WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's tennis team rolled on the opening day of the UC/Pam Whitehead Invitational, hosted by Cincinnati.
The Boilermakers finished Friday with a 3-3 record in doubles action with three different pairing securing a win.
Rut Galindo and Tara Katarina Milic needed a tiebreak to top Paulina Franco and Emily Flowers from Xavier, 7-6(6). Juana Larranaga and Ashlie Wilson knocked off Miami's Sara Zalukar and Emilia Valtentinsson with a 7-5 decision. Liz Norman and Kennedy Gibbs closed out the doubles wins with a 6-2 victory Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek and Laura Rico from Miami.
Purdue squared off with Cincinnati for the Friday singles round picking up five wins.
Liz Norman cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win over Maria Santilli. Milic dispatched Cassic McLay, 6-4, 6-3. Galindo Galindo made added a singles victory over Natasha Opachiuch in a super tiebreak, battling back from a set down to win 1-6, 6-2, 1-0(3).
Freshmen Antonia Pareja and Ashlie Wilson closed out Purdue's strong singles sessions in super tiebreaks. Pareja outlasted Hayley Hirsch 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(8), while Wilson finished 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(6) over Sanhana Reddy.
One Boilermaker not with the team in Cincinnati is Carmen Gallardo Guevara. The sophomore is set to open prequalifying at the ITA All-America Championship in Cary, N.C., on Saturday. She will square off with Margeaux Maquet from UNC Wilmington.
FRIDAY RESULTS
SINGLES
Liz Norman (PUR) def. Maria Santilli (UC) 6-2, 6-3
Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) def. Cassie McLay 6-4, 6-3
Kelli Niehaus (UC) def. Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) 6-1, 6-3
Rut Galindo (PUR) def. Natasha Opaciuch (UC) 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (3)
Katie Ferguson (UC) def. Juana Larranaga (PUR) 6-4, 6-0
Antonia Pareja (PUR) def. Hayley Hirsch 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
Ashlie Wilson (PUR) def. Sanjana Reddy (UC) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (6)
DOUBLES
Abby Nugent/Abby Siminski (XU) def. Liz Norman/Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) 7-5
Rut Galindo/Tara Milic (PUR) def. Paulina Franco/Emily Flowers (XU) 7-6 (6)
Juana Larranaga/Ashlie Wilson (PUR) def. Sara Zalukar/Emilia Valtentinsson (MIAMI (OH)) 7-5
Liz Norman/Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) def. Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek/Laura Rico (MIAMI (OH)) 6-2
Nishitha Saravanan/Jutte Van Hansewyk (MIAMI OH)) def. Rut Galindo/Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) 6-1
Sara Zalukar/Emilia Valentinsson (MIAMI OH)) def. Juana Larranaga/Ashlie Wilson (PUR) 6-4