Box Score The Chicago State women's tennis team faced their second Big Ten team in consecutive days, dropping a 4-0 decision to Purdue Sunday afternoon at the Schwartz Tennis Center in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The Boilermakers swept the doubles point and earned three singles wins to clinch the team win. Both
Cali Fuller and
Katarina Dukic were still on the court when Purdue clinched the win. Compete results listed below.
The women will host their first match of the season Tuesday, January 17 at 11 a.m., welcoming Montana State to the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club in Homewood.
Chicago State at Purdue
1/15/2023 at West Lafayette, Indiana
(Schwartz Tennis Center)
Purdue 4, Chicago State 0
Singles
1. Liz Norman (PU) leading
Cali Fuller (Chicago State) 6-2, 1-0
2. Csilla Fodor (PU) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva (Chicago State) 6-0, 6-0
3. Tara Katarina Milic (PU) leading
Katarina Dukic (Chicago State) 6-2, 4-0
4. Kennedy Gibbs (PU) def.
Ethel Li (Chicago State) 6-1, 6-2
5. Juana Larranaga (PU) leading
Amina Taibi (Chicago State), 6-1, 3-0
6. Antonia Pareja (PU) def. No player (Chicago State), NU by forfeit
Doubles
1. Tara Katarina Milic/Liz Norman (PU) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva/
Ethel Li (Chicago State) 5-2
2. Kennedy Gibbs/Juana Larranaga (PU) def.
Katarina Dukic/
Cali Fuller (Chicago State) 6-2
3. Csilla Fodor/Rut Galindo (PU) def. No player/No player (Chicago State), by forfeit
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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