EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. – The No. 74 Rutgers women's tennis team (7-3, 1-1 B1G) was defeated by the No. 21 Washington Huskies (9-1, 2-0 B1G), 4-0 Sunday afternoon.

The Scarlet Knights fought hard in all matches and pulled away with a doubles win against a duo ranked No. 85 in the nation.

Doubles

Doubles duo Mai Nguyen & Naomi Karki defeated No. 85 duo Alexia Jacobs & Reece Carter by a score of 6-3.

The Huskies then tied doubles play with a win on court 2, before winning the point in a tiebreaker on court 3.

Singles

RU battled on all six courts, winning the first set in all three unfinished matches, but ultimatley the Huskies walked away with the win.

Results

Doubles

    1. Mai Nguyen/Naomi Karki (Rutgers) def. No. 85 Alexia Jacobs/Reece Carter (Washington) 6-3
    2. Erika Matsuda/Sophie Luescher (Washington) def. Zuzanna Frankowska/Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) 7-5
    3. McKenna Koenig/Carina Syrtveit (Washington) def. Karina Jumazhanova/Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) 7-6 (4)

Order of finish: 1,2,3

Singles

    1. Reece Carter (Washington) def. Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) 7-5, 6-2
    2. Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) vs. Erika Matsuda (Washington) 7-5, 4-4, unfinished
    3. Minchae Kim (Rutgers) vs. Alexia Jacobs (Washington) 7-6 (5), 2-4, unfinished
    4. Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) vs. McKenna Koenig (Washington) 7-6 (9), 2-2, unfinished
    5. Sophie Luescher (Washington) def. Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) 6-3, 6-1
    6. Carina Syrtveit (Washington) def. Naomi Karki (Rutgers) 6-2, 6-1

Order of finish: 6,5,1

Next Up

The Scarlet Knights will continue conference play when they travel to Indiana to take on a pair of Big Ten foes. RU will face the Purdue Boilermakers on Friday March 14 at 1 p.m. before traveling to Bloomington to battle the Indiana Hoosiers on Sunday March 16 at 11 a.m.

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