Tennis Falls to No. 58 Illinois on Senior Day

Friday, April 17

Piscataway, N.J.

12 PM

Rutgers University

Illinois

Apr 17 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — After an eventful day of rain and shine, Rutgers tennis unfortunately fell to No. 58 Illinois, 4-1, on Senior Day.

Doubles

The Scarlet Knights secured the doubles point on Friday afternoon.

Senior Day was off to a great start, as duo Mai Nguyen and Zuzanna Frankowska were the first to win for RU. They defeated their opponents on the third court, 6-4.

Pair Karina Jumazhanova and Zeynep Ilker soon followed suit on court four, clinching the doubles point with a 6-4 victory.

Singles

Unfortunately, no Scarlet Knights were able to claim wins in singles.

Returner Karina Jumazhanova gave it her all in an intense match, 0-6, 6-1, 3-4, but the Scarlet Knights ran out of time to complete it. Freshman Savannah Cohen also went to the third set, 2-6, 6-1, 3-2, but the match went unfinished.

Results

Doubles
Mai Nguyen/Zuzanna Frankowska (RU) def. Tess Bucher/Alice Xu (UI) 6-4
Karina Jumazhanova/Zeynep Ilker (RU) def. Ariel Madatali/McKenna Schaefbauer (UI) 6-4
Lizzie Isyanov/Cara Mester (UI) def. Stella Schmitz/Miranda Case (RU) 6-0

Singles
McKenna Schaefbauer (UI) def. Mai Nguyen (RU) 6-3, 6-2
Kimiko Cooper (UI) def. Zuzanna Frankowska (RU) 6-4, 6-2
Karina Juamazhanova (RU) vs. Alice Xu (UI) 0-6, 6-1, 3-4 DNF
Ariel Madatali (UI) def. Zeynep Ilker (RU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Tess Bucher (UI) def. Naomi Karki (RU) 6-3, 6-4
Savannah Cohen (RU) vs. Cara Mester (UI) 2-6, 6-1, 3-2

Next Up

The team will close out the season at home against No. 57 Northwestern on Sunday, April 19. Play will begin at 12 PM EST, with live streaming and statistics available.

The match will be indoors at the East Brunswick Racquet Club. Sunday is also Letterwinner Day!

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