Hawkeyes Defeat Purdue, 5-2

March 27, 2004

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN -- The Iowa women’s tennis team defeated the Purdue Boilermakers, 5-2, Saturday afternoon. The Hawkeyes move to 2-0 in the Big Ten.

Iowa gained the doubles point with a win by Meg Racette and Hillary Mintz at the No. 1 spot, and a victory at the No. 3 spot by Chelsea Glynn and Hilary Tyler.

In singles, Racette defeated Gretchen Haynor, 6-2, 6-3. At the No. 2 position, Mintz recorded a win over Hala Sufi, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Glynn continued her five-match winning streak with a victory over Alyssa Rodriguez, 7-5, 7-6. Deni Alexandrova defeated Shawna Zuccarini at the No. 5 spot, 7-5, 6-2.

The Hawkeyes will compete tomorrow at Illinois beginning at 11 a.m.

RESULTS
Iowa 5
Purdue 2

Singles
No. 1 Meg Racette (I) def. Gretchen Haynor (Purdue) — 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Hillary Mintz (I) def. Hala Sufi (Purdue) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Amy Walgenbach (Purdue) def. Anastasia Zhukova (I) — 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Chelsea Glynn (I) def. Alyssa Rodriguez (Purdue) — 7-5, 7-6
No. 5 Deni Alexandrova (I) def. Shawna Zuccarini (Purdue) — 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 Melissa Woods (Purdue) def. Hilary Tyler (I) — 4-6, 7-6, 1-2 (retired due to injury)

Doubles
No. 1 Racette/Mintz (I) def. Haynor/Woods (Purdue) — 8-0
No. 2 Sufi/Zuccarini (Purdue) def. Alexandrova/ Zhukova (I) — 8-3
No. 3 Glynn/Tyler (I) def. Burgarello/Rodriguez (Purdue) — 8-3