MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin women's tennis team earned its third Big Ten win of the season in dominant fashion on Friday, cruising to a 6-1 win over Rutgers at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
 
The Badgers (4-4 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point. Charmaine Seah and Anna Makarova were the first pair to win their match, 6-1, over Alisa Prinyaux and Jaci Cochrane of Rutgers. Antonela Stoica and Ava Markham quickly followed to win their match, 6-3, clinching the point for the Badgers.
 
Cai brought home the second point of the day for Wisconsin, locking in a straight-sets win over Tess Fisher, 6-2, 6-1. Markham battled to clinch the third point for UW, winning a second-set tiebreak, 7-5, to win the match, 6-3, 7-6(7-5). Stoica earned the match-clinching point for Wisconsin on court 3, topping Alisa Prinyaux in a 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 final.
 
Up Next:
Wisconsin hosts Maryland on Sunday at 11 a.m. CT at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
 
Tennis Match Results
Rutgers vs Wisconsin
3/5/2021 at Madison, Wis.
(Nielsen Tennis Stadium)Wisconsin 6, Rutgers 1
 
DOUBLES COMPETITION
1. Maya Jacobs/Chloe Brown (RU) vs. Nastasya Semenovski/Xinyu Cai (WIS) no result
2. Charmaine Seah/Anna Makarova (WIS) def. Alisa Prinyarux/Jaci Cochrane (RU) 6-1
3. Antonela Stoica/Ava Markham (WIS) def. Isabelle Da Silva/Tess Fisher (RU) 6-3
 
SINGLES COMPETITION
1. Ava Markham (WIS) def. Maya Jacobs (RU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Xinyu Cai (WIS) def. Tess Fisher (RU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Antonela Stoica (WIS) def. Alisa Prinyarux (RU) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
4. Chloe Brown (RU) def. Anna Makarova (WIS) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Nastasya Semenovski (WIS) def. Jaci Cochrane (RU) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
6. Charmaine Seah (WIS) def. Daira Cardenas (RU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,1,4,3,6,5)