Wednesday, March 22
Atlanta, Ga.
2 p.m.
Northwestern
0
at
7
Georgia Tech
Wildcats Fall to Sixth-Ranked Yellow Jackets
3/22/2017 4:27:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ATLANTA – No. 47 Northwestern continued its stretch of competition against highly ranked opponents Wednesday, falling 7-0 at No. 6 Georgia Tech.
The match was the Wildcats' sixth already this season against teams ranked No. 11 or better and NU's fourth consecutive against a top-25 foe.
Northwestern picked up it lone victory of the day at No. 1 doubles where the 74th-ranked team of Maddie Lipp and Rheeya Doshi posted a convincing 6-2 win over Rasheeda McAdoo and Luca Fabian. However, the Yellow Jackets got 6-0 victory at No. 3 before getting a narrow 6-4 win at No. 2 to take the doubles point.
In singles action, Georgia Tech notched straight-sets wins at all six spots. Both Erin Larner at No. 1 (6-4, 6-4) and Lee Or at No. 3 (7-5, 6-4) put up strong fights against their ranked opponents.
Northwestern returns to action at 11 a.m. Saturday when it host No. 33 Maryland in Big Ten competition.
#6 Georgia Tech 7, #47 Northwestern 0
Doubles
1. #74 Maddie Lipp/Rheeya Doshi (NU) def. Rasheeda McAdoo/Luca Fabian (GT) 6-2
2. Kenya Jones/Paige Hourigan (GT) def. Erin Larner/Lee Or (NU) 6-4
3. Johnnise Renaud/Nami Otsuka (GT) def. Alex Chatt/Brooke Rischbieth (NU) 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2*
Singles
1. #46 Rasheeda McAdoo (GT) def. Erin Larner (NU) 6-4, 6-4
2. #113 Paige Hourigan (GT) def. #114 Maddie Lipp (NU) 6-2, 6-2
3. #104 Johnnise Renaud (GT) def. Lee Or (NU) 7-5, 6-4
4. Kenya Jones (GT) def. Rheeya Doshi (NU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Nami Otsuka (GT) def. Alex Chatt (NU) 7-5, 6-2
6. Luca Fabian (GT) def. Jillian Rooney (NU) 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 4, 2, 3*, 5, 6, 1
The match was the Wildcats' sixth already this season against teams ranked No. 11 or better and NU's fourth consecutive against a top-25 foe.
Northwestern picked up it lone victory of the day at No. 1 doubles where the 74th-ranked team of Maddie Lipp and Rheeya Doshi posted a convincing 6-2 win over Rasheeda McAdoo and Luca Fabian. However, the Yellow Jackets got 6-0 victory at No. 3 before getting a narrow 6-4 win at No. 2 to take the doubles point.
In singles action, Georgia Tech notched straight-sets wins at all six spots. Both Erin Larner at No. 1 (6-4, 6-4) and Lee Or at No. 3 (7-5, 6-4) put up strong fights against their ranked opponents.
Northwestern returns to action at 11 a.m. Saturday when it host No. 33 Maryland in Big Ten competition.
#6 Georgia Tech 7, #47 Northwestern 0
Doubles
1. #74 Maddie Lipp/Rheeya Doshi (NU) def. Rasheeda McAdoo/Luca Fabian (GT) 6-2
2. Kenya Jones/Paige Hourigan (GT) def. Erin Larner/Lee Or (NU) 6-4
3. Johnnise Renaud/Nami Otsuka (GT) def. Alex Chatt/Brooke Rischbieth (NU) 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2*
Singles
1. #46 Rasheeda McAdoo (GT) def. Erin Larner (NU) 6-4, 6-4
2. #113 Paige Hourigan (GT) def. #114 Maddie Lipp (NU) 6-2, 6-2
3. #104 Johnnise Renaud (GT) def. Lee Or (NU) 7-5, 6-4
4. Kenya Jones (GT) def. Rheeya Doshi (NU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Nami Otsuka (GT) def. Alex Chatt (NU) 7-5, 6-2
6. Luca Fabian (GT) def. Jillian Rooney (NU) 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 4, 2, 3*, 5, 6, 1
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