Box Score COLLEGE PARK, MD- The No. 58 Maryland Terrapins defeated Michigan State 4-1 on Sunday.
Michigan State opened the match taking the No.1 doubles match 6-3.
Despite a late push from
Selma Cadar and
Kallista Liu Michigan State's Liisa Vehvilainen and Marley Lambert took the No. 2 doubles match 6-4 to secure the doubles point and a 1-0 lead for the Spartans.
Maryland had a strong start to singles play, sweeping the first set of each singles match.
The Terps got on the board with a singles win from
Diya Challa in the No.5 singles match winning 6-1, 6-1.
Following Challa's win
Maria Budin and
Minorka Miranda pushed the Terps ahead 3-1 winning the No. 4 and No. 2 singles matches. In the No. 6 singles match
Francesca Feodorov clinched the win for Maryland, winning her match 6-3, 6-3.
With the win the Terrapins improve their home record to 7-1.
BREAKING DOWN THE ACTION
DOUBLES
1. #37 Ayshe Can/Nicole Conard (MSU) def.
Minorka Miranda/
Maria Budin (UMD) 6-3
2. Liisa Vehvilainen/Marley Lambert (MSU) def.
Selma Cadar/
Kallista Liu (UMD) 6-4
3.
Diya Challa/
Aida Eissa (UMD) vs. Ria Bhakta/Matilde Morais (MSU) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2
SINGLES
1. #85
Selma Cadar (UMD) vs. Matilde Morais (MSU) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished
2.
Minorka Miranda (UMD) def. Liisa Vehvilainen (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
3.
Kallista Liu (UMD) vs. Ayshe Can (MSU) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
4.
Maria Budin (UMD) def. Ria Bhakta (MSU) 6-3, 6-0
5.
Diya Challa (UMD) def. Issey Purser (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
6.
Francesca Feodorov (UMD) def. Marley Lambert (MSU) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 4, 2, 6
Up Next:Â
- The Terps will return to action on Friday, March 29, against Ohio State in Columbus.