WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Suffering its first loss of the season, the Purdue women's tennis team fell at Kentucky, 1-6. With the result, the Boilermakers move to a 2-1 record on the season while the Wildcats improve to 3-0.
Freshman Ece Gencer picked up Purdue's lone with at the No. 5 singles position to improve to a 2-1 record this spring and an 11-4 record overall for the 2024-25 year. Gencer, ranked No. 82 in the nation, took the win in super tiebreak fashion. The match included a tiebreak win in Set 1 with a 7-6 (6) win, falling 2-6 in Set 2 and ultimately winning the match with a 10-4 score in Set 3.
In total, three singles courts went to tie breakers in Set 1, joined by Juana Larranaga at the No. 4 singles position and Tara Katarina Milic at the No. 6 singles position. Each fell in the first set, 6-7 (5). Larranaga went on to force another tiebreaker in Set 2, but was unable to close it out.
The Boilermakers will return to Schwartz Tennis Center next Saturday at 2 p.m. ET to take on Brown. Admission is free.
SINGLES
No. 1 Zoe Hammond def. #103 Carmen Gallardo Guevara: 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Lizzy Stevens def. #101 Ida Clement: 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 #56 Julia Zhu def. #73 Fatima Gutierrez: 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Ellie Eades def. Juana Larranaga: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
No. 5 #82 Ece Gencer def. Tess Bucher: 7-6 (6), 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 6 Asuncion Jadue def. Tara Katarina Milic vs: 7-6 (5), 7-5
DOUBLES
No. 1 Ellie Eades / Lizzy Stevens def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara / Tara Katarina Milic: 7-6 (5)
No. 2 Zoe Hammond / Tess Bucher def. Fatima Gutierrez / Kathryn Wilson: 6-4
No. 3 Ida Clement / Ashlie Wilson vs. Julia Zhu / Asuncion Jadue: 5-6 (Unfinished)
Freshman Ece Gencer picked up Purdue's lone with at the No. 5 singles position to improve to a 2-1 record this spring and an 11-4 record overall for the 2024-25 year. Gencer, ranked No. 82 in the nation, took the win in super tiebreak fashion. The match included a tiebreak win in Set 1 with a 7-6 (6) win, falling 2-6 in Set 2 and ultimately winning the match with a 10-4 score in Set 3.
In total, three singles courts went to tie breakers in Set 1, joined by Juana Larranaga at the No. 4 singles position and Tara Katarina Milic at the No. 6 singles position. Each fell in the first set, 6-7 (5). Larranaga went on to force another tiebreaker in Set 2, but was unable to close it out.
The Boilermakers will return to Schwartz Tennis Center next Saturday at 2 p.m. ET to take on Brown. Admission is free.
SINGLES
No. 1 Zoe Hammond def. #103 Carmen Gallardo Guevara: 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Lizzy Stevens def. #101 Ida Clement: 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 #56 Julia Zhu def. #73 Fatima Gutierrez: 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Ellie Eades def. Juana Larranaga: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
No. 5 #82 Ece Gencer def. Tess Bucher: 7-6 (6), 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 6 Asuncion Jadue def. Tara Katarina Milic vs: 7-6 (5), 7-5
DOUBLES
No. 1 Ellie Eades / Lizzy Stevens def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara / Tara Katarina Milic: 7-6 (5)
No. 2 Zoe Hammond / Tess Bucher def. Fatima Gutierrez / Kathryn Wilson: 6-4
No. 3 Ida Clement / Ashlie Wilson vs. Julia Zhu / Asuncion Jadue: 5-6 (Unfinished)