West Lafayette, Ind. - Despite earning the doubles point, the Nebraska women’s tennis team (10-8, Big Ten 1-6) fell to No. 66 Purdue (11-7, Big Ten 4-4) 4-1 on Sunday afternoon.
In doubles, the Huskers started off with a win on Court Three as Lucy Loy and Isabel Adrover Gallego defeated Purdue’s Juana Larranaga and Ashlie Wilson 6-1. Then, on Court Two, Boilermakers’ Kennedy Gibbs and Csilla Fodor defeated Ana Zamburek and Anfisa Danilchenko 6-3. This left Court One to decide the double point. No. 66 pair Raphaëlle Lacasse and Maja Pietrowicz came back from a two-game deficit to win 6-3 against Tara Katarina Milic and Carmen Gallardo Guevara, and NU earned the doubles point.
To start singles play, on Court One, Carmen Gallardo Guevara defeated Lacasse 4-6, 1-6. Courts Two and Three finished consecutively, with Danilchenko losing the match 1-6, 3-6 and Adrover Gallego falling 2-6, 4-6, giving Purdue a 3-1 lead. Tara Katarina Milic won 4-6, 6-7 against Lucy Loy to secure the win for No. 66 Purdue. Zamburek's match on Court Four and Jillian Roa’s match on Court Six were left unfinished.
Up next, the Huskers return to the Dillon Tennis Center to host Penn State on Friday, April 12 at 4 p.m. (CT). The match will be streamed on Playsight, and live stats will be posted on huskers.com.
Purdue 4, Nebraska 1
Singles:
Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Raphaelle Lacasse (NEB) 6-4, 6-1
Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) 6-1, 6-3
Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) def. Isabel Adrover Gallego (NEB) 6-2, 6-4
Juana Larranaga (PUR) vs. Ana Zamburek (NEB) 6-4, 5-4 (UF)
Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) def. Lucy Loy (NEB) 6-4, 7-6(3)
Ashlie Wilson (PUR) vs. Jillian Roa (NEB) 7-6(9), 2-3 (UF)
Doubles:
Raphaelle Lacasse/Maja Pietrowicz (NEB) def. Tara Katarina Milic/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) 6-3
Kennedy Gibbs/Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Anfisa Danilchenko/Ana Zamburek (NEB) 6-3
Lucy Loy/Isabel Adrover Gallego (NEB) def. Ashlie Wilson/Juana Larranaga (PUR) 6-1
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles- 1, 2, 3, 5, 4(UF), 6 (UF)
Doubles- 3, 2, 1