Boilermakers Fall at No. 23 WashingtonBoilermakers Fall at No. 23 Washington

Boilermakers Fall at No. 23 Washington

The Purdue women's tennis team dropped its road match at No. 23 Washington on Saturday afternoon 6-1.

SEATTLE, Wash. – The Purdue women's tennis team dropped its road match at No. 23 Washington on Saturday afternoon 6-1.

Purdue trailed after the doubles session with matching 6-3 defeats at No. 1 and 2. Alex Sabe and Ena Babic kept a tight fight against Zoey Weil and Delara Zamani at No. 3, but the match was called with the hosts leading 6-5.

In singles play, Zala Dovnik gave the Boilermakers their lone point of the match to tie proceedings at 1-1. The junior dominated her match at No. 6 against Ashley Chang 6-1, 6-2.

PURDUE 1, #23 WASHINGTON 6
SINGLES

1. #102 Vanessa Wong (UW) def. Ena Babic (PUR) – 6-2, 6-3
2. Natsuho Arakawa (UW) def. Nikol Dobrilova (PUR) – 6-4, 6-3
3. #88 Katarin Kopcalic (UW) def. Alex Sabe (PUR) – 6-0, 6-4
4. Nika Zupancic (UW) def. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin (PUR) – 6-1, 6-2
5. Zoey Weil (UW) def. Seira Shimizu (PUR) – 6-1, 7-5
6. Zala Dovnik (PUR) def. Ashley Chang (UW) – 6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Vanessa Wong/Natsuho Arakawa (UW) def. Seira Shimizu/Nikol Dobrilova (PUR) – 6-3
2. Nika Zupancic/Katarina Kopcalic (UW) def. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin/Zala Dovnik (PUR)
3. Zoey Weil/Delara Zamani (UW) vs. Alex Sabe/Ena Babic (PUR) – 6-5, unfinished

Singles order: 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5
Doubles order: 1, 2

UP NEXT
Purdue returns to the Schwartz Tennis Center for the next six matches. The Boilermakers will host Tennessee next Friday afternoon at 3 p.m., before a 2 p.m. contest next Sunday, Feb. 9, against Notre Dame.

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