NCAA Womens Tennis

Tennis Downed by No. 68 Nebraska in Final Road Match

Tennis Downed by No. 68 Nebraska in Final Road Match


LINCOLN, Neb. — The Rutgers women’s tennis team (9-10, 0-8 B1G) dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 68 Nebraska (14-8, 3-6) in its final road game of the season on Sunday afternoon.  

 

Doubles 

Nebraska earned the doubles point after winning matches on the first and third courts.  

The pair of Tara Chilton/Amira Badawi were ahead 5-2 on court No. 2 when the Cornhuskers sealed the first point of the day.  

Singles 

Nebraska continued its strong play into singles, winning three singles matches to clinch the 4-0 win.  

Chilton did pick up the second set on court No. 2, but the Huskers went ahead 4-0 before the third set could be played to decide the contest.  

Results 

Doubles 

  1. Raphaëlle Lacasse/Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Jackeline Lopez/Arina Valitova (RU) 6-0 
  2. Tara Chilton/Amira Badawi (RU) vs. Isabel Adrover Gallego/Ana Carmen Zamburek (NEB) 5-2, unfinished 
  3. Lucy Loy/Vivien Sandberg (NEB) def. Mai Nguyen/Minchae Kim (RU) 6-1 

Singles 

  1. Isabel Adrover Gallego (NEB) def. Jackeline Lopez (RU) 6-1, 6-1 
  2. Tara Chilton (RU) vs. Samantha Alicea (NEB) 1-6, 6-2, unfinished 
  3. Amira Badawi (RU) vs. Ana Carmen Zamburek (NEB) 3-6, 2-5, unfinished  
  4. Raphaëlle Lacasse (NEB) def. Arina Valitova (RU) 6-3, 6-1 
  5. Mai Nguyen (RU) vs. Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) 3-6, 4-3, unfinished 
  6. Lucy Loy (NEB) def. Minchae Kim (RU) 6-2, 6-2 

Next Up 

 

The Scarlet Knights now have two remaining home matches against Ohio State (April 22) and Penn State (April 23). Both contests will begin at noon. Weather dependent, the matches will either be played indoors at East Brunswick Racquet Club or outdoors at Piscataway High School.   

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