Wednesday, April 27
Iowa City, Iowa
11 AM ET
Rutgers University
3
vs
4
Purdue
Tennis Bows Out of B1G Tournament After Marathon Match With Purdue
Apr 27 | Women's Tennis
The Boilermakers advance with a 4-3 victory following a nearly five-hour match
IOWA CITY, Iowa – No. 14 seed Rutgers tennis concluded its 2022 season with a first round exit at the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday, falling 4-3 to 11-seed Purdue in a nearly five-hour match at Iowa's Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex.
With the score knotted at 3-3, the match came down to a marathon meeting at fifth singles, where Daira Cardenas rebounded from a 5-7 first set loss with a 7-6 (8-6) win in the second set to stay alive. Seira Shimizu outlasted Cardenas in the back-and-forth battle in another tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-3).
As they did in their regular season matchup on April 17, Rutgers claimed the doubles point against the Boilermakers. Tess Fisher and Alisa Prinyarux breezed to a 6-2 win at first doubles, then Minchae Kim and Sydney Kaplan clinched the point with a 7-6 (7-5) victory at the No. 3 spot.
Purdue nudged ahead, 2-1, with wins at second and third singles. Prinyarux evened the match again at 2-2 with her straight-set win at the No. 6 spot (6-1, 6-2). Fisher followed with a win at first singles, outlasting Purdue's No. 1 in a thrilling first set, 7-6(10-8), before breaking a serve at 3-3 in the second set en route to a 6-3 triumph and the team point for RU.
Purdue came from behind to win in three sets at fourth singles to set up the deciding match in the No. 5 position.
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With the score knotted at 3-3, the match came down to a marathon meeting at fifth singles, where Daira Cardenas rebounded from a 5-7 first set loss with a 7-6 (8-6) win in the second set to stay alive. Seira Shimizu outlasted Cardenas in the back-and-forth battle in another tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-3).
As they did in their regular season matchup on April 17, Rutgers claimed the doubles point against the Boilermakers. Tess Fisher and Alisa Prinyarux breezed to a 6-2 win at first doubles, then Minchae Kim and Sydney Kaplan clinched the point with a 7-6 (7-5) victory at the No. 3 spot.
Purdue nudged ahead, 2-1, with wins at second and third singles. Prinyarux evened the match again at 2-2 with her straight-set win at the No. 6 spot (6-1, 6-2). Fisher followed with a win at first singles, outlasting Purdue's No. 1 in a thrilling first set, 7-6(10-8), before breaking a serve at 3-3 in the second set en route to a 6-3 triumph and the team point for RU.
Purdue came from behind to win in three sets at fourth singles to set up the deciding match in the No. 5 position.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
76
C. Gallardo Guevara / 0 [PUR]
63
#2 Singles Match
12
20
Tara Katrina Milic / 0 [PUR]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
10
Rut Galindo / 0 [PUR]
66
#4 Singles Match
123
661
Juana Larranaga / 0 [PUR]
176
#5 Singles Match
123
576
Seira Shimizu / 0 [PUR]
767
#6 Singles Match
12
66
N. Wolf Gasparin / 0 [PUR]
12
Order of Finish:
3,2,6,1,4,5
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