Friday, January 24
East Brunswick, N.J.
12:00 PM
Rutgers University
7
vs
0
LIU
Tennis Sweeps LIU in Home Opener
Jan 24 | Women's Tennis
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. – The Rutgers women's tennis team (1-1, 0-0 B1G) swept LIU (0-1, 0-0 NEC), 7-0 Saturday afternoon.
The Scarlet Knights claimed the doubles point in two sets before sweeping all six singles matches.
Doubles
Double pair No. 1 Mai Nguyen and Naomi Karki won the first match of the day for RU beating Lucia Garrigues and Mia Tsouklas, 6-3.
Zuzanna Frankowska and Zeynep Ilker then clinched the doubles point against Ksneia Reznitskaya and Paula Guillen Cerver, 6-2.
Singles
Frankowska made quick work of her opponent Reznitskaya, winning 6-0, 6-1.
Karina Jumazhanova then won on court two beating Guillen Cerver 6-0, 6-4 to put Rutgers one match away from the win.
Senior co-captain Minchae Kim then clinched the dual for the Scarlet Knights with a 6-2 win in both sets against Tsouklas.
Transfer Cindy Zhou then earned her first win of the spring beating Jenna Svatos 6-4 in consecutive sets.
After that, Ilker tacked on against Clara Tardivel winning 6-0, 7-6 (4).
Nguyen then completed the sweep for the Scarlet Knights on court 4, beating Garrigues 6-2, 4-6, 10-4 in the tiebreaker.
Results
Doubles
1. Mai Nguyen/Naomi Karki (Rutgers) def. Lucia Garrigues/Mia Tsouklas (LIU) 6-3
2. Zuzanna Frankowska/Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) def. Ksenia Reznitskaya/Paula Guillen Cerver (LIU) 6-2
3. Cindy Zhou/Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) vs. Clara Tardivel/Jenna Svatos (LIU) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: 1,2
Singles
1. Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) def. Lucia Garrigues (LIU) 6-2, 4-6, 10-4
2. Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) def. Ksenia Reznitskaya (LIU) 6-0, 6-1
3. Minchae Kim (Rutgers) def. Mia Tsouklas (LIU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) def. Paula Guillen Cerver (LIU) 6-0, 6-4
5. Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) def. Clara Tardivel (LIU) 6-0, 7-6 (4)
6. Cindy Zhou (Rutgers) def. Jenna Svatos (LIU) 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 2,4,3,6,5,1
Next Up
The Scarlet Knights will be back home at the East Brunswick Racquet Club Friday January 31 to take on the NJIT Highlanders at 12:00 p.m.
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The Scarlet Knights claimed the doubles point in two sets before sweeping all six singles matches.
Doubles
Double pair No. 1 Mai Nguyen and Naomi Karki won the first match of the day for RU beating Lucia Garrigues and Mia Tsouklas, 6-3.
Zuzanna Frankowska and Zeynep Ilker then clinched the doubles point against Ksneia Reznitskaya and Paula Guillen Cerver, 6-2.
Singles
Frankowska made quick work of her opponent Reznitskaya, winning 6-0, 6-1.
Karina Jumazhanova then won on court two beating Guillen Cerver 6-0, 6-4 to put Rutgers one match away from the win.
Senior co-captain Minchae Kim then clinched the dual for the Scarlet Knights with a 6-2 win in both sets against Tsouklas.
Transfer Cindy Zhou then earned her first win of the spring beating Jenna Svatos 6-4 in consecutive sets.
After that, Ilker tacked on against Clara Tardivel winning 6-0, 7-6 (4).
Nguyen then completed the sweep for the Scarlet Knights on court 4, beating Garrigues 6-2, 4-6, 10-4 in the tiebreaker.
Results
Doubles
1. Mai Nguyen/Naomi Karki (Rutgers) def. Lucia Garrigues/Mia Tsouklas (LIU) 6-3
2. Zuzanna Frankowska/Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) def. Ksenia Reznitskaya/Paula Guillen Cerver (LIU) 6-2
3. Cindy Zhou/Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) vs. Clara Tardivel/Jenna Svatos (LIU) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: 1,2
Singles
1. Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) def. Lucia Garrigues (LIU) 6-2, 4-6, 10-4
2. Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) def. Ksenia Reznitskaya (LIU) 6-0, 6-1
3. Minchae Kim (Rutgers) def. Mia Tsouklas (LIU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) def. Paula Guillen Cerver (LIU) 6-0, 6-4
5. Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) def. Clara Tardivel (LIU) 6-0, 7-6 (4)
6. Cindy Zhou (Rutgers) def. Jenna Svatos (LIU) 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 2,4,3,6,5,1
Next Up
The Scarlet Knights will be back home at the East Brunswick Racquet Club Friday January 31 to take on the NJIT Highlanders at 12:00 p.m.
Follow Along
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
123
Lucia Garrigues / 0 [LIU]
264
6410
#2 Singles Match
12
Ksenia Reznitskaya / 0 [LIU]
01
66
#3 Singles Match
12
Mia Tsouklas / 0 [LIU]
22
66
#4 Singles Match
12
Paula Guillen Cerver / 0 [LIU]
04
66
#5 Singles Match
12
Clara Tardivel / 0 [LIU]
06
67
#6 Singles Match
12
Jenna Svatos / 0 [LIU]
44
66
Order of Finish:
2,4,3,6,5,1
Players Mentioned
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