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MUNCIE, Ind. - The IUPUI women's tennis team opened up its spring schedule on Wednesday (Jan. 19) night, falling to Ball State 7-0 inside the Muncie YMCA. The host Cardinals swept all three doubles matches before taking all six singles outcomes in the sweep of the Jaguars.

In doubles play, the No. 2 tandem of freshman Abbey Neff and sophomore Vanessa Whyte fared best but dropped an 8-7(3) count to BSU's Sarah Hebble and Ashlyn Rang. Junior Alisha Cummings and rookie Rachael Bridegroom fell 8-3 at the top spot and juniors Shelby Hullett and Jesika Bays were swept 8-0 at No. 3.

In singles play, BSU's Courtney Wild knocked off Cummings 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 while Hullett fell to Kristel Sanders at No. 2, 6-3, 6-3.

Whyte fell down a set to Rang at No. 3 singles, but rebounded to win the second set 6-3 before ultimately succumbing in three. The same was the case for Neff at No. 4. The freshman won the first set 7-5 before losing 6-3, 10-1 to Hebble. Bays and Bridegroom lost in straight sets at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively. The Jaguars lost at home to Ball State a year ago with Hullett getting the lone point with a 4-6, 7-6, 10-3 win over Hebble at the No. 1 spot in the lineup.

The Jaguars will return to action on Friday, Jan. 20 when they head to Edwardsville, Ill. to take on SIU-Edwardsville at 4:30 p.m. Eastern at the local YMCA. The event marks SIUE's spring opener.