COLLEGE PARK, MD- The No. 52 Maryland Terrapins defeated Rutgers 4-1 in the Terps first of two matches on Saturday.
Selma Cadar and
Kallista Liu opened the match with a 6-3 win in the No. 2 doubles match. #60
Minorka Miranda and
Maria Budin followed by taking the No. 1 doubles match 6-2 securing the doubles point for Maryland and a 1-0 lead heading into singles.
Maryland extended their lead in singles, with # 66
Selma Cadar winning the No. 1 singles match 6-4, 6-1.
Kallista Liu followed Cadar winning her third straight singles match extending the Terps lead to 3-0 taking the No. 3 singles match 6-3, 6-1.
Rutgers got on the board winning the No. 6 singles match to make it 3-1.
Maria Budin shut the door for the Terps, winning the No. 4 singles match in a hard fought 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win.
With the victory over Rutgers Maryland improves it's home record to 9-1.
BREAKING DOWN THE ACTION
DOUBLES
1. #60
Minorka Miranda/
Maria Budin (UMD) def. Yana Gurevich/Mai Nguyen (RU) 6-2
2.
Selma Cadar/
Kallista Liu (UMD) def. Tara Chilton/Minchae Kim (RU) 6-3
3.
Aida Eissa/
Diya Challa (UMD) vs. Amira Badawi/Naomi Karki (RU) 4-3, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 1
SINGLES
1. #66
Selma Cadar (UMD) def. Yana Gurevich (RU) 6-4, 6-1
2.
Minorka Miranda (UMD) vs. Tara Chilton (RU) 6-4, 4-6, 2-4, unfinished
3.
Kallista Liu (UMD) def. Amira Badawi (RU) 6-3, 6-1
4.
Maria Budin (UMD) def. Mai Nguyen (RU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
5.
Diya Challa (UMD) vs. Minchae Kim (RU) 5-7, 6-6, unfinished
6. Jackeline Lopez (RU) def.
Francesca Feodorov (UMD) 6-1, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 6, 4
Up Next:
- The Terps will return to action at 4 PM to face George Mason.