Tennis Falls at Princeton

Saturday, January 24

Princeton, N.J.

12 PM

Rutgers

Princeton

Jan 24 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J. — Rutgers tennis fell at Princeton in its season opener, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon.

The Scarlet Knights won the doubles point before the Tigers won four singles matches to clinch the win.

"We played really smart, offensive tennis to clinch the doubles," head coach Hilary Ritchie said. "We took our foot off the gas in a few key singles games and Princeton was able to capitalize on it. Overall, our team is hungry and ready to get back to work."

Doubles

RU took the first doubles point of the season. The pair of Karina Jumazhanova and Naomi Karki first recorded a big 6-2 win on the second court.

Mai Nguyen and Zuzanna Frankowska sealed the deal with a 7-6 victory on court No. 1 to give RU a 1-0 lead going into singles.

Singles

Frankowska was the lone Scarlet Knight to come out on top in singles play, defeating Isabella Chhiv on the second court in straight sets, 6-1, 7-5.

Results

Doubles
Mai Nguyen / Zuzanna Frankowska (RU) def. Tsehay Driscoll / Pearlie Zhang (Prin) 7-6
Karina Jumazhanova / Naomi Karki (RU) def. Anna Maria Fedotova / Madeleine Jessup (Prin) 6-2
Isabella Chhiv / Eva Elbaz (Prin) def. Cindy Zhou / Zeynep Ilker (RU) 6-2

Singles
Alice Ferlito (Prin) def. Mai Nguyen (RU) 6-3, 6-3
Zuzanna Frankowska (RU) def. Isabella Chhiv (Prin) 6-1, 7-5
Eva Elbaz (Prin) def. Karina Jumazhanova (RU) 7-5, 7-6
Anna Maria Fedotova (Prin) def. Zeynep Ilker (RU) vs. 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Pearlie Zhang (Prin) def. Stella Schmitz (RU) 6-4, 6-2
Tsehay Driscoll (Prin) def. Savannah Cohen (RU) 6-4, 6-0

Looking Ahead

Rutgers will travel to NJIT on Friday, Jan. 30 for an 11 a.m. match.

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