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Women's Tennis Drops Heartbreaker to Purdue
3/26/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 26, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The No. 52 Michigan State women's tennis team was edged by Purdue, 4-3, at home in what was one of its closest matches of the season. The Spartans captured the doubles point, but fell to the Boilermakers in singles. MSU is now 11-4 on the season and 0-2 in the Big Ten.
The No. 31 doubles pair of sophomore Amy Barton and freshman Marina Bohrer dropped Mara Schmidt and Jennifer Rabot, 8-4, at No. 1 doubles. Sophomore Nicole Herzog and senior Whitney Wilson fell to Anna Dushina and Giselle Pere, 8-5, for the lone doubles loss in the No. 2 position. Rounding out the doubles play was freshman Valentina Rusakova and sophomore Michaela Silesova who downed Bavani Tirumuti and Imogen Golder, 8-2, at the No. 3 position.
At No. 1 singles, Rusakova edged Rabot, 6-4, 6-2. Bohrer won her first match against Tirumurti, 7-5, but then lost the following two, 6-4, 6-3, at the No. 2 spot. In her first match this spring, freshman Olga Chernova fell to Schmidt, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3 singles. Wilson was almost able to fight back against Dushkina at No. 4 singles, but wound up falling, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Golder defeated Silesova, 6-2, 6-3, at the No. 5 singles position. Sophomore Dana Guentert recorded a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Pere.
The Spartans are back in action tomorrow (March 27) when they host Indiana at 11 a.m. ET. Action will take place at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
Results
Doubles
Barton/Bohrer (MSU) def Schmidt/Rabot (PU) 8-4
Pere/Dushkina (PU) def Herzog/Wilson (MSU) 8-5
Rusakova/Silesova (MSU) def Tirumurti/Golder (PU) 8-2
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
Singles
Valentina Rusakova (MSU) def Jennifer Rabot (PU) 6-4, 6-2
Bhavani Tirumurti (PU) def Marina Bohrer (MSU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Mara Schmidt (PU) def Olga Chernova (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
Anna Dushkina (PU) def Whitney Wilson (MSU) 6-3, 7-6 (6)
Imogen Golder (PU) def Michaela Silesova (MSU) 6-2, 6-3
Dana Guentert (MSU) def Giselle Pere (PU) 7-5, 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 5, 6, 4, 2*
*Deciding match
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