Box Score NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Rutgers women's tennis team wrapped up day one at the Bulldog Invitational in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday evening. The Scarlet Knights faced the host, Yale, earning the doubles point before splitting the eight singles matches.

Senior Minchae Kim and freshman transfer Cindy Zhou led the way with two wins each.

Doubles

Four pairs of Scarlet Knights took the courts in doubles, winning three and taking the early 1-0 lead.

Mai Nguyen and newcomer Zuzanna Frankowska earned a 6-2 win in their first match of the year.

Another new duo in Kim and rookie Karina Jumazhanova clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 victory.

Jackie Lopez and Zhou added the third doubles victory for Rutgers, winning 7-6 (5). 

Singles

Four Scarlet Knights came away with a singles win including Kim, Zhou, Naomi Karki, and Zeynep Ilker.

Kim dropped the first set of her match, 6-2, before coming all the way back to come out on top in the second set (6-4) and the third set super tiebreak (10-6).

Karki jumped out early, winning the first set 6-3 and eventually clinching the match with a 10-7 victory in the third set super tiebreak.

Zhou won her second match of the day this time in two sets, while Ilker also swept with a straight sets win.

Results

Doubles
Minchae Kim/Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) def. Julia Werdiger/Erin Ha (Yale) 6-3
Mai Nguyen/Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) def. Angela Huang/Mirabelle Brettkelly (Yale) 6-2
Shyla Aggarwal/Jamie Kim (Yale) def. Naomi Karki/Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) 6-3
Cindy Zhou/Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) def. Ann Wright Guerry/Sophia Zaslow (Yale) 7-6(5)

Singles
Shyla Aggarwal (Yale) def. Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) 6-4, 6-0
Minchae Kim (Rutgers) def. Julia Werdiger (Yale) 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
Ann Wright Guerry (Yale) def. Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) 6-1, 7-5
Erin Ha (Yale) def. Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) 6-3, 6-2
Angela Huang (Yale) def. Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) 7-6(8), 6-3
Naomi Karki (Rutgers) def. Rebecca Lynn (Yale) 6-3, 0-6, 10-7
Cindy Zhou (Rutgers) def. Sophia Zaslow (Yale) 7-6(4), 6-2
Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) def. Jamie Kim (Yale) 6-1, 6-4

Next Up

Rutgers returns to the court Saturday for day two of the Bulldog Invitational, taking on Brown at 1:00 p.m.

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