Rutgers Tennis Wins Against Army

Saturday, February 21

Piscataway, N.J.

5 PM

Rutgers University

Army

Feb 21 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Rutgers tennis defeated Army, 4-0, to move to 5-2 on the season Saturday afternoon at the East Brunswick Racquet Club. The Scarlet Knights clinched the doubles point and won three singles victories led by Zeynep Ilker, Stella Schmitz, and Savannah Cohen.

"We're really pleased we came out so strongly in doubles after working a lot on positioning," said head coach Hilary Ritchie. "I'm very proud of the freshmen for finishing in two sets. Army is a great team and always fights hard, so this was a great challenge going into our Yale match."

Doubles

Rutgers clinched the doubles point Saturday evening.

RU's Mai Nguyen and Zuzanna Frankowska resulted in a 6-1 victory for the Scarlet Knights, with duo Zeynep Ilker and Stella Schmitz soon winning their match, 6-1, to secure the doubles point.

Singles

Ilker was the first to secure her win on court six with straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

Freshmen Stella Schmitz and Savannah Cohen added wins on courts one and seven, respectively, to secure the win for Rutgers.

Results

Doubles
Mai Nguyen/Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) def. Madison Smith/Stacey Samonte (Army) 6-1
Emily Ruckno/Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) def. Naomi Karki/Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) 4-3 (DNF)
Zeynep Ilker/Stella Schmitz (Rutgers) def. Chelsie Son/Sarah Yan (Army) 6-1

Singles
Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) def. Madison Smith (Army) 7-6 (2), 4-3 (DNF)
Zuzanna Frankowska (Rutgers) def. Emily Ruckno (Army) 6-2, 4-6, 3-2 (DNF)
Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) def. Stacey Samonte (Army) 5-7, 6-4, 2-0 (DNF)
Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) def. Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) 6-3, 6-3
Stella Schmitz (Rutgers) def. Chelsie Son (Army) 6-3, 6-3
Savannah Cohen (Rutgers) def. Sarah Yan (Army) 6-4, 6-4

Next Up

Rutgers will host Yale on Friday, Feb. 27, at 12 p.m. at the East Brunswick Racquet Club.

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