Hawkeyes Fall to No. 27 Ohio State, 6-1

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s tennis team dropped their match Sunday to No. 27 Ohio State, 6-1, inside the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex. 
 
The Buckeyes grabbed the doubles point with wins on all three courts. In a matchup between top 50 teams, No. 47 sophomore Elise van Heuvelen and senior Anastasia Reimchen lost to No. 29 Anna Sanford and Shiori Fukuda, 6-3. 
 
In singles action, junior Adorabol Huckleby was the lone winner for the Hawkeyes at the No. 4 position. Huckleby won her first set 6-4, but dropped her second set, 7-6 (1-7), which forced a third set tiebreaker. She went on to top Emma DeCoste in the tiebreaker, 10-6. 
 
“Sasha came over to me and told me to have great energy, to fight for my teammates, take every ball one at a time and to keep my focus and that really helped me,” Huckleby said. 
 
At the No. 2 position, senior Zoe Douglas lost her first set, 6-1, before going on a run of 10 straight games. She recorded a 6-0 shutout in the second set to force a third-set tiebreaker, but dropped a thriller to No. 86 Shiori Fukuda, 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 (7-3). 
 
QUOTING HEAD COACH SASHA SCHMID
“We have to figure out a way to learn and not be satisfied. We are going into a really important stretch here, so we have to pull ourselves back up and get ready for really difficult on the Big Ten matches on the road.” 
 
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes travel to Indiana for matchups against Indiana at 11 a.m. (CT) on Saturday and Purdue at 11 a.m. on Sunday. 
 
#27 OHIO STATE 6, IOWA 1
March 25, 2018 | 12 p.m. (CT) | Iowa City, Iowa | Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex
 
SINGLES
1. Anna Sanford def. Elise van Heuvelen, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
2. #86 Shiori Fukuda def. Zoe Douglas, 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 (7-3)
3. #116 Olivia Sneed def. Anastasia Reimchen, 7-5, 6-0
4. Adorabol Huckleby def. Emma DeCoste, 6-4, 7-6 (1-7), 1-0 (10-6)
5. Danielle Wolf def. Montana Crawford, 6-2, 6-3
6. Mary Beth Hurley def. Adrienne Jensen, 6-1, 6-2
 
DOUBLES
1.#29 Sanford/Fukuda def. #47 Van Heuvelen/Reimchen, 6-3
2. Wolf/DeCoste def. Douglas/Huckleby, 6-4
3. Sneed/Ballinger def. Crawford/Burich, 6-4
 
MATCH NOTES
Iowa: 9-8, 1-3
Ohio State: 8-4, 2-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4)