Huskers Defeat Purdue on the Road, 4-1

West Lafayette, Ind. - The Nebraska women's tennis team (9-6, 2-1 Big Ten) defeated the Purdue Boilermakers (9-6, 1-2 Big Ten) 4-1 Saturday afternoon at the Schwartz Tennis Center. 

The Huskers started off strong in doubles competition. In the No. 3 spot, Ellie Kuckelman and Samantha Alicea took the match over Purdue, 6-2. Defeating the Boilermakers on Court Two was Chloe Kuckelman and Isabel Adrover Gallego, 6-4. In the No. 1 spot, Kristina Novak and Maja Makoric's 4-3 battle against Nathalia Wolf Gasparin and Csilla Fodor resulted in an unfinished match. 
 
To start singles play, Novak played in the No. 1 spot sweeping Fodor, 6-1, 6-3. Makoric following suit in the No. 3 spot with a 6-1, 6-3 win. At the No. 2 spot, Adrover Gallego fell short in a two-set match to Boilermakers' Carmen Gallardo Guevara, 3-6, 3-6. Alicea competed in the No. 6 spot against Purdue's Seira and won 3-6, 6-4,6-1 to clinch the conference win for the Huskers. The Kuckelman duo playing in the No. 4 and 5 spots, both battled three-set matchups that went unfinished. 

Up next, the Huskers will stay on the road and face Indiana on Sunday, March 27 at 11 a.m. CT.

Nebraska 4, Purdue 1

Singles 

1. Kristina Novak (NEB) def. Csilla Fodor (PUR) - 6-1, 6-3 
2. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Isabel Adrover Gallego (NEB) - 6-3, 6-3 
3. Maja Makoric (NEB) def. Tara Katrina Milic (PUR) - 6-1, 6-3 
4. Juana Larranaga (PUR) Chloe Kuckelman (NEB) - 6-1, 6-7(5), 2-3, unfinished 
5. Rut Galindo (PUR) Ellie Kuckelman (NEB) - 5-7, 7-6(5), unfinished 
6. Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Seira Shimizu (PUR) - 3-6, 6-4, 6-1? 

Doubles 

1. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin/Csilla Fodor (PUR) vs. Maja Makoric/Kristina Novak (NEB) - 3-4, unfinished 
2. Chloe Kuckelman/Isabel Adrover Gallego (NEB) def. Rut Galindo/Tara Katrina Milic (PUR) - 6-4 
3. Ellie Kuckelman/Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Seira Shimizu/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) - 6-2 

Order of Finish 

Singles – 1,3,2,6 
Doubles – 3,2