LINCOLN, Neb. – The Purdue women's tennis team dropped its opening contest of a two-match roadswing Friday afternoon at Nebraska, 6-1. Freshman Rut Galindo picked up her first career win in a Big Ten dual at No. 5.
Purdue had an uphill battle after Nebraska took the doubles point. After the hosts took No. 3, 6-1, Nathalia Wolf Gasparin and Zala Dovnik pulled the Boilermakers level with a 6-2 win at No. 2 over Isa Adrover Gallego and Claire Reifeis. The Cornhuskers took the 1-0 lead int eh match when Ena Babic and Csilla Fodor narrowly lost to Kristina Novak and Samantha Alicea at No. 1, 7-5.
In singles action, Purdue only managed to pull one point back at No. 5, when Galindo rolled off a straight set 6-2, 6-3 win over Alicea to put the Boilermakers on the board.
Babic dropped a tight match against Novak at the top of the order 7-5, 7-5. Zala Dovnik was the lone Boilermaker to see a third set, falling in a super tiebreak, 6-4, 4-6, 10-4.
The Boilermakers will head to Iowa on Sunday for a noon match.
PURDUE (1-4, 1-4) – 1, NEBRASKA (4-1, 4-1) – 6
SINGLES
1. Kristina Novak (NEB) def. Ena Babic (PUR) – 7-5, 7-5
2. Isa Adrover Galledo (NEB) def. Csilla Fodor (PUR) – 6-4, 7-6
3. Maja Makoric (NEB) def. Zala Dovnik (PUR) – 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
4. Chloe Kuckelman (NEB) def. Seira Shimizu (PUR) – 6-2, 6-1
5. Rut Galindo (PUR) def. Samantha Alicea (NEB) – 6-2, 6-3
6. Hayley Haakenstad (NEB) def. Zeynep Naz Ozturk (PUR) – 6-2, 6-3
DOUBLES
1. Kristina Novak/Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Ena Babic/Csilla Fodor (PUR) – 7-5
2. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin/Zala Dovnik (PUR) def. Isa Adrover Gallego/Claire Reifeis (NEB) – 6-2
3. Chloe Kuckelman/Hayley Haakenstad (NEB) def. Seira Shimizu/Rut Galindo – 6-1
Order of Finish
Singles: 6,4,5,1,2,3
Doubles: 3,2,1
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