Northwestern
Purdue
Women's Tennis Rolls Past Purdue, 6-1
3/10/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 10, 2002
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Northwestern women's tennis team defeated Purdue, 6-1, to remain unbeaten in Big Ten play Sunday afternoon. NU is now 10-4 overall, 4-0 in conference. The Boilers dropped to 4-5 overall.
The Wildcats began the day by winning at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to gain the first point. Marine Piriou and Jessica Rush won at No. 1 (8-3) while Lia Jackson and Simona Petrutiu won at No. 2 (8-2).
In singles play, the Wildcats won five of the six matches, all in straight sets. The only loss came at No. 5, where Andrea Yung battled Purdue's Shawna Zuccarini before succumbing 7-6 (14-12), 6-4).
#13 Northwestern 6, Purdue 1
Singles
No. 1 - #23 Marine Piriou (NU) def. Melissa Iqbal (PU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 - Lia Jackson (NU) def. Gretchen Haynor (PU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 - #64 Jessica Rush (NU) def. Melissa Woods (PU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 - Simona Petrutiu (NU) def. Lara Burgarello (PU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 - Shawna Zuccarini (PU) def. Andrea Yung (NU) 7-6 (14-12), 6-4
No. 6 - Ruth Barnes (NU) def. Amy Walgenbach (PU) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 - #29 Piriou/Rush (NU) def. Haynor/Wright (PU) 8-3
No. 2 - #35 Jackson/Petrutiu (NU) def. Fick/Woods (PU) 8-2
No. 3 - Burgarello/Iqbal (PU) def. Barnes/Yung (NU) 8-6
