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Minchae Kim
2
Rutgers RUTGERS (8-4)
4
Winner Illinois ILL (9-5)
Rutgers RUTGERS
(8-4)
2
Final
4
Illinois ILL
(9-5)
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Gurevich and Kim Earn B1G Singles Win as Tennis Drops Decision at Illinois

 
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
  1. #35 Megan Heuser/Alice Xu (ILL) vs. Yana Gurevich/Mai Nguyen (RU) 3-4, unfinished
  2. Josie Frazier/Kida Ferrari (ILL) def. Amira Badawi/Minchae Kim (RU) 6-2
  3. McKenna Schaefbauer/Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Daira Cardenas/Jackeline Lopez (RU) 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 2
 
Singles
  1. Yana Gurevich (RU) def. Megan Heuser (ILL) 6-4, 6-3
  2. McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL) vs. Amira Badawi (RU) 6-3, 5-7, 2-2, unfinished
  3. Josie Frazier (ILL) def. Jackeline Lopez (RU) 6-2, 6-2
  4. Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Mai Nguyen (RU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
  5. Minchae Kim (RU) def. Kida Ferrari (ILL) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
  6. Alice Xu (ILL) def. Naomi Karki (RU) 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 6, 5, 4
 
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.
Next Up
 
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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