2000 Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship -- Match 2
4/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Championship
Varsity Tennis Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, April 27 -- First Round
| Purdue 4 No. 7 seed | | Penn State 2 No. 10 seed |
Singles
No. 1 -- Jennifer Embry (PU) d. Pilar Montgomery, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Rebecca Ho (PSU) d. Shannon Taheny, 6-2, 0- 6, 6-4
No. 3 -- Melissa Igbal (PU) d. Ali Barnett, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 -- Erika Quebe (PU) d. Judy Wang, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
No. 5 -- Lisa Walgenbach (PU) vs. Martina Kopacova (PSU) -- abandoned
No. 6 -- Lynsey Fick (PSU) d. Janelle Perez, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 -- Embry/Taheny (PU) vs. Montgomery/Barnett (PSU) -- abandoned
No. 2 -- Igbal/Fick (PU) d. Ho/Kopacova, 8-5
No. 3 -- Walgenbach/Quebe (PU) d. Wang/Teresa Whiteside, 8-4
Match Summary
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship (First Round)
Score: Purdue 4, Penn State 2
Records: Purdue (11-10), PSU (11-12)
Next Match: Friday, April 28 -- Purdue vs. No. 2 seed Illinois, 10 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In first-round action of the 2000 Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship, seventh seed Purdue University jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead but had to hold off a late charge from 10th-seeded Penn State to earn a 4-2 victory Thursday (April 27) and advance to the second round of the tournament.
Purdue earned the doubles point with wins from its No. 2 and No. 3 doubles tandems. The Boilermakers' young No. 2 doubles tandem of freshman Melissa Igbal and sophomore Linsey Fick keyed the run with a 8-5 win over their Penn State counterparts.
Igbal closed a very productive day for herself by also winning in the No. 3 singles slot, 6-4, 6-4 over Ali Barnett. Igbal's two-set win coupled with Jennifer Embry's quick 6-1, 6-1 win over Pilar Montgomery in the No. 1 singles slot gave Purdue a commanding 3-0 lead.
However, the other four singles matches all went to a third set, with Penn State winning at the No. 2 and No. 6 singles slots. Penn State's bid at a comeback was squelched by Erika Quebe, who joined Igbal as the only winners in both singles and doubles play, as she defeated Judy Wang 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in the No. 4 slot to secure the victory.
The win sends Purdue into the second round for a matchup with second-seeded Illinois tomorrow (Friday, April 28) at 10 a.m.
