HAMMOND, Ind. -- The Purdue University Northwest women's dropped a hard-fought Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match to Northwood on Sunday.
The Timberwolves (2-0, 2-0 GLIAC) defeated the Pride (3-2, 0-2 GLIAC), 7-0, at the Community Hospital Tennis Complex inside Dowling Park.
Northwood started off the match sweeping doubles competition to give the Timberwolves the early 1-0 advantage going into singles matches. Giulia Castiglioni (Lugano, Switzerland) and Pia Schemmeding (Hamburg, Germany) won two games at No. 2 doubles but Northwood's Kate Berestovenko and Iryna Trystan pulled out the victory, 6-2.
Carolina Yepez (Guayaquil, Ecuador) fought hard at No. 5 singles, winning three games in the first set and winning two in the second but Northwood's Trystan picked up the victory, 6-3, 6-2. Schmedding won two matches in the first set and one in the second at No. 3 singles but Northwood's Berestovenko was victorious in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
09/23/2018
Hammond, Ind. (Dowling Park)
NU 7, PNW 0
SINGLES -- 1. Tetyana Pavych (NU) def. Lena van Bergen (PNW) 6-1, 6-1; 2. Carol Arnez-Mercado (NU) def. Giulia Castiglioni (PNW) 6-0, 6-2; 3. Kate Berestovenko (NU) def. Pia Schmedding (PNW) 6-2, 6-1; 4. Elizaveta Velichko (NU) def. Patricia Dizon (PNW) 6-2, 6-0; 5. Iryna Trystan (NU) def. Carolina Yepez (PNW) 6-3, 6-2; 6. Vasilisa Mikhaylova (NU) def. Cynthia Basu-Chavez (PNW) 6-3, 6-0.
DOUBLES -- 1. Pavych/Arnez-Mercado (NU) def. van Bergen/Dizon (PNW) 6-0; 2. Berestovenko/Trystan (NU) def. Castiglioni/Schmedding (PNW) 6-2; 3. Velichko/Mikhaylova (NU) def. Basu-Chavez/Yepez (PNW) 6-1.
