WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's tennis team opened the 2022 campaign with a pair of dominant victories at the Schwartz Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon. The Boilermakers topped Cincinnati 5-2 in the first match of the season, before a 7-0 sweep of IUPUI in the second match of the doubleheader.
Freshmen Carmen Gallardo Guevara, Tara Milic and Juana Larranaga all made their dual debut for the Boilermakers on Sunday.
PURDUE vs. CINCINNATI
The first match of the season saw the Boilermakers jump ahead with the doubles point. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin and Rut Galindo tallied the first win of the year with a 6-4 victory against Cassie McLay and Elizabeth Pendergast at No. 2 . Csilla Fodor and Tara Milic sealed the first point of the year with a 6-2 at the top of the lineup against Ioana Guna and Emma Miceli.
In singles, Fodor knocked off the first ranked opponent of her career with a straight-set display against No. 121 Cassie McLay. Milic cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3 to pull Purdue within a point of sealing the match. Galindo cemented the first won of the yar with a 6-2, 6-4 decision against Miceli at No. 5.
Seira Shimizu added the final point by outlasting Callie Flanagan at No. 6, 7-5, 7-6(6).
PURDUE (1-0) – 5, CINCINNATI (0-1) – 2
Singles
1. No. 111 Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. No. 121 Cassie McLay (UC) – 6-2, 6-1
2. Ioana Guna (UC) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Tara Milic (PUR) def. Cassie McLay (UC) – 6-3, 6-2
4. Maria Santilli (UC) def. Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 7-5, 1-6,1-0(7)
5. Rut Galindo (PUR) def. Emma Miceli (UC) – 6-2, 6-4
6. Seira Shimizu (PUR) def. Callie Flanagan (UC) – 7-5, 7-6(6)
Doubles
1. Csilla Fodor / Tara Milic (PUR) def. Cassie McLay / Elizabeth Pendergast (UC) – 6-4
2. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin / Rut Galindo (PUR) def. Ioana Guna / Emma Miceli (UC) – 6-2
3. Carmen Gallardo Guevara / Juana Larranaga (PUR) vs. Callie Flanagan / Kelli Niehaus (UC) – 5-5, unfinished
Order of Finish
Singles – 1,3,5,4,2,6
Doubles – 2,1,3
PURDUE vs. IUPUI
In the nightcap, Purdue fired on all cylinders without dropping a single set.
Doubles started with a perfect 6-0 win by Fodor and Milic over Gabrielle Ochalik and Krystal Grubb, before Juana Larranaga and Carmen Gallardo Guevara downed Christina Stankovic and Sara Lounsbury at No. 3, 6-2.
The Boilermakers continued their roll into singles pay. Fodor capped the perfect opening day for her with a 6-0, 6-0 match against Ochalik at No. 1. Larranaga notched her first dual win by edging Samantha Hayward 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4. Fellow rookie Gallardo Guevara sealed the 2-0 start to the year with a 6-4, 6-1 win against Grubb at No. 2.
Additional wins came from Seira Shimizu at No. 6, a 6-2, 6-2 result against Lounsbury, Milic with a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Stankovic and Galindo's 6-1, 6-2 match against Meghan Bernard.
PURDUE (2-0) – 7, IUPUI (0-2) – 0
Singles
1. No. 111 Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Gabrielle Ochalik (IUPUI) – 6-0, 6-0
2. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Krystal Grubb (IUPUI) – 6-4, 6-1
3. Tara Milic (PUR) def. Christina Stankovic (IUPUI) – 6-2, 6-4
4. Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Samantha Hayward (IUPUI) – 6-0, 6-2
5. Rut Galindo (PUR) Meghan Bernard (IUPUI) – 6-1, 6-2
6. Seira Shimizu (PUR) def. Sarah Lounsbury (IUPUI) – 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. Csilla Fodor / Tara Milic (PUR) def. Gabrielle Ochalik / Krystal Grubb (IUPUI) – 6-0
2. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin / Rut Galindo (PUR) vs. Samantha Hayward / Meghan Bernard (IUPUI) – 3-5 unfinished
3. Juana Larranaga / Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Christina Stankovic / Sarah Lounsbury (IUPUI) – 6-2
Order of Finish
Singles – 1,4,2,6,3,5
Doubles – 1,3,2
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will return to the Schwartz Tennis Center next Saturday for a noon match against Xavier.