Feb. 19, 2005
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at No. 7 Kentucky on Saturday. The 41st-ranked Boilermakers are now 2-4, with all four losses coming to ranked teams. The Wildcats, meanwhile, improved to 8-3 with its second straight victory over a Big Ten opponent.
Kentucky won the first two doubles matches that came off the courts at the Boone Indoor Tennis Center. After the doubles point was decided, the Boilermaker senior pair of Lara Burgarello and Shawna Zuccarini pulled out a 9-8 (2) upset of sixth-ranked Sarah Foster and Aibika Kalsarieva.
In singles, the Wildcats won in order at No. 3, 2 and 4 to clinch the match. They finished the afternoon with wins at No. 1, 5 and 6.
Despite being swept in singles, the Boilermakers did not go down without a fight. Sophomore Hala Sufi, ranked 71st, took seventh-ranked Kalsarieva to three sets before falling 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. At No. 2, freshman Stephanie Wooten extended her match against 30th-ranked Sarah Foster but lost 6-0, 1-6, 6-0. Senior Amy Walgenbach won her first set against Danielle Petrisko at No. 6, but lost 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 in a super-tiebreaker.
Purdue will have two weeks off before beginning Big Ten action at Illinois on March 5.
#7 Kentucky 7, #41 Purdue 0
Doubles
1. Burgarello/Zuccarini (PU) def. #6 S. Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) 9-8 (2)
2. Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. Wooten/Beier (PU) 8-2
3. E. Foster/Maurer (UK) def. Sufi/Rodriguez (PU) 8-2
Singles
1. #7 Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) def. No. 71 Hala Sufi (PU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
2. #30 Sarah Foster (UK) def. Stephanie Wooten (PU) 6-0, 1-6, 6-1
3. #58 Kim Coventry (UK) def. Shawna Zuccarini (PU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Joelle Schwenk (UK) def. Alyssa Rodriguez (PU) 7-5, 6-3
5. Lara Maurer (UK) vs. Brooke Beier (PU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Danielle Petrisko (UK) vs. Amy Walgenbach (PU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (7)
Order of doubles finish: 2, 3, 1
Order of singles finish: 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6
Purdue: 2-4
Kentucky: 8-3
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