IU Falls to Northwestern

Saturday, March 21

Evanston, Ill.

1:00 P.M.

Indiana University

Northwestern

BLOOMINGTON, IN - March 15, 2026 - Alessandra Teodosescu of the Indiana Hoosiers during the meet between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Indiana Hoosiers at IU Tennis Center in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Spencer Meyer/Indiana Athletics

3/21/2026 5:50:00 PM | Women's Tennis

EVANSTON, Ill. –The No. 69 ranked Indiana women's tennis team (11-5, 1-3 B1G) was unable to push past Northwestern (9-6,2-2 B1G) on Saturday at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center in Evanston, Ill.

Key Moments

The contest started successful early when junior Chase Boyer and Senior Nicole Teodosescu found doubles play success at court No. 3, defeating their Northwestern opponent 6-2. After the Wildcats secured doubles No. 2, Freshman duo Alessandra Teodosescu and Hi'ilani Williams helped Indiana come back at No. 1 doubles (6-4) to give it the 1-0 edge.
The cream and crimson fought hard in singles play to maintain their lead. A. Teodosescu clinched a win at singles No. 2 (6-3,6-0) early to continue the advantage. Subsequently, Williams and N. Teodosescu fell in their matches at singles No. 5 (3-6,1-6) and No. 4 (2-6,6-7), respectively, to add points for Northwestern.
Three singles matches went to three sets, including sophomore Nicole Sifuentes at court six, who fell in the second set and clawed back to secure the point for the Hoosiers in set three after it reached a conclusion off tie-breaker points (6-4,4-6, 7-6).
At singles No.1, freshman Ameia Sorey took #87 ranked Margot Phanthala to a third set. After she won set number one, she needed set number three to secure the match point. It would be a back-and-forth net battle until Phanthala won the tie-breaker set, (7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9)
The contest went to Northwestern when IU fell at singles No.3 and No. 1, with the Hoosiers falling 3-4.

Singles

#87 Margot Phanthala (NU) def. Ameia Sorey (IND) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9)
Alessandra Teodosescu (IND) def. Neena Feldman (NU) 6-3, 6-0
Autumn Rabjohns (NU) def. Elisabeth Dunac (IND) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Maia Loureiro (NU) def. Nicole Teodosescu (IND) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
Mika Dagan Fruchtman (NU) def. Hi'ilani Williams (IND) 6-3, 6-1
Nicole Sifuentes (IND) def. Erica Jessel (NU) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4)

Doubles

Alessandra Teodosescu/Hi'ilani Williams (IND) def. #27 Erica Jessel/Margot Phanthala (NU_WTEN) 6-4
#81 Neena Feldman/Mika Dagan Fruchtman (NU_WTEN) def. Elisabeth Dunac/Ameia Sorey (IND) 6-4
Chase Boyer/Nicole Teodosescu (IND) def. Maia Loureiro/Marelie Raath (NU_WTEN) 6-2

Order of finish
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
Singles: 2, 5, 4, 3, 6, 1

Up Next
The Hoosiers continue in conference play, traveling to Champaign-Urbana, Ill. to face Illinois at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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