Women’s tennis narrowly beats Iowa at home

The No. 43 IU women’s tennis team defeated Iowa 4-3 at the IU Varsity Tennis Courts Sunday, giving the Hoosiers their third win in their last four Big Ten matches.

IU senior Sophie Garre and junior Shannon Murdy teamed up to defeat Iowa junior duo Ellen Silver and Shelby Talcott 8-2 to grab a doubles win early, but the Hoosiers would not be able to take the doubles point.

Senior Kayla Fujimoto and junior Alecia Kauss fell to Iowa’s junior Katie Zordani and sophomore Annette Dohanics 8-7 during a tiebreaker. Iowa would then take the doubles point with a win at No. 1 doubles as IU’s junior pairing of Katie Klyczek and Carolyn Chupa lost to Iowa’s Morven McCulloch and Ruth Seaborne 8-6.

After losing the doubles point, IU (16-6, 4-3) picked up four wins in singles to capture the win against Iowa (8-10, 1-6).

Garre, Chupa and senior Gabrielle Rubenstein all picked up wins to tie the Hoosiers and Hawkeyes. Kauss then clinched the match for IU, defeating Dohanics at No. 4 singles 6-4, 6-4.

IU will be back in action Friday to take on Ohio State on the road.

Sam Beishuizen