Women’s Tennis Drops 5-2 Decision To Marquette

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Creighton women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to Marquette on Friday night at the Helfaer Tennis Stadium.

The loss drops the Bluejays to 9-5 on the year, while the Golden Eagles improved to 9-7 overall.

Marquette won 6-3 and 6-2 at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots during doubles action and earned three straight-sets victories and one three-set victories to claim the 5-2 win.

Creighton's Valerie Negin and Sarah Wilcox captured the Bluejays lone wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 single positions. Negin claimed a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory at the No. 2 slot for the Bluejays first point of the match. Wilcox battled to a three-set triumph at the No. 3 singles position for the Bluejays. The senior dropped the first set 7-6 but responded with a 7-5 win in the second set before claiming a 1-0 win in set three.

"It was a tough loss for the women today," said head coach Tom Lilly. "We just let a few chances get away in doubles and singles and that was the difference in those matches. Solid wins by Valerie and Sarah but we just didn't have enough against a strong Marquette team today."

The Bluejays are back in action against DePaul tomorrow at 4:15 in Chicago.

Creighton vs Marquette (Apr 01, 2022)
Marquette 5, Creighton 2
Apr 01, 2022 at Milwaukee, Wis. (Helfaer Tennis Stadium)

Singles competition

1. Natalija Popovic (MU) def. Kate Krueger (CU) 7-5, 7-6

2. Valerie Negin (CU) def. Emilija Kojcic (MU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

3. Sarah Wilcox (CU) def. Giulia Turconi (MU) 6-7, 7-5, 1-0

4. Elisabeth Desmarais (MU) def. Malvika Shukla (CU) 6-4, 6-2

5. Lara Kaiser (MU) def. Meredith Benson (CU) 6-4, 6-3

6. Sarah Badawi (MU) def. Allison Wilcox (CU) 6-0, 3-6, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Emilija Kojcic/Natalija Popovic (MU) def. Valerie Negin/Malvika Shukla (CU) 6-3

2. Lara Kaiser/Giulia Turconi (MU) vs. Kate Krueger/Sarah Wilcox (CU) 5-5, unfinished

3. Elisabeth Desmarais/Elizabeth Ferdman (MU) def. Gabby O'Connor/Meredith Benson (CU) 6-2

Match Notes

Creighton 9-5

Marquette 9-7

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Meredith Benson

Kate Krueger

Valerie Negin

Gabby O'Connor

Malvika Shukla

Allison Wilcox

Sarah Wilcox