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Purdue Travels West for More Big Ten Play

SCHEDULE

Friday, March 13 | 8 p.m. ET | Seattle, Washington
Purdue at Washington

Sunday, March 15 | 3 p.m. ET | Eugene, Oregon
Purdue at #45 Oregon

BOILERMAKER NOTABLES (3/12)

  • Sophomore Nikola Jovic and Junior Juan David Velasquez lead the team in singles wins for the spring season, with the same record, 5-4. 
  • Doubles duo of Sophomore Maj Premzl, and Junior Stefan Simeunovic currently lead the team in doubles wins with a record of 3-4.
  • In the Big Ten season-opener, the Purdue Boilermakers fought hard, but fell to No. 22 USC Trojans, 1-6. This puts them at 4-6 for the spring season. 
  • The Boilermakers came blazing in singles, with almost every court ahead after the first three sets. At the No. 5 singles position, Velasquez picked up a big win versus opponent Niels Hoffman of #22 USC: 3-6, 7-5. 12-10. He improves his record to a winning 5-3 for the spring, and 9-7 for his overall collegiate career in singles.
  • Continuing their Big Ten opening weekend on Sunday, sophomore Nour Fathalla played an outstanding match, defeating No. 57 Spencer Johnson 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3. This is the highest-ranked win of his career, setting him up for more strong Big Ten competition this spring, especially as this was his first Big Ten win of the season. 
  • Overall, the Boilermakers (4-7) fell to a tough No. 26 UCLA (8-3), with a score of 1-6. 
  • Fathalla’s match was won in tiebreak fashion, starting down 3-4, as he pushed through to take the next three straight points, gaining the 6-4 lead, and later winning the match 8-6.

LOOKING AHEAD

  • Purdue will be looking for its first road victory of the season, as Purdue first travels to Seattle to take on Washington. Washington is currently 6-8 on the season (3-3 at home, 1-2 away, and 0-2 Big Ten). Last year, although the match was unfinished, then-freshman Maj Premzl played Soham Purohit, resulting in a tight score of 7-6(5), 3-6, 4-2.
  • The Boilermakers close out the weekend playing No.45 Oregon on Sunday, on the Ducks’ home courts. Oregon owns an impressive season record of 10-3 (8-0 at home, 1-2 away, and 1-1 in Big Ten). In last year’s showing, Purdue beat Oregon 4-2, with it being only the second time the two had met.