 Media Credit: Dan Fletcher/The Daily Northwestern Junior Georgia Rose helped extend No. 1 NU's conference win streak to 53 games, a streak which dates back to 2004. Rose, ranked fifth in the nation, won both her singles matches in straight sets as the Cats easily defeated No. 29 Ohio State and No. 28 Indiana this weekend. Rose and doubles partner senior Alexis Conill also swept their pair of doubles matches this weekend.
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No. 1 Northwestern continued its domination of Big Ten opponents this weekend in its season debut outdoors at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center in Evanston.
With victories over No. 29 Ohio State (16-3, 3-1 Big Ten) on Saturday and No. 28 Indiana (15-5, 5-1) on Sunday, the Wildcats have now won 13 straight matches this season. Even more impressive, NU (18-1, 5-0) has not lost a Big Ten dual match in their last 55 tries dating back to 2004.
"I think we did a good job (this weekend) and we dominated, but we still have a few things to work on," coach Claire Pollard said. "Ohio State and Indiana competed well against us, but we managed to get two wins."
Ohio State and Indiana are both ranked in the top 30 in the country, but the Cats made them look much worse than their ranking.
Coming into its match against NU, Ohio State had won its last six matches and 11 of its last 12. But against the Cats, the Buckeyes were unable to take a single match, as NU took the dual in a 7-0 sweep.
The Cats started off hot, winning the doubles point easily. At No. 1, sophomores Lauren Lui and Samantha Murray won convincingly 8-1. The tandem of junior Nazlie Ghazal and freshman Maria Mosolova surrendered only one more game than Lui and Murray, as they won their doubles match 8-2 at No. 3.
A rash of double faults by junior Georiga Rose and senior Alexis Conill allowed Ohio State to get back in the match at No. 2. The Buckeyes won four straight games before ultimately losing the match 8-5.
In singles, NU continued its domination. At No. 1, Mosolova crushed her opponent, 6-1, 6-1.
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