Hoosiers continue to find success in Bloomington against Marquette, Cleveland State

The No. 66 Hoosiers polished off their nonconference portion of the schedule Sunday with wins against the Marquette Golden Eagles and the Cleveland State Vikings.

The matches took place in Bloomington, where the Hoosiers have lost only one match this season.

Action started as the Golden Eagles flew into the IU Tennis Center at 11 a.m. The Hoosiers defeated the Big East foe by the score of 6-1 and collected their 10th team win of the season in the process.

IU took all three of the doubles matches and never looked back.

The tandem of freshman Katie Klyczek and sophomore Sophie Garre began by winning the No. 1 slot 8-4.

At the two slot, senior Evgeniya Vertesheva and sophomore Kayla Fujimoto grounded the Eagle pair 8-1.

Junior Leslie Hureau and freshman Alecia Kauss continued the winning vibe, closing out doubles play with an 8-3 victory.

The singles play mimicked the doubles matches in terms of cream and crimson dominance.

Hureau took the No. 1 singles match, winning 6-1, 6-3.

In the Hoosiers’ lone loss of the match, Klyczek was defeated in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 by Olga Fischer in the No. 2 slot.

After taking a closely contested first set 7-5, freshman Carolyn Chupa didn’t give up a game in the second set, winning 6-0.

Kauss and Garre were victorious in straight sets in the No. 4 and 6 slot, respectively, 6-3, 6-3.

Fujimoto anchored the team in the No. 5 slot, taking the match 7-5, 6-2.

With the singles win, Fujimoto remained undefeated in the team portion of the schedule, improving her overall singles record to 11-0.

In the evening cap of the doubleheader, the Hoosiers welcomed the Cleveland State Vikings from the Horizon League to the IU Tennis Center. The Hoosiers defeated the Vikings by the count of 6-1.

The doubles action started with a drudging at the hands of Kauss and Hureau when they took the match without losing a single game, 8-0.

The Hoosiers took the doubles point when the duo of Vertesheva and Fujimoto defeated their opponents 8-3.

The No. 1 doubles pair of Garre and Klyczek fought off a pesky Viking pair to sweep the doubles play, winning 8-6.

In singles action, Hureau took care of her opponent, dropping only two games to win 6-0, 6-2.

In the No. 2 slot, Klyczek lost only one game in the 6-1, 6-0 rout.

When Kauss vanquished her opponent 6-0, 6-2, the win secured the fourth team point of the day and improved the Hoosiers’ record to 11-3 on the season.

Garre took care of her opponent 6-3, 6-0 while Chupa won in a tiebreaker 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8). The lone loss of the match came when sophomore Diana Kyllmann was defeated 6-4, 6-4.

“Although we had a few mental lapses today, I thought our doubles play showed improvement,” IU Coach Lin Loring said. “We still have a lot of things to work on, but overall, we are getting better.”