BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Rutgers women's tennis team (7-5, 1-3 B1G) was defeated by the Indiana Hoosiers (7-8, 1-4 B1G), 4-2 Sunday afternoon at the IU Tennis Center.

Doubles

Karina Jumazhanova & Jackie Lopez gave the Scarlet Knights the advantage in doubles play with a 6-3 win, but the Hoosiers came back to earn the doubles point.

Singles

Lopez then put RU on the board and tied the match with her team-leading third B1G singles win of the year, 6-1, 6-2.

Zuzanna Frankowska then gave Rutgers the lead, beating her opponent 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets.

However, Indiana came storming back winning three straight matches to clinch the dual.

Results

Doubles

    1. Lara Schneider/Nicole Teodosescu (Indiana) def. Mai Nguyen/Naomi Karki (Rutgers) 6-3
    2. Li Hsin Lin/Nicole Sifuentes (Indiana) def. Zuzanna Frankowska/Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) 6-3
    3. Karina Jumazhanova/Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) def. Elisabeth Dunac/Marina Fuduric (Indiana) 6-3

Order of finish: 3,2,1

Singles

    1. Lara Schneider (Indiana) def. Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
    2. Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) def. Nicole Teodosescu (Indiana) 6-4, 6-4
    3. Marina Fuduric (Indiana) def. Minchae Kim (Rutgers) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
    4. Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) vs. Li Hsin Lin (Indiana) 5-7, 7-5, 5-3, unfinished
    5. Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) def. Nicole Sifuentes (Indiana) 6-1, 6-2
    6. Elisabeth Dunac (Indiana) def. Naomi Karki (Rutgers) 7-6 (3), 6-3

Order of finish: 5,2,6,3,1

Next Up

The Scarlet Knights will come back home to the East Brunswick Racquet Club to continue conference play when they take on the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday March 22 at 12 p.m. before facing off against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday March 23 at 12 p.m.

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