Feb. 4, 2006
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The first victory of the season came relatively easy for the Purdue women's tennis team, which defeated DePaul 6-1 on Saturday at the Lafayette Sports Center. The match was the first of a doubleheader that is scheduled to conclude with a contest between Purdue and Miami (Ohio) at 6:30 p.m.
Purdue entered the match with DePaul with a 0-2 record following road losses last weekend at No. 24 Wake Forest and No. 19 Tennessee. The 40th-ranked Boilermakers shook off the week-old results early, as they jumped out to a 1-0 lead by capturing the doubles point.
Purdue tore through singles, winning five of six matches. First off the court was freshman Mallory Voelker, who quickly disposed of Brenda Leung 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4. Junior Hala Sufi, ranked 29th nationally, followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win over 85th-ranked Gergana Ganeva at No. 1.
Fifty-fourth-ranked freshman Randi Schuler delivered the match-clinching win, a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Beatrix Csordas at No. 2.
Freshman Anna Dzeva added a straight-set win over Anja Mihaldenic at No. 5, and sophomore Brooke Beier did likewise at No. 3, with a victory over 100th-ranked Dunja Antunovic.
A 7-5, 6-1 win by DePaul's Bojana Murisic over senior Brittany Minna at No. 6 prevented the Boilermaker sweep.
The victory brought Purdue's record to 1-2, while the loss moved DePaul to 3-2.
#40 Purdue 6, DePaul 1
Singles
1. #29 Hala Sufi (P) def. #85 Gergana Ganeva (D) 6-1, 6-1
2. #54 Randi Schuler (P) def. Beatrix Csordas (D) 6-2, 6-2 *
3. Brooke Beier (P) def. #100 Dunja Antunovic (D) 6-2, 7-6 (2)
4. Mallory Voelker (P) def. Brenda Leung (D) 6-0, 6-1
5. Anna Dzeva (P) def. Anja Mihaldenic (D) 6-2, 6-3
6. Bojana Murisic (D) def. Brittany Minna (P) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
1. Sufi/Voelker (P) def. Csordas/Antunovic (D) 8-4
2. Beier/Schuler (P) def. Ganeva/Leung (D) 8-1
3. Mihaldenic/Petra Rehusova (D) def. Minna/Stephanie Wooten (P) 8-5
Order of singles finish: 4, 1, 2, 5, 3, 6
Order of doubles finish: 2, 1, 3
* Denotes match-clinching win.
Purdue: 1-2
DePaul: 3-2
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