Hoosiers continue win streak

The women's tennis team stretched its winning streak to four with a dominating 6-1 victory against Purdue Sunday in West Lafayette. This was the first conference road victory for the Hoosiers in three tries. \n"I think we played a very good match today," coach Lin Loring said. "I was especially pleased with our overall singles effort. This win gives us a four-match win streak as well as evens our record in conference play at two."\nIU (11-6, 2-2 Big Ten) dominated from the outset, winning all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. \nSenior Kelly Blanch and sophomore Jessica Levin were victorious at the No. 1 doubles position by defeating Melissa Woods and Missy Wright 8-6. The combination is 8-2 on the season.\nThe singles portion of the competition was almost as dominating for the Hoosiers, as Blanch highlighted a 5-1 team showing by beating Erika Quebe 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. At No. 2 singles, junior Amanda Field prevailed 7-5, 6-4 in one of the more contested matches of the day. Freshman Linda Tran and junior Karie Schlukebir posted wins at the No. 3 and No. 5 spots, respectively.