Boilermakers Close Out Regular Season Against Badgers

MADISON, Wis. – Purdue women’s tennis closed out its regular season with a road loss at Wisconsin.

The Boilermakers earned a point from a strong win at No. 4 singles. Freshman Kennedy Gibbs captured her 13th win this spring with her 6-4, 6-4 victory over Wisconsin’s Alina Mukhortova. Gibbs currently leads the team with most singles wins in the spring and she is right behind redshirt senior Liz Norman and sophomore Juana Larranaga with 17 overall singles wins this season.

Senior Csilla Fodor orchestrated a comeback in the No. 2 singles spot. After dropping the first set 6-3, Fodor rocketed back in the lead and took the second 7-5. She was leading No. 75 Maria Sholokhova 3-1 when play was finished. 

No. 54 PURDUE (15-7, 6-5) – 1 vs. No. 24 WISCONSIN (18-5, 8-3) – 4

SINGLES

1. No. 58 Ava Markham (UW) def. Liz Norman (PUR) – 7-6 (9-7), 6-3

2. Csilla Fodor (PUR) vs. No. 75 Maria Sholokhova (UW) – 3-6, 7-5, 3-1, unfinished

3. Taylor Cataldi (UW) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-2, 6-4

4. Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) def. Alina Mukhortova (UW) – 6-4, 6-4

5. No. 125 Xinyu Cai (UW) def. Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 6-2, 6-2

6. Juana Larranaga (PUR) vs. Charmaine Seah (UW) – 6-4, 3-6, 0-1, unfinished

DOUBLES

1. Ava Markham/Maria Sholokhova (UW) def. Liz Norman/Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 6-0

2. No. 82 Xinyu Cai/Alina Mukhortova (UW) def. Csilla Fodor/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-1

3. Juana Larranaga/Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) vs. Charmaine Seah/Taylor Cataldi (UW) – 3-3, unfinished

ORDER OF FINISH

Singles: 3, 5, 4, 1

Doubles: 1, 2