No. 9 Texas A&M Defeats Wisconsin, 4-0

Saturday, February 6

Madison, Wis.

6:30 PM

Texas A&M

Wisconsin

Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics

Feb 06, 2016 | Women's Tennis

By: Texas A&M Media Relations

MADISON, Wisconsin – No. 9 Texas A&M returned to the win column with a 4-0 victory over Wisconsin today in the consolation draw of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

The Aggies improve to 4-2 after capturing the doubles point and then winning the first three singles matches to be completed, all in straight sets. The host Badgers fall to 2-2.

A&M won the doubles point as Rachel Pierson and Eva Paalma jumped out to a 4-1 lead and went on to finish off Lauren Chypyha and Kendall Kirsch, 6-3, at the No. 1 line. Rutuja Bhosale and Anna Mamalat clinched the point with a 6-2 victory over Sydney Rider and Ekaterina Stepanova at No. 2.

The No. 3 line, which featured A&M's Saska Gavrilovska and Domenica Gonzalez and Wisconsin's Lauren Burich and Kelsey Grambeau was knotted at 5-5 when the point was clinched, and play was stopped.

Paalma, a sophomore who was playing No. 3 singles for the first time in her career, gave the Aggies a 2-0 lead and improved to 5-0 in dual matches this season with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Kirsch. Paalma won five consecutive games to close out the straight-set win.

Freshman Domenica Gonzalez put A&M up, 3-0, reeling off six consecutive games to complete a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maria Avgerinos at No. 4.

Mamalat, playing No. 6, then clinched the victory for the Aggies, winning two straight games against Sydney Rider to break away from a 4-4 tie in the second set to win the match, 6-3, 6-4.

Wisconsin had the edge in the remaining three matches, but play was suspended once the Aggies reached four points. In a match-up of ranked players, 66^th-ranked Chypyha held a 6-4, 4-3 lead over No. 53 Gavrilovska at the No. 1 line. Stepanova held a 7-5, 5-2 advantage over 58^th-ranked Pierson at No. 2, and Grambeau was up, 6-4, 5-3 over Ines Deheza at No. 5.

A&M concludes the tournament Sunday at 6:30 p.m. against No. 14 Duke. It marks the Aggies' third top-15 opponent in four matches.

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#9 Texas A&M 4, Wisconsin 0
Nielson Tennis Stadium
Madison, Wisconsin
ITA National Team Indoor Championship – Consolation Draw
February 6, 2016

Singles
1.     #53 Saska Gavrilovska (A&M) vs. #66 Lauren Chypyha (UW), 4-6, 3-5 unfinished
2.     #58 Rachel Pierson (A&M) vs. Ekaterina Stepanova (UW), 5-7, 2-5 unfinished
3.     Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Kendall Kirsch (UW), 6-3, 6-1
4.     Domenica Gonzalez (A&M) def. Maria Avgerinos (UW), 6-1, 6-1
5.     Ines Deheza (A&M) vs. Kelsey Grambeau (UW), 4-6, 3-5 unfinished
6.     Anna Mamalat (A&M) def. Sydney Rider, 6-3, 6-4

Doubles (A&M wins the point)
1.     Paalma/Pierson (A&M) def. Chypyha/Kirsch (UW), 6-3
2.     Bhosale/Mamalat (A&M) def. Rider/Stepanova (UW), 6-2
3.     Gavrilovska/Gonzalez (A&M) vs. Lauren Burich/Grambeau (UW), 5-5 unfinished

Order of finish
Doubles: 1, 2
Singles: 3, 4, 6

Team records
Texas A&M: 4-2
Wisconsin: 2-2

Pronunciations
Rutuja Bhosale                       roo-too-jah bo-slay
Ines Deheza                            ee-NAY de-HAY-za
Saska Gavrilovska                   saush-ka gav-ril-ahv-ska
Stefania Hristov                     steff-on-ya RIS-tov
Anna Mamalat                       MAM-ah-LOT
Eva Paalma                             A-va paul-ma