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Gurevich and Kim Earn B1G Singles Win as Tennis Drops Decision at Illinois
Mar 17 | Women's Tennis
URBANA, Ill. — Yana Gurevich and Minchae Kim earned B1G singles victories as No. 75 Rutgers women's tennis (9-5, 0-3 B1G) dropped a 4-2 decision to No. 46 Illinois (10-5, 2-0 B1G), 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at Atkins Tennis Center.
Doubles
The Illini earned 6-2 and 6-3 decisions on the second and third doubles courts to help themselves to a 1-0 lead in the dual.
RU's first pair of Gurevich and Mai Nguyen held a 4-3 lead on court No. 1 at the conclusion of play.
Singles
Gurevich earned her second conference singles win of the spring as the graduate student downed Megan Heuser in straight-sets, 6-4, 6-3, equalizing the dual at one.
Illinois then responded with a pair of wins on the third and sixth courts to put itself on the brink of clinching the match.
Kim kept Rutgers alive with a B1G win on court No. 5. The junior dropped the first set to her opponent, before taking the second and third frames to cut Illinois' lead to 3-2.
The Illini went on to win the fourth court, clinching the match.
Results
Doubles
- #35 Megan Heuser/Alice Xu (ILL) vs. Yana Gurevich/Mai Nguyen (RU) 3-4, unfinished
- Josie Frazier/Kida Ferrari (ILL) def. Amira Badawi/Minchae Kim (RU) 6-2
- McKenna Schaefbauer/Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Daira Cardenas/Jackeline Lopez (RU) 6-3
Singles
- Yana Gurevich (RU) def. Megan Heuser (ILL) 6-4, 6-3
- McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL) vs. Amira Badawi (RU) 6-3, 5-7, 2-2, unfinished
- Josie Frazier (ILL) def. Jackeline Lopez (RU) 6-2, 6-2
- Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Mai Nguyen (RU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Minchae Kim (RU) def. Kida Ferrari (ILL) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Alice Xu (ILL) def. Naomi Karki (RU) 6-4, 6-3
Knights Notes
- Gurevich earned her second B1G singles victory of the season in the dual.
- Kim recorded her first conference singles win of the campaign.
- The junior also earned her team-best ninth singles win.
Rutgers returns home to New Jersey for a pair of matches against Michigan State on Friday, March 22 (12 p.m.) and Michigan on Sunday, March 24 (1 p.m.).
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Megan Heuser / 0 [ILL]
43
#2 Singles Match
1234
3720
McKenna Schaefbauer / 0 [ILL]
652UF
#3 Singles Match
12
22
Josie Frazier / 0 [ILL]
66
#4 Singles Match
123
463
Kasia Treiber / 0 [ILL]
636
#5 Singles Match
123
276
Kida Ferrari / 0 [ILL]
653
#6 Singles Match
12
43
Alice Xu / 0 [ILL]
66
Order of Finish:
1,3,6,5,4
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