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UNI tennis splits opening spring weekend at North Dakota, Minnesota State
1/21/2023 6:50:00 PM | Women's Tennis
MANKATO, Minn. --- UNI tennis kicked off the spring season on Friday and Saturday as the Panthers split a pair of dual meets at North Dakota and Minnesota State.
Opening the weekend with a 6-1 loss in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Kim Zizek picked up the lone victory for the Panthers against the Fighting Hawks in no. 4 singles with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Andrera Jansson, marking her first win of the season. Andrijana Brkic and Issa Sullivan narrowly lost in no. 2 doubles, falling to UND's Jule Schulte and Nore Heinitz, 7-5. Thaissa Moreira and Lasya Mylavarapu also came up just short in no. 3 doubles, falling 7-5 to Charlotte Bowles and Nyah Kauders.
UNI bounced back on Saturday afternoon in southern Minnesota with a 6-1 victory over the Mavericks, marking the Panthers first dual win of the 2022-23 season. The Panthers took 2 of 3 doubles matches with Darta Dalecka and Lorena Cardoso earning their sixth win of the season together as a pair, scoring a 6-2 win against Freia Lawrence and Chiara Carnelutti. Brikic and Sullivan notched a 6-4 win over Lois Page and Avery Stilwell, while Moreira and Mylavarapu fell 6-3 to Taina Cordeiro and Brynn Pssoy.
The Panthers picked up 5 singles wins against Minnesota State as Dalecka bounced back from being shutout in the second set to beat Page 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. Brkic improved to 16-3 in singles this season with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Lawrence, while Zizek took down Stilwell 6-3, 6-2. Moreira earned her second singles win of the year in a 6-1, 6-0 win against McKenna DeMarce, while Sullivan rounded out the day for UNI with a 7-5, 6-3 victory against Daria Podmogilaia.
ÂUP NEXT
UNI returns home for its first home competition of the year next Saturday, January 28 as the Panthers take on the Omaha Mavericks. Competition is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. CT at the Black Hawk Tennis Center in Waterloo.
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FULL RESULTS
(One team point awarded per singles victory / One point awarded to team who wins 2 of 3 doubles matches)
ÂNorth Dakota 6, UNI 1 (Friday)
Doubles
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No. 1 - Sapir Sela/Andrea Jansson (UND) def. Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI, 6-1
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No. 2 - Jule Schulte/Nore Heinitz (UND) def. Andrijana Brkic/Issa Sullivan (UNI), 7-5
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No. 3 - Charlotte Bowles/Nyah Kauders (UND) def. Thaissa Moreira/Lasya Mylavarapu (UNI), 7-5
Singles
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No. 1 - Sapir Sela (UND) def. Darta Dalecka (UNI), 6-3, 7-6 [3]
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No. 2 - Nyah Kauders (UND) def. Andrijana Brkic (UNI), 6-4, 6-1Â
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No. 3 - Nore Heinitz (UND) def. Lorena Cardoso (UNI), 6-1, 6-0
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No. 4 - Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Andrea Jansson (UND), 7-5, 7-5
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No. 5 - Jule Schulte (UND) def. Thaissa Moreira (UNI), 6-1, 6-3
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No. 6 - Angela Georgieva (UND) def. Issa Sullivan (UNI), 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles - 1,3,2 / Singles - 3,5,2,6,1,4
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UNI 6, Minnesota State 1 (Saturday)
Doubles
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No. 1 - Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI) def. Freia Lawrence/Chiara Carnelutti (MSU), 6-2
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No. 2 - Andrijana Brkic/Issa Sullivan (UNI) def. Lois Page/Avery Stilwell (MSU), 6-4
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No. 3 - Taina Cordeiro/Brynn Pssoy (MSU) def. Thaissa Moreira/Lasya Mylavarapu (UNI), 6-3
Singles
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No. 1 - Darta Dalecka (UNI) def. Lois Page (MSU), 6-4, 0-6, 6-2
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No. 2 - Andrijana Brkic (UNI), 6-4, 6-1 def. Freia Lawrence (MSU), 6-1, 6-1
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No. 3 - Chiara Carnelutti (MSU) def. Lorena Cardoso (UNI), 7-5, 6-3
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No. 4 - Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Avery Stilwell (MSU), 6-3, 6-2
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No. 5 - Thaissa Moreira (UNI) def. McKenna DeMarce (MSU), 6-1, 6-0
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No. 6 - Issa Sullivan (UNI) def. Daria Podmogilaia (MSU), 7-5, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles - 2,3,1 / Singles - 5,4,2,6,1,3
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
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