Badgers fall in final road match

Sunday, April 17

West Lafayette, Ind.

11:00 AM

Wisconsin Badgers

Purdue

Photo by: David Stluka

Badgers fall in final road match

April 17, 2016 | Women's Tennis

Win streak comes to an end as the Badgers fall at Purdue, 5-2

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Wisconsin women's tennis team's two-game win streak came to an end Sunday morning as it fell to Purdue (11-11, 4-6), 5-2, in the final road match of the season. The Badgers drop to 6-13 following today's loss.

"Tough day," said head coach Tina Samara. "Really what we saw today was inconsistency on most courts at some point during the matches."

UW got off to a slow start on the doubles courts as Purdue won the first two matches and then forfeited the third.

Andjela Djokavic and Nicole Robinson teamed up to take down Lauren Chypyha and Lauren Burich, 6-2. Meanwhile, the duo of Krisztina Kapitany and Marta Ruedas-Burgos clinched the doubles point for the Boilermakers by knocking off Ekaterina Stepanova and Sydney Rider, 6-3.

In addition, Kelsey Grambeau and Kendall Kirsch were in a tight match on court 3 with Claudia Escribens and Natalia Davila until the match came to a halt at 4-5.

After failing the pick up the doubles point, the Badgers had ground to make up on the singles courts.

No. 90 Stepanova picked up her fifth straight victory as she knocked off Kapitany, 6-4, 7-5. Stepanova moves to 18-6 on the year after today's victory.

In addition, Burich capped off her impressive weekend with a 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (6) victory over Escribens.

However, that was all the Badgers managed to pick up as they fell on courts 1, 4 and 5 and ultimately lost 5-2.

"Unfortunately we haven't been able to bring consistency to the table on a regular basis this season," added Samara. "As a result we've had some highs and some lows both individually and as a team."

The Badgers will look to rebound as they head home and host Rutgers on Friday, April 22 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The match is set to begin at 4 p.m. (CT).

Results
Purdue 5 – Wisconsin 2
Doubles
1. No. 76 Djokovic/Robinson (PUR) def. Chypyha/Burich (UW), 6-2
2. Kapitany/Ruedas-Burgos (PUR) def. Stepanova/Rider (UW), 6-3
3. Grambeau/Kirsch (UW) def. Escribens/Davila (PUR), 4-5 (Purdue forfeit)

Singles
1. Nicole Robinson (PUR) def. No. 54 Lauren Chypyha (UW), 6-3, 6-3
2. No. 90 Ekaterina Stepanova (UW) def. Krisztina Kapitany (PUR), 6-4, 7-5
3. Andejela Djokovic (PUR) def. Kendall Kirsch (UW), 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
4. Natalia Davila (PUR) def. Kelsey Grambeau (UW), 6-1, 7-5
5. Marta Ruedas-Burgos (PUR) def. Sydney Rider (UW), 6-3, 6-1
6. Lauren Burich (UW) def. Claudia Escribens (PUR), 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (6)