Boilers Drops Road Match Against Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa – After playing a match earlier than expected due to the weather, Purdue lost to Iowa 4-0.

Freshman Kennedy Gibbs and sophomore Juana Larranaga pulled off a strong win at No. 3 in doubles. The pair secured a 6-2 win over Barbora Pokorna and Pia Kranholdt from Iowa snapping a two-match losing streak. Gibbs and Larranaga have spent the whole season as a doubles team and have secured 11 wins together.

In singles, the Boilermakers put together some impressive sets. After losing her first set 6-2 at No. 5, Gibbs came back to win the second 6-4 and was in the middle of a third set when play was halted. Senior Csilla Fodor won her first set at No. 2through a 7-3 tiebreak and at No. 1 redshirt senior Liz Norman came back after losing her first set to then lead in the second when the match came to an end.

No. 47 PURDUE (11-5, 2-3) – 0, No. 57 IOWA (8-6, 3-1) – 4

SINGLES

1. Liz Norman (PUR) vs. Marisa Schmidt (UI) – 5-7, 5-4, unfinished

2. Csilla Fodor (PUR) vs. Samanatha Mannix (UI) – 7-6(3), 3-3, unfinished

3. Daianna Hayashida (UI) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-3, 6-3

4. Vipasha Mehra (UI) def. Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 6-2, 6-1

5. Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) vs. Barbora Pokorna (UI) – 2-6, 6-4, 1-3

6. Pia Kranholdt (UI) def. Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 6-4, 6-4

DOUBLES

1. Samantha Mannix/Vipasha Mahra (UI) def. Liz Norman/Csilla Fodor (PUR) – 6-3

2. Daianne Hayashida/Marisa Schmidt (UI) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara/Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 6-3

3. Kennedy Gibbs/Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Barbora Pokorna/Pia Kranholdt (UI) – 6-2

Order of Finish

Singles: 4, 3, 6

Doubles: 3, 2, 1