IU women defeat Cincinnati, Xavier with little resistance

Saturday, Feb. 4, the women’s tennis team traveled to Cincinnati to take on the Cincinnati Bearcats and the Xavier Musketeers.

The Hoosiers lifted their overall record to 5-1 with wins against both schools. The Hoosiers beat Cincinnati by an overall score of 6-1.

“This was a good road experience for the team,” IU Coach Lin Loring said. “The courts were fast, and we had to make adjustments.”

Indiana captured the doubles point by not losing a doubles match. The freshmen duo of Carolyn Chupa and Katie Klyczek outlasted opponents Jasmine Lee and Ashleigh Witte 9-7.

Sophmore Kayla Fujimoto and senior Evgeniya Vertesheva defeated Safiyya Ismail and Kristina Georgieva 8-2.

In the final doubles match, senior Leslie Hureau and freshman Alecia Kauss took down Sierra Sullivan and Carly Wilson 8-2.

In singles action, the results were congruent with the doubles play. Vertesheva won a tightly contested match against Lee 7-6, 7-5 to capture the win for the one spot.

Klyczek was victorious in the two spot, winning 6-1, 6-3 versus Georgieva. The lone Hoosier loss of the day came at the three spot when Kauss was taken down by Witte 6-2, 7-5.

The six slot was no contest for sophomore Sophie Garre as she defeated Wilson by only losing a single game.

Later in the day, the Hoosiers faced off against the Xavier Musketeers.Xavier had not played a match earlier in the day like Indiana had, meaning that fatigue could have played a factor in the outcome, but it did not.

Indiana defeated the Musketeers by the score of 7-0. The Hoosiers captured the doubles point early in the match and never looked back.

The duo of Chupa and Klyczek won its second match of the day against Kally Alkire and Katie Pleiman 8-3. Vertesheva and Fujimoto also won their second doubles match of the day, winning against Allyson Westling and Daniella Patton 8-3.

The Hoosiers went a combined 6-0 in doubles matches Saturday.

In singles action, the Hoosiers did not lose a single match.

Switching things up at the top, Hureau played the one spot and defeated Pleiman 6-0, 6-4. Securing the No. 2 slot, Vertesheva took down Patton 6-1, 6-2.  At the three match, Chupa won the tiebreaker, stopping a comeback attempt by Wolf 6-0, 6-7, 10-4.

Klyczek was victorious against Alkire 6-3, 6-3 in the four slot. Garre won against Lizzie Oosterbaan 6-3, 6-3 in the five match.

After dropping the first set of the match, No. 6 Murdy took the tiebreaker from Westling 6-7, 6-1, 10-6.

“We didn’t play our greatest tennis, but we competed well,” Loring said. “Hopefully we will learn from this and get better.”