Terrapins Defeat Michigan State 4-1

Box Score COLLEGE PARK, MD- The No. 58 Maryland Terrapins defeated Michigan State 4-1 on Sunday.

Michigan State opened the match taking the No.1 doubles match 6-3.

Despite a late push from Selma Cadar and Kallista Liu Michigan State’s Liisa Vehvilainen and Marley Lambert took the No. 2 doubles match 6-4 to secure the doubles point and a 1-0 lead for the Spartans.

Maryland had a strong start to singles play, sweeping the first set of each singles match.

The Terps got on the board with a singles win from Diya Challa in the No.5 singles match winning 6-1, 6-1.

Following Challa’s win Maria Budin and Minorka Miranda pushed the Terps ahead 3-1 winning the No. 4 and No. 2 singles matches. In the No. 6 singles match Francesca Feodorov clinched the win for Maryland, winning her match 6-3, 6-3.

With the win the Terrapins improve their home record to 7-1.

BREAKING DOWN THE ACTION

DOUBLES

1. #37 Ayshe Can/Nicole Conard (MSU) def. Minorka Miranda/Maria Budin (UMD) 6-3

2. Liisa Vehvilainen/Marley Lambert (MSU) def. Selma Cadar/Kallista Liu (UMD) 6-4

3. Diya Challa/Aida Eissa (UMD) vs. Ria Bhakta/Matilde Morais (MSU) 4-4, unfinished

Order of finish: 1, 2

SINGLES

1. #85 Selma Cadar (UMD) vs. Matilde Morais (MSU) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished

2. Minorka Miranda (UMD) def. Liisa Vehvilainen (MSU) 6-3, 6-1

3. Kallista Liu (UMD) vs. Ayshe Can (MSU) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished

4. Maria Budin (UMD) def. Ria Bhakta (MSU) 6-3, 6-0

5. Diya Challa (UMD) def. Issey Purser (MSU) 6-1, 6-1

6. Francesca Feodorov (UMD) def. Marley Lambert (MSU) 6-3, 6-3

Order of finish: 5, 4, 2, 6

Up Next: 

• The Terps will return to action on Friday, March 29, against Ohio State in Columbus.