Northwestern
Texas
Northwestern Ropes Texas, 6-1
3/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Wildcats got back to their winning ways on Sunday with a decisive 6-1 victory over No. 35 Texas inside the Combe Tennis Center. No. 33 Northwestern won each doubles match and 5 singles matches to improve to 4-3 this season.
"I thought we looked good in spots," Head Coach Claire Pollard said. "We are still a little hot and cold. We have to get to a point where everyone brings it every time for the whole contest."
Northwestern opened the match with a pair of dominant doubles wins over the visiting Longhorns. Barnett and Larner teamed up at the first spot and rolled to a 6-2 win at the same time that Chatt and Leung were wrapping up their own 6-2 win at No. 2. A Texas forfeit at the third position gave the `Cats a clean sweep to open up the team scoring.
NU benefited from a Texas forfeit at the sixth singles spot and a retirement due to injury at No. 4. Chatt won a first set tiebreak over Lina Padegimaite 7-6 (5) before the Longhorn was forced to retire from the match, giving the `Cats a 3-0 lead.
Erin Larner continued her dominating play of late, taking down Danielle Wagland at No. 2 by a 6-0, 6-4 score to secure the win for Northwestern. Larner improved to 5-2 in 2015 and 18-6 overall with the win.
With the win already in hand for Northwestern, the teams decided to finish out the remaining matches. Barnett fought off a tough opponent at No. 1 in Neda Koprcina in a close match. Barnett and Koprcina split the first two sets and went to a 10-point tiebreak to decide the winner. The Northwestern junior proved too much, winning 10-4. Leung finished off the day for the Wildcats with a 6-2, 6-4 defeat of Ratnika Batra at the third position.
Northwestern returns to Big Ten play with a match at Ohio State on Friday, March 6. Action is set to begin at 11 a.m.
Results
Singles
No. 1 - Alicia Barnett (NU) def. Neda Koprcina (Texas), 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 2 - Erin Larner (NU) def. Danielle Wagland (Texas), 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 - Lok Sze Leung (NU) def. Ratnika Batra (Texas), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Alex Chatt (NU) def. Lina Padegimaite (Texas), 7-6 (5), ret.
No. 5 - Lana Groenvynck (Texas) def. Rheeya Doshi (NU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 - Jillian Rooney (NU) win by forfeit
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 2*, 5, 1, 3
Doubles
No. 1 - Barnett/Larner (NU) def. Padegimaite/Wagland (Texas), 6-2
No. 2 - Chatt/Leung (NU) def. Groenvynck/Batra (Texas), 6-2
No. 3 - Rischbieth/Doshi (NU) win by forfeit
Order of Finish: 3, 2*, 1
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