Friday, February 18
Waterloo, IA
3:30 p.m.
University of Northern Iowa
6
vs
1
University of St. Thomas
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
123
Jannah El Nemr / 0 [UST]
644
366
#2 Singles Match
12
Nicole Snezhko / 0 [UST]
30
66
#3 Singles Match
12
ShrichandrakalaTentu / 0 [UST]
66
44
#4 Singles Match
12
Monterey Knewtson / 0 [UST]
22
66
#5 Singles Match
12
Abigail Bremel / 0 [UST]
23
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Madeline Bremel / 0 [UST]
41
66
Order of Finish:
2,4,3,5,1,6
Players Mentioned
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
UNI tennis opens home season splitting weekend matches with St. Thomas, SIUE
2/20/2022 8:54:00 PM | Women's Tennis
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The UNI women's tennis team topped St. Thomas 6-1 but fell to Southern Illinois Edwardsville 6-1 in the Panthers' home openers.Â
The Panthers put on a great performance against St. Thomas (0-5) on Friday, winning all the doubles matches and losing just one singles match.Â
At the No. 1 and 2 spots, freshmen Darta Dalecka and Lorena Cardoso had strong performances. Dalecka dropped the first set but won the last two, while Cardoso got the win with no difficulties, winning six straight games in the second set.Â
Thaissa Moreira, Issa Sullivan and Olivia Fain all won in straight sets. Andrijana Brkic fell 6-4 and 6-4 playing for the No. 3 spot, the only loss of the night.
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UNI lost the doubles point and five of the singles matches. Sullivan lost the first set, but had a comeback win to take the second set in a 10-8 tiebreaker. With the meet already decided, the teams agreed to play a super tiebreaker, which Sullivan lost 10-4. Brkic, Moreira and Fain battled long matches but lost in straight sets.
The Panthers are now 1-5 in the season, and SIUE remains undefeated at 8-0.
SIUE VS. UNI RESULTS
Singles competition
The Panthers put on a great performance against St. Thomas (0-5) on Friday, winning all the doubles matches and losing just one singles match.Â
At the No. 1 and 2 spots, freshmen Darta Dalecka and Lorena Cardoso had strong performances. Dalecka dropped the first set but won the last two, while Cardoso got the win with no difficulties, winning six straight games in the second set.Â
Thaissa Moreira, Issa Sullivan and Olivia Fain all won in straight sets. Andrijana Brkic fell 6-4 and 6-4 playing for the No. 3 spot, the only loss of the night.
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AGAINST SIUE
The highlight of the meet against SIUE was Dalecka, who won her match on the third set. She dropped the first set but staged a huge comeback to win the last two sets, 6-4 and 6-2.UNI lost the doubles point and five of the singles matches. Sullivan lost the first set, but had a comeback win to take the second set in a 10-8 tiebreaker. With the meet already decided, the teams agreed to play a super tiebreaker, which Sullivan lost 10-4. Brkic, Moreira and Fain battled long matches but lost in straight sets.
The Panthers are now 1-5 in the season, and SIUE remains undefeated at 8-0.
ST. THOMAS VS. UNI RESULTS
Singles competition- Darta Dalecka (UNI) def. Jannah El Nemr (UST) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Lorena Cardoso (UNI) def. Nicole Snezhko (UST) 6-3, 6-0
- Shrichandrakala Tentu (UST) def. Andrijana Brkic (UNI) 6-4, 6-4
- Thaissa Moreira (UNI) def. Monterey Knewtson (UST) 6-2, 6-2
- Issa Sullivan (UNI) def. Abigail Bremel (UST) 6-2, 6-3
- Olivia Fain (UNI) def. Madeline Bremel (UST) 6-4, 6-1
- Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI) def. Abigail Bremel/Regina Talavera (UST) 6-2
- Andrijana Brkic/Thaissa Moreira (UNI) def. Jannah El Nemr/Nicole Snezhko (UST) 7-5
- Issa Sullivan/Olivia Fain (UNI) def. Monterey Knewtson/ShrichandrakalaTentu (UST) 6-4
SIUE VS. UNI RESULTS
Singles competition
- Darta Dalecka (UNI) def. Jordan Schifano (SIUE) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Jill Lambrechts (SIUE) def. Lorena Cardoso (UNI) 6-1, 6-0
- Vanessa Reinicke (SIUE) def. Andrijana Brkic (UNI) 7-5, 6-3
- Fabiola Perez (SIUE) def. Thaissa Moreira (UNI) 6-4, 6-4
- Amber Hochstatter (SIUE) def. Issa Sullivan (UNI) 6-3, 6-7 (8-10), 1-0 (10-4)
- Nicole Gomez (SIUE) def. Olivia Fain (UNI) 6-2, 6-4
- Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI) vs. Jill Lambrechts/Maria Thibault (SIUE) unfinished
- Jordan Schifano/Vanessa Reinicke (SIUE) def. Andrijana Brkic/Thaissa Moreira (UNI) 6-2
- Melissa Vizcardo/Caitlyn Sporing (SIUE) def. Issa Sullivan/Olivia Fain (UNI) 6-4
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