Friday, February 14
East Brunswick, NJ
12:30 PM
Rutgers
2
vs
5
Maryland
Photo by: Dustin Satloff
Tennis Drops Big Ten Opener Against Maryland
Feb 14 | Women's Tennis
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.Ā ā Rutgers tennis opened the Big Ten portion of their season on Friday, Feb. 14 with a 5-2 loss to the Maryland Terrapins.
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"Today was a really close, tough match. Maryland competed well, and I thought we competed really well in singles," said head coach Hilary Ritchie. "We need to turn around tomorrow and take our opportunities. This team is working incredibly hard and they're putting themselves in great situations; they just need to be confident and go for it."
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The duo ofĀ seniorĀ Kat MuzikĀ andĀ juniorĀ Maya JacobsĀ started the day off strong for the Scarlet Knights with a 6-2 victory in the No. 3 spot overĀ Eva AlexandrovaĀ andĀ Saya Usui.
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SophomoresĀ Tess FisherĀ andĀ Sydney KaplanĀ were downed in the No. 2 spot byĀ Adela JosefovaĀ andĀ Chloe HamlinĀ 6-3, which evened the playing field for both teams in the chase for the doubles point.Ā
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In the No. 1 spot, sophomoresĀ Kristiana ZahareĀ andĀ Sydney JonesĀ brought opponentsĀ Ayana AkliĀ andĀ Kate YemelyanenkaĀ into a tie breaker, ultimately falling 7-6 (7-4).
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Finishing first in singles and tying the team score at one all was Kaplan (No. 4) with a 6-1, 6-1 win overĀ Vera Markovic.
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Pushing the Scarlet Knights ahead of the Terps was seniorĀ Jaci CochraneĀ (No. 6) defeatingĀ ZoeĀ KulkarniĀ 6-1, 6-3.
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Rutgers returns to the East Brunswick Racquet Club Saturday, Feb. 15 at 4:00 p.m. as they take on UPenn.
Follow Rutgers women's tennis onĀ Twitter,Ā Instagram, andĀ Facebook. Download the Scarlet Knights App forĀ AppleĀ orĀ AndroidĀ today.
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"Today was a really close, tough match. Maryland competed well, and I thought we competed really well in singles," said head coach Hilary Ritchie. "We need to turn around tomorrow and take our opportunities. This team is working incredibly hard and they're putting themselves in great situations; they just need to be confident and go for it."
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| DOUBLES |
The duo ofĀ seniorĀ Kat MuzikĀ andĀ juniorĀ Maya JacobsĀ started the day off strong for the Scarlet Knights with a 6-2 victory in the No. 3 spot overĀ Eva AlexandrovaĀ andĀ Saya Usui.
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SophomoresĀ Tess FisherĀ andĀ Sydney KaplanĀ were downed in the No. 2 spot byĀ Adela JosefovaĀ andĀ Chloe HamlinĀ 6-3, which evened the playing field for both teams in the chase for the doubles point.Ā
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In the No. 1 spot, sophomoresĀ Kristiana ZahareĀ andĀ Sydney JonesĀ brought opponentsĀ Ayana AkliĀ andĀ Kate YemelyanenkaĀ into a tie breaker, ultimately falling 7-6 (7-4).
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| SINGLES |
Finishing first in singles and tying the team score at one all was Kaplan (No. 4) with a 6-1, 6-1 win overĀ Vera Markovic.
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Pushing the Scarlet Knights ahead of the Terps was seniorĀ Jaci CochraneĀ (No. 6) defeatingĀ ZoeĀ KulkarniĀ 6-1, 6-3.
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| UP NEXT |
Rutgers returns to the East Brunswick Racquet Club Saturday, Feb. 15 at 4:00 p.m. as they take on UPenn.
Follow Rutgers women's tennis onĀ Twitter,Ā Instagram, andĀ Facebook. Download the Scarlet Knights App forĀ AppleĀ orĀ AndroidĀ today.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
66
44
#2 Singles Match
123
726
660
#3 Singles Match
123
626
261
#4 Singles Match
12
11
66
#5 Singles Match
12
77
55
#6 Singles Match
12
13
66
Order of Finish:
4,6,1,3,5,2
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