{"id":3304,"date":"2020-01-22T15:54:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2020-01-22T16:22:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T21:22:13","slug":"butlerwtennis-splits-matches-over-mlk-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/2020\/01\/22\/butlerwtennis-splits-matches-over-mlk-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"@ButlerWTennis Splits Matches Over MLK Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Butler University Women\u2019s Tennis Team opened its season this past weekend, tallying two wins and two losses. The team defeated Valparaiso (4-3) and Western Illinois (7-0) while falling to Purdue (3-0) and Western Kentucky (3-4).<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the team faced off against Western Kentucky at 11 a.m. at the Butler Bubble. The team showed promise when Emily Neal and Kendal Wilby claimed a 6-2 doubles victory as well as Logan White winning her singles match (6-0, 6-3) in the number two spot. Despite these victories, the unit fell short against the Hilltoppers.<\/p>\n

Looking to bounce back, the Bulldogs were set to face Western Illinois later in the day. The team did so in commanding fashion with a perfect win 7-0. Neal, Wilby, Lauryn Padgett and Sarah Monesmith won their respective matches 6-2.<\/p>\n

In the singles department, the top players for the team paved the way. Logan White and Nina Bertino shined with 6-1, 6-2 victories while Emily Neal cleaned up the rest with a 7-5, 6-2 win.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the team had home court advantage as the Crusaders rolled into town. The doubles matches were close as Padgett and Monesmith stumbled in the number one fight 4-6, White and Linn won in the number two spot 6-3, while Neal and Wilby closed out doubles play with a 7-6 win in the number three spot.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs and Crusaders traded blows in singles. White was the only Bulldog who was able to snag an easy win when she won 6-4, 6-1. Bertino and Linn both were pushed to three sets but were able to hold on for the win. Padgett, Neal, and Monesmith all recorded losses in the singles rounds. After a long day, the \u2018Dawgs were able to hold off Valparaiso to notch a 4-3 win.<\/p>\n

Finishing out the long weekend, the Bulldogs traveled to West Lafayette to face Purdue. The 3-0 Boilermakers won every match in straight sets as the Bulldogs fell 0-7 to start the season 2-2.<\/p>\n

Butler will hit the road again when they travel to Dayton on Jan. 26th<\/sup> to take on the Flyers.<\/p>\n

Western Kentucky 4, Butler 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doubles (order of finish: 3, 2, 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Von Dungern\/Friess (WKU) def. Padgett\/Monesmith, 6-4<\/li>\n
  2. Bryant-Otoke\/Bernardos (WKU) def. White\/Linn, 6-2<\/li>\n
  3. Neal\/Wilby (Butler) def. Diaz-Saez\/Wende, 6-2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Singles (order of finish: 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Von Dungern (WKU) def. Padgett, 6-3, 6-3<\/li>\n
    2. White (Butler) def. Bryant-Otoke, 6-0, 6-3<\/li>\n
    3. Bernados (WKU) def. Neal, 6-1, 7-6<\/li>\n
    4. Friess (WKU) def. Bertino, 6-4, 6-3<\/li>\n
    5. Linn (Butler) def. Wende, 6-3, 6-3<\/li>\n
    6. Monesmith (Butler) def. Diaz-Saez, 6-4, 1-1 (WKU retired)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Butler 7, Western Illinois 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Doubles (order of finish: 3, 1, 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Padgett\/Monesmith (Butler) def. Ballesteros\/Kancherla, 6-2<\/li>\n
      2. Neal\/Wilby (Butler) def. Simhambhatla\/Vidal, 6-2<\/li>\n
      3. White\/Linn (Butler) win by default<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Singles (order of finish: 6, 4, 1, 3, 2, 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. White (Butler) def. Ballesteros, 6-1, 6-2<\/li>\n
        2. Neal (Butler) def. Simhambhatla, 7-5, 6-2<\/li>\n
        3. Bertino (Butler) def. Kancherla, 6-1, 6-2<\/li>\n
        4. Linn (Butler) def. Vidal, 6-0, 6-1<\/li>\n
        5. Monesmith (Butler) def. Stevens, 6-0, 6-0<\/li>\n
        6. Leblebijian (Butler) win by default<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Butler 4, Valparaiso 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Doubles (order of finish: 2, 1, 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. Czerwonka\/Schoolcraft (Valpo) def. Padgett\/Monesmith, 6-4<\/li>\n
          2. White\/Linn (Butler) def. O. Czerwonka\/Jhaveri (Valpo), 6-3<\/li>\n
          3. Neal\/Wilby (Butler) def. Sysouvanh\/Tabanera, 7-6<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Singles (order of finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 6, 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            1. White (Butler) def. C. Czwewonka, 6-4, 6-4<\/li>\n
            2. Czerwonka (Valpo) def. Padgett, 6-4, 6-1<\/li>\n
            3. Tabanera (Valpo) def. Neal, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3<\/li>\n
            4. Bertino (Butler) def. Schoolcraft, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4<\/li>\n
            5. Linn (Butler) def. Jhaveri, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2<\/li>\n
            6. Sysouvanh (Valpo) def. Monesmith, 6-0, 6-1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Doubles (order of finish: 2, 3, 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              1. Dobrilova\/Shimizu (Purdue) led Padgett\/Monesmith, 5-4 (unfinished)<\/li>\n
              2. Gasparin\/ Dovnik (Purdue) def. White\/Linn, 6-0<\/li>\n
              3. Babic\/Fodor (Purdue) def. Neal\/Wilby, 6-2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Singles (order of finish: 5, 2, 4, 1, 3, 6)<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Babic (Purdue) def. White, 6-2, 6-2<\/li>\n
                2. Dobrilova (Purdue) def. Padgett, 6-2, 6-0<\/li>\n
                3. Shimizu (Purdue) def. Neal, 6-1, 6-3<\/li>\n
                4. Fodor (Purdue) def. Bertino, 6-1, 6-0<\/li>\n
                5. Dovnik (Purdue) def. Linn, 6-1, 6-0<\/li>\n
                6. Ozturk (Purdue) def. Leblebijian, 7-5, 6-0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  The Butler University Women\u2019s Tennis Team opened its season this past weekend, tallying two wins and two losses. The team defeated Valparaiso (4-3) and Western Illinois (7-0) while falling to Purdue (3-0) and Western Kentucky (3-4). On Saturday, the team faced off against Western Kentucky at 11 a.m. at the Butler Bubble. The team showed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9194303,"featured_media":3320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11891,292373],"tags":[15612,380330],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-womens-tennis","tag-featured","tag-spring-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t