April 15, 2016
#BoilerNotes
- Head coach Laura Glitz picked up her 125th win at the helm of the Purdue women's tennis program ... she is 125-88 in nine years as the Boilermakers' head coach.
- Purdue is now 4-8 vs. ranked opponents ... Friday's match was the Boilermakers first home outdoor match of the spring season.
- Purdue's Claudia Escribens and Natalia Davila's victory at the No. 3 position marked the 45th of each of their respective careers ... it was also their 15th win side-by-side through fall and spring competition.
- With their victory, Andjela Djokovic and Nicole Robinson have won 12 total on the season together ... it was their sixth win of the spring together.
- Davila extends her overall (fall and spring) record to 15-8, with 11 victories coming at No. 4 ... she owns a career record of 27-19 and has registered more than half her victories this season.
- The Boilermakers have won the doubles point 13 times this year ... their record when they win the doubles point is now 9-4 and 3-2 in Big Ten play.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- In its first home match since March 5, the Purdue women's tennis team edged past No. 71 Minnesota 4-3 Friday outdoors at the Schwartz Tennis Center. The match marked the fourth victory over a ranked opponent for the Boilermakers this season as they improved to 10-11 and 3-5 in the Big Ten, while Minnesota drops to 12-9 and 4-4 in the Big Ten.
"Overall we did well, but of course there's still things I think we can improve on," Purdue head women's tennis coach Laura Glitz said over the win against No. 71 Minnesota. "Minnesota is a good team. They beat us last year, and are just a feisty team that does a good job of making you play. I thought the girls did a good job handling that today."
In doubles action, the No. 75 team of Andjela Djokovic and Nicole Robinson got the ball rolling for Purdue by cruising to a 6-2 victory over Paula Rincon-Otero and Annemarie Emme. It was the pair's fourth win out of their last five matches and their sixth win of the spring campaign.
The Golden Gophers answered with a victory over Purdue's Krisztina Kapitany and Marta Ruedas-Burgosthe at the No. 2 position from their duo of Caroline Ryba and Julia Courter.
Purdue clinched the doubles point thanks to a 7-6 (2) victory from its No. 3 doubles team of Claudia Escribens and Natalia Davila over Minnesota's tandem of Mehvish Safdar and Caitlyn Merzbacher. The senior/junior pair pushed their combined record to 15-7.
The Boilermakers carried their momentum from doubles into singles action, taking the first two matches at the Nos. 1 and 4 positions. Davila struck first with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Minnesota's Jessika Mozia. Robinson followed with a win over Caroline Ryba 6-4, 6-4.
A 6-3, 6-2 victory at the No. 6 position from Golden Gopher Camila Vargas Gomez over Escribens got the Golden Gophers got on the board.
Kapitany clinched the match for the Boilermakers by defeating Rincon-Otero 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Purdue returns to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Sunday when they play host to Wisconsin in a match scheduled for a noon ET start.