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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In Sunday's spring opener, the University of Evansville women's tennis team fell by a 7-0 final to Purdue at Basham Courts.
 
"I thought our team gave an outstanding effort today. We had a number of chances to get wins at several different positions in both doubles and singles. Considering that this was our first match of the year and against a very strong Big Ten team and that our starting line up today featured only one player with any DI dual match experience, I couldn't be more pleased with how we competed and force Purdue to bring their A game to get the win," UE head coach Jayson Wiseman said.  "This is a very young, very different squad than we had last year, and I think the difference was evident on the court. Andjela and Leah are only two holdovers from last season and have done a great job of stepping up as leaders for the team. I was especially pleased with the play of Andjela and Chieko today, their effort and determination very nearly carried them to wins at #6 and #1 respectively, and it was good for our young players to see how that type of effort pays off."

Purdue opened play on Sunday, taking the doubles point to start the day.  Rafaella Baquerizo and Nicole Robinson earned a 6-1 win over Andjela Brguljan and Daria Pentsova at #1 doubles while Caitlin Calkins and Grace Schaffer topped Theodora Soldatou and Chieko Yamada, 7-5, in second-flight doubles.  In the third flight, Marta Ruedas and Alex Sabe defeated Nicoli Pereira and Diana Tkachenko by a 6-4 final.
 
The Boilermakers also had success in singles play.  At flight one, Yamada fell to Robinson, 7-5, 6-4.  Tkachenko lost to Andjela Djokovic in #2 singles, 6-3, 6-4.  In the third flight, Sabe earned the victory over Pentsova, 6-2, 6-1 while Reudas beat Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga in the fourth flight, 6-3, 6-1.
 
Baquerizo was the winner in the fifth flight as she topped Soldatou, 6-3, 6-0.  Brguljan put up a nice fight in the sixth spot as she faced Schaffer.  She fell 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (12-10).

"Our result today, although not a win, was definitely a positive one. If we can improve even slightly from where we were today, we should be very competitive the rest of the season with everyone on our schedule," Wiseman added.
 
Evansville will be in action at home on February 3 for a pair of matches.  UE welcomes Murray State and Austin Peay to town for matches at Tri-State Athletic Club.  Match times are 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.
 

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