Feb. 13, 2000
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's team finished its weekend with a 3-4 loss to Auburn Sunday. The Boilermakers fall to 1-2, while the Lady Tigers improved to 3-1.
Purdue picked up the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots. Jennifer Embry and Shannon Taheny defeated Andrea Piski and Katie Illarionova 8-6 at the top, while Melissa Iqbal and Erika Quebe stopped Carolina Maurer and Caroline Thompson 8-1.
Fick picked up a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 win at the No. 5 singles spot over Maurer. Thompson faced defeat at the No. 6 spot to Iqbal 6-2, 7-5.
The Boilers will return home on February 19 in a doubleheader against Western Michigan and Illinois State.
Auburn 5, Purdue 4
Singles
No. 1 Andrea Piski (AU) def. Jennifer Embry (PU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 Simone Jardim (AU) def. Erika Quebe (PU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
No. 3 Katia Illarionova (AU) def. Shannon Taheny (PU) 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 Lucy Altman (AU) def. Lisa Walgenbach (PU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 Lynsey Fick (PU) def. Carolina Maurer (AU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
No. 6 Melissa Iqbal (PU) def. Caroline Thompson (AU) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 Embry/Taheny (PU) def. Piski/Illarionova (AU) 8-6
No. 2 Altman/Jardim (PU) def. Fick/Walgenbach (PU) 8-3
No. 3 Iqbal/Quebe (PU) def. Maurer/Thompson (AU) 8-1