Purdue Falls in Road Opener
Purdue Falls in Road OpenerPurdue Falls in Road Opener

Purdue Falls in Road Opener

Suffering its first loss of the season, the Purdue women's tennis team fell at Kentucky, 1-6. With the result, the Boilermakers move to a 2-1 record on the season while the Wildcats improve to 3-0.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Suffering its first loss of the season, the Purdue women's tennis team fell at Kentucky, 1-6. With the result, the Boilermakers move to a 2-1 record on the season while the Wildcats improve to 3-0.
 
Freshman Ece Gencer picked up Purdue's lone with at the No. 5 singles position to improve to a 2-1 record this spring and an 11-4 record overall for the 2024-25 year. Gencer, ranked No. 82 in the nation, took the win in super tiebreak fashion. The match included a tiebreak win in Set 1 with a 7-6 (6) win, falling 2-6 in Set 2 and ultimately winning the match with a 10-4 score in Set 3.
 
In total, three singles courts went to tie breakers in Set 1, joined by Juana Larranaga at the No. 4 singles position and Tara Katarina Milic at the No. 6 singles position. Each fell in the first set, 6-7 (5). Larranaga went on to force another tiebreaker in Set 2, but was unable to close it out.
 
The Boilermakers will return to Schwartz Tennis Center next Saturday at 2 p.m. ET to take on Brown. Admission is free.
 
 
SINGLES
No. 1 Zoe Hammond def. #103 Carmen Gallardo Guevara: 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Lizzy Stevens def. #101 Ida Clement: 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 #56 Julia Zhu def. #73 Fatima Gutierrez: 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Ellie Eades def. Juana Larranaga: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
No. 5 #82 Ece Gencer def. Tess Bucher: 7-6 (6), 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 6 Asuncion Jadue def. Tara Katarina Milic vs: 7-6 (5), 7-5
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 Ellie Eades / Lizzy Stevens def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara / Tara Katarina Milic: 7-6 (5)
No. 2 Zoe Hammond / Tess Bucher def. Fatima Gutierrez / Kathryn Wilson: 6-4
No. 3 Ida Clement / Ashlie Wilson vs. Julia Zhu / Asuncion Jadue: 5-6 (Unfinished)