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URBANA, Ill.  – The No. 24 University of Illinois women's tennis team defeated the No. 22 Washington Huskies, 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. Illinois is off to the program's best start since 1982 with a 7-1 overall record.

The Illini grabbed the doubles point for the fourth-straight match on Sunday with freshmen Asuka Kawai and Mia Rabinowitz clinching the point, 6-3 on court three.

In singles play, freshman Sasha Belaya gave Illinois a 2-0 advantage with a dominating, 6-1, 6-1 win over Katarina Kopcalic at the No. 6 position. The Huskies answered by taking the next three matches on courts four, one and three.

Freshman Emilee Duong tied the match on court five after defeating Kenadi Hance, 6-2, 7-5. The match came down to a third-set tiebreaker on court two between junior Jaclyn Switkes and Washington's No. 36-ranked Vanessa Wong. Switkes took the tiebreaker, 7-4 to clinch Illinois's fourth-straight win and second victory over a Top-25 opponent.

Up next, Illinois will compete in the Blue Gray Classic in Montgomery, Alabama next weekend.

Final Results

#24 Illinois 4, #22 Washington 3

Doubles-Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3*

1. Kobayashi/Wong (UW) def. Switkes/Duong (Illinois) 6-3
2. Belaya/Pedraza-Novak (Illinois) def. Hance/Kopcalic (UW) 6-1
3. Kawai/Rabinowitz (Illinois) def. Fung/Prokopuik (UW) 6-3

Singles-Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1, 3, 5, 2*

1. #11 Stacey Fung (UW) def. Asuka Kawai (Illinois) 6-4, 6-2
2. Jaclyn Switkes (Illinois) def. #36 Vanessa Wong (UW) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(4)
3. Miki Kobayashi (UW) def. #92 Mia Rabinowitz (Illinois) 6-2, 7-5
4. Alexis Prokopuik (UW) def. Daniela Pedraza-Novak (Illinois) 6-3, 6-2
5. Emilee Duong (Illinois) def. Kenadi Hance (UW) 6-2, 7-5
6. Sasha Belaya (Illinois) def. Katarina Kopcalic (UW) 6-1, 6-1

Records: Illinois (7-1) | Washington (7-4)

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