiana is now 5-0 in the series against the Big Red.
• Mejic is 4-1 on the season in singles matches.
• Lemonds and Nihalani are now 3-1 in singles matches on the season.
• Doubles team Mejic and Lemonds are 3-1 after collecting their fourth win against Cornell.
INDIANA 4, CORNELL 3
SINGLES
1. Lan Mi (CU) def. Lara Schneider (IU), 7-6 (2), 6-4
2. Lauren Stein (CU) def. Saby Nihalani (IU), 6-2, 6-1
3. Emma Baker (CU) def. Alexandra Staiculescu (IU), 6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
4. Mila Mejic (IU) def. Fatima El Ashram (CU), 6-0, 6-4
5. Lauren Lemonds (IU) def. Sofia Iantosca (CU), 6-3, 7-5
6. Xiaowei "Rose" Hu (IU) def. Tanya Fan (CU), 7-5, 6-2
DOUBLES
1. Schneider/Nihalani (IU) def. Baker/Stein (CU), 6-3
2. Mejic/Lemonds (IU) def. Iantosca/El Ashram, 6-3
3. Fan/Mi (CU) def. Staiculescu/Hu (IU), 6-1
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 1
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
UP NEXT
Indiana will face off against Yale on Sunday at 11 a.m.
Follow Indiana Women's Tennis on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
#GoIU
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