Dartmouth Box Score
Hanover, N.H. - The women's tennis team competed against Dartmouth on Sunday in Purdue's first road match of the season. While the Boilermakers continued their six-match streak of securing the doubles point, the team was unable to remain undefeated, falling 4-3 to the Big Green.
In doubles, Purdue's Rafaella Baquerizo and Nicole Robinson defeated Taylor Ng and Kristina Mathis 6-4 on court one. Marta Ruedas and Alex Sabe also bested Dartmouth's Lexxi Kiven and Allison McCann 6-1 on court three.
Leading 1-0 into singles, Natalia Davila defeated Chuyang Guan 6-4, 6-1 on court six, while Dartmouth's Racquel Lyn beat Deborah Suarez 6-2, 6-2 on court five, holding the Boilermaker's lead at one.
No. 123 Ng then sought out revenge on Robinson in singles, defeating her 6-4, 6-3 on court one to even the score at two all. After dropping the first set, Baquerizo came back to defeat Julia Schroeder 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. The freshman remains undefeated in singles this spring.
Now up again, Purdue was one point away from securing the match, but neither Andjela Djokovic nor Alex Sabe could clinch the victory for the Boilermakers. Sabe fell first on court three to Kristina Mathis 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3). Djokovic also forced a third set, but lost to Jacqueline Crawford 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 on court two, giving Purdue its first L of the season.
The Boilermakers return to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Saturday to begin another five-match homestand, the first against Virginia Tech at noon ET.
