Panther tennis wins shortened dual with Omaha, 4-0

Tuesday, February 21

Waterloo, Iowa

3 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

Omaha

Panther tennis wins shortened dual with Omaha, 4-0

2/21/2023 7:11:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

UNI closes three-meet in five-day span with two wins. Panthers visit Wisconsin-Whitewater and Milwaukee late next week.

WATERLOO, Iowa --- UNI tennis closed out a three-meet homestand on Tuesday afternoon as the Panthers clinched a shortened dual in 4-0 sweep over the Omaha Mavericks inside the Black Hawk Tennis Club.

The Panthers' continued to show improvement in doubles play as Andrijana Brkic and Kim Zizek grabbed their second win as a pair together in a 6-3 win over Zoe Adkins and Keegan VanPelt. Thaissa Moreira and Issa Sullivan moved to 2-1 on the season together with a 6-3 victory over Addison Miller and Alexia Di Guilio, clinching the doubles for UNI.

In singles competition, Zizek jumped ahead quickly and didn't look back as the junior picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win over Miller. Darta Dalecka earned her first win of the year at the no. 1 singles spot with a 6-3, 6-3 sweep of Jessica Aragon, while Lorena Cardoso clinched the meet for the Panthers in a hotly contested 7-5, 6-4 victory against Ines Absisan.

FULL RESULTS

(One team point awarded per singles victory / One point awarded to team who wins 2 of 3 doubles matches)

***Singles matches no. 2, 5, 6 were suspended once UNI clinched the meet win

UNI 4, OMAHA 0

Doubles

No. 1 - Jessica Aragon/Ines Absisan (UNO) def. Lorena Cardoso/Darta Dalecka (UNI), 6-4
No. 2 - Andrijana Brkic/Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Zoe Adkins/Keegan VanPelt (UNO), 6-3
No. 3 - Thaissa Moreira/Issa Sullivan (UNI) def. Addison Miller/Alexia Di Giulio (UNO), 6-3

Singles

No. 1 - Darta Dalecka (UNI) def. Jessica Aragon (UNO), 6-3, 6-3
No. 2*** - Andrijana Brkic (UNI) led Zoe Adkins (UNO), 6-4, 2-6, 2-1
No. 3 - Lorena Cardoso (UNI) def. Ines Absisan (UNO), 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 - Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Addison Miller (UNO), 6-0, 6-2
No. 5*** - Thaissa Moreira (UNI) led Keegan VanPelt (UNO), 6-3
No. 6*** - Kanyanut Sudsaard (UNI) vs. Brooke Covington (UNO), 2-2

Order of finish: Doubles - 2,1,3 / Singles - 4,1,3

UP NEXT
UNI will travel to Wisconsin late next week for a pair of road meets, beginning Friday, March 3 at Wisconsin-Whitewater at 6 p.m. CT, followed by a March 4 dual at Milwaukee at 1 p.m. CT.