WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For the first time in nearly two years, the Purdue women's tennis team shut out a B1G opponent, blanking Rutgers, 7-0, Saturday outdoors at the Schwartz Tennis Center. The 34th-ranked Boilermakers captured the doubles point with ease and won all six singles matches in straight sets as they improved to 12-5, 5-3 B1G, while the Scarlet Knights fell to 6-13, 0-10 B1G.
For the 11th time this spring, the Old Gold & Black jumped out early by claiming the doubles point. The undefeated duo of Krisztina Kapitany and Nicole Robinson kept their perfect record intact with a dominating 8-1 win over Lindsey Kayati and Lee Levy. The junior/sophomore duo boasts an 8-0 spring record and they are 5-0 against B1G competition in the No. 3 slot.
Credited with securing the point was the No. 2 pair of Daniela Vidal and Andjela Djokovic. In just their second match together, they downed Scarlet Knights Gina Li and Lindsay Balsamo, 8-5.
Play shifted to singles and Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum wasted no time pushing Purdue's lead to 2-0 thanks to a straight-set victory at No. 2. The junior blasted Kayati, 6-0, 6-1, en route to her 15th win of the spring season.
Robinson followed in the No. 4 spot of the lineup with another dominating straight-set performance, 6-1, 6-0 over Balsamo. The sophomore lifted her spring record to 9-4.
The win was clinched with Djokovic's 6-3, 6-4 outing against Levy at No. 6. Vidal followed at the top of the lineup, defeating Li 6-0, 7-5, pushing her senior mark to 14-6.
At No. 5, Kapitany matched her career high in spring wins, beating Mariam Zein in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. The Purdue junior has won 12 of her last 13 matches and owns a record of 13-3.
Xepoleas captured the first set from Chloe Lee, 6-4, and rounded out singles play by taking the second set in the breaker, 7-6 (3).
The Boilermakers will be back in action at the Schwartz Tennis Center Sunday against Maryland at 12 p.m. ET.
PROMOS
Boilermaker Kids Club members can join the fun of B1G tennis at Kids Club Day Sunday at the Schwartz Tennis Center. Join us for FREE pizza and the chance to win prizes from the Boilermaker Prize Wheel.
No. 34 PURDUE 7, RUTGERS 0
Doubles
1. Natalia Davila/Lynda Xepoleas (Purdue) vs. Chloe Lee/Mariam Zein (Rutgers), 7-4 DNF
2. Andjela Djokovic/Daniela Vidal (Purdue) def. Gina Li/Lindsay Balsamo (Rutgers), 8-5
3. Krisztina Kapitany/Nicole Robinson (Purdue) def. Lindsey Kayati/Lee Levy (Rutgers), 8-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
Singles
1. Daniela Vidal (Purdue) def. Gina Li (Rutgers), 6-0, 7-5
2. Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum (Purdue) def. Lindsey Kayati (Rutgers), 6-0, 6-1
3. Lynda Xepoleas (Purdue) def. Chloe Lee (Rutgers), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
4. Nicole Robinson (Purdue) def. Lindsay Balsamo (Rutgers), 6-1, 6-0
5. Krisztina Kapitany (Purdue) def. Mariam Zein (Rutgers), 6-2, 6-1
6. Andjela Djokovic (Purdue) def. Lee Levy (Rutgers), 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 6, 1, 5, 3