WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue women’s tennis defeated Michigan State 4-2 in a battle to the very end.
Carmen Gallardo Guevara ended the match with her singles win at No. 2. After dropping her first set 4-6, the sophomore flew through the second to win 6-1. The third set was a battle until Gallardo Guevara took the lead and ran with it for a 6-3 win over Issey Parker from Michigan State.
Senior Csilla Foder took another step toward the record books with her win at No. 2. Fodor ended her match quickly with her 6-2, 6-3 win against Michigan State’s Marley Lambert. The senior now only needs three singles wins to secure her spot in the program’s all time top-15.
Juana Larranaga also had a dominant win in her singles match at No. 6. The sophomore defeated Tia Mukherjee of Michigan State 6-3, 6-1.
Purdue earned an early lead with wins in doubles at No. 1 and No. 2.
Redshirt senior Liz Norman and sophomore Tara Katarina Milic secured the doubles point for the Boilermakers with a win at No. 1. The pair started out strong over Lambert and Liisa Vehvilainen from Michigan State, before allowing their opponents to catch up. In the end, Norman and Milic fought to the last rally to take the doubles point.
Fodor and Gallardo Guevara finished their match at No. 2 just before the conclusion of No. 1 doubles. The pair tied up the doubles point with their 6-4 win against the team of Lambert and Liisa Vehvilainen of Michigan State.
No. 47 PURDUE (13-6, 4-4) – 4, MICHIGAN STATE (8-12, 1-8) – 2
SINGLES
1. Liz Norman (PUR) vs. Liisa Vehvilainen (MSU) – 6-7 (2), 6-3, unfinished
2. Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Marley Lambert (MSU) – 6-2, 6-3
3. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Issey Purser (MSU) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Juliette Nask (MSU) def. Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) – 6-4, 6-1
5. Dagmar Zrubecka (MSU) def. Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 6-4, 6-3
6. Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Tia Mukherjee (MSU) – 6-3, 6-1
DOUBLES
1. Liz Norman/Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) def. Nicole Conard/Issey Purser (MSU) – 7-5
2. Csilla Fodor/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Marley Lambert/Liisa Vehvilainen (MSU) – 6-4
3. Juliette Nask/Dagmar Zrubecka (MSU) def. Juana Larranaga/Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) – 6-2
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 6, 5, 2, 4, 3
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
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