URBANA, Ill. – The Illinois women's tennis team stayed perfect at home with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over Cornell on Sunday (February 27) afternoon in Atkins Tennis Center.
The Illini moved to 7-3 on the season, including owning a 6-0 mark in home matches.
"Credit to Cornell, I thought they played really well and thought they were a great team," said head coach Evan Clark. "They gave us everything we could handle. Credit to our kids down the stretch. Ashley being really tough to get the clinching point and being in really tough situations, but overall, I think it was a great match for our team. To be put in that situation, I think it is going to pay off down the road."
The junior duo of Ashley Yeah and Josie Frazier got the Illini going in doubles with a 6-0 blanking on court two, before sophomore Kate Duong and freshman Megan Heuser sealed the doubles point with a 6-2 victory on court one.
Frazier then put the first singles point on the board with a 6-0, 6-4 win on court three, before Cornell (0-7) tied things up with back-to-back singles wins on courts six and one.
Freshman Kasia Treiber – returning to the singles lineup after almost a month – then earned a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win on court five to put the Illini one point from victory.
Yeah and Heuser – the final two Illini on court – continued to battle into the third set, with Yeah earning the clinching point with a 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 win after breaking the serve of Cornell's Katherine Nguyen in the final game of the set, while Heuser's match went unfinished.
Next Up
Illinois next heads on the road for its final two nonconference matches of the regular season, first traveling to Lawrence, Kan., to take on Kansas at 5 p.m. CT on Friday (March 4), before taking on No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., on Sunday (March 6) at 12 p.m. CT.
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Illinois 4, Cornell 2
Doubles
1. Kate Duong/Megan Heuser (ILL) def. Maria Adiaconitei/Lauren Stein (CORNELL) 6-2
2. Josie Frazier/Ashley Yeah (ILL) def. Jenny Wong/Alexandra Savu (CORNELL) 6-0
3. Emily Casati/Kasia Treiber (ILL) vs. Valerie Ho/Katherine Nguyen (CORNELL) 4-2, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2,1
Singles
1. Lan Mi (CORNELL) def. Kate Duong (ILL) 7-5, 6-4
2. Ashley Yeah (ILL) def. Katherine Nguyen (CORNELL) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
3. Josie Frazier (ILL) def. Maria Adiaconitei (CORNELL) 6-0, 6-4
4. Megan Heuser (ILL) vs. Lauren Stein (CORNELL) 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 2-4, unfinished
5. Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Valerie Ho (CORNELL) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
6. Jenny Wong (CORNELL) def. Kida Ferrari (ILL) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
Order of Finish: 3,6,1,5,2
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