Northwestern
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Women's Tennis Downs Indiana, 5-2
3/10/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 9, 2002
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Northwestern women's tennis team improved to 9-4, 3-0 in Big Ten play with a 5-2 win over Indiana Saturday afternoon.
The 13th-ranked Wildcats swept the doubles point by winning all three matches. The No. 1 team of Lia Jackson and Simona Petrutiu won 8-5, as did the No. 2 team of Marine Piriou and Jessica Rush. Ruth Barnes and Andrea Yung were 8-6 winners at No. 3.
Piriou (No. 1), Rush (No. 3) and Yung (No. 5) all won in straight sets in singles, while Jackson recovered from a slow start to win in three sets (1-6, 6-0, 6-4) at No. 2. The biggest upset occured at No. 4, where Petrutiu had a 10-match winning streak snapped with a three-set loss to Inga Radel.
The Wildcats are next in action Sunday against Purdue.
#13 Northwestern 5, Indiana 2
Singles
No. 1 - #23 Marine Piriou (NU) def. Amanda Field (IU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Lia Jackson (NU) def. Linda Tran (IU) 1-6, 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 - #64 Jessica Rush (NU) def. Karie Schlukebir (IU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 - Inga Radel (IU) def. Simona Petrutiu (NU) 6-7(5), 6-3, 1-0 (7)
No. 5 - Andrea Yung (NU) def. Dominika Walterova (IU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 - Martina Grimm (IU) def. Ruth Barnes (NU) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 - #35 Jackson/Petrutiu (NU) def. Schlukebir/Tran (IU) 8-5
No. 2 - #29 Piriou/Rush (NU) def. Field/Radel (IU) 8-5
No. 3 - Barnes/Yung (NU) def. Grimm/Walterova (IU) 8-6
