EVANSTON, Ill. – No. 4 Stanford bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 4-2 consolation win over host Northwestern at the ITA Indoor Championship on Saturday night.
Sophomore Katherine Hui picked up the second clincher of her career on court 3 and her first three-set victory at Stanford by beating Britany Lau 6-3, 0-6, 6-4.
The Cardinal lost the doubles point for the second consecutive day but quickly responded in singles with wins from Valerie Glozman on court 1 (6-3, 6-3), Valencia Xu on court 4 (6-2, 6-1) and Caroline Driscoll on court 6 (6-4, 6-0).
Northwestern’s Sydney Pratt beat Chidimma Okpara at No. 5, 6-4, 6-3 to pull the Wildcats within a point and bring the match down to Connie Ma on court 2 and Hui.
Tied at three games apiece in the deciding set, Hui broke Lau to go up 4-3 and take control. Hui was 0-2 in three-setters during her freshman season.
Ma, who dropped her first set 7-5, forced a third with a 6-3 win in the second, and was up a game when her match was abandoned.
Stanford’s final match in Evanston will be against No. 13 Tennessee tomorrow at 2 p.m. PT.
Stanford 4, Northwestern 2
DOUBLES
1) #49 Valerie Glozman/Connie Ma (STAN) d. #64 Mika Dagan Fruchtman/Britany Lau (NU) 6-4
2) Erica Jessel/Sydney Pratt (NW) d. Chidimma Okpara/Valencia Xu (STAN) 6-0
3) Neena Feldman/Kiley Rabjohns (NW) d. Caroline Driscoll/Katherine Hui (STAN) 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
SINGLES
1) #8 Valerie Glozman (STAN) d. Mika Dagan Fruchtman (NW) 6-3, 6-3
2) #18 Connie Ma (STAN) led Erica Jessel (NW) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 unf.
3) Katherine Hui (STAN) d. Britany Lau (NW) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
4) Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Kiley Rabjohns (NW) 6-2, 6-1
5) Sydney Pratt (NW) d. Chidimma Okpara (STAN) 6-4, 6-3
6) Caroline Driscoll (STAN) d. Autumn Rabjohns (NW) 6-4, 6-0
Order of finish: 1, 4, 6, 5, 3