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Panther tennis falls to Huskies, earns first win over Western Illinois
2/11/2024 10:38:00 AM | Women's Tennis
WATERLOO, Iowa --- UNI tennis kicked off a four meet homestand over the weekend, splitting its two contests against a pair of Illinois based programs to secure the program's first dual win of the season. The Panthers came up short on Friday morning in a 6-1 loss to the Northern Illinois Huskies, but rebounded in impressive fashion with a 7-0 shutout of the Western Illinois Leathernecks on Saturday afternoon.
Opening up Friday's competition, Darta Dalecka and Lorena Cardoso picked up UNI's lone double victory with a 6-3 win over Erika Dimitrieva and Nataly Ninova. Kim Zizek would grab the Panthers' only win in singles in the number four position, coming back after dropping a hotly contested first set for a three-set victory against Reagan Welch (6-7, 6-1, 10-5)
Northern Iowa kicked off Saturday's meet with the Leathernecks by sweeping all three doubles matches. Dalecka and Cardoso took down Lara Rossetto Diniz de Souza and Paige Grice by a 6-3 score, while Andrijana Brkic and Kim Zizek defeated Aina Cortina-Pou and Maria Rybka, 6-2. Kanyanut Sudsaard and Issa Sullivan also beat Kate Lauger and Anna-Evelina Trush by a score of 6-2.
The Panthers carried their momentum into singles play as Brkic scored a straight sets with over Rossetto Diniz de Souza (6-0, 6-3), while Dalecka rallied from down one set to beat Grice in three frames (4-6, 6-4, 6-4). Cardoso also came back after coming up short in her first set against Cotina-Pou, responding with consecutive 6-2 set wins (5-7, 6-2, 6-2). Zizek took down Rybka in back-to-back 6-2, 6-2 frames, as Sudsaard staved off a challenge from Trush (6-4, 3-6, 10-8) and Sullivan shut out Brumbaugh (6-0, 6-0).
UP NEXT
The Panthers return home next weekend to host the Iowa Central Tritons on Friday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m. CT, and the North Dakota Fighting Hawks on Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. Both duals will be held at the Black Hawk Tennis Club in Waterloo.
FULL RESULTS
(One team point awarded per singles win / One team point awarded to team who wins two of three doubles matches)
UNI 1, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6
DOUBLES
- #1 - Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI) def. Erika Dimitrieva/Nataly Ninova (NIU), 6-3
- #2 - Isabelle Righi/Diana Lukyanova (NIU) dec. Andrijana Brkic/Kim Zizek (UNI), 6-3
- #3 - Reagan Welch/Jenna Horne (NIU) def. Kanyanut Sudsaard/Issa Sullivan (UNI), 6-4
SINGLES
- #1 - Diana Lukyanova (NIU) def. Andrijana Brkic (UNI), 6-4, 6-1
- #2 - Erika Dimitrieva (NIU) def. Darta Dalecka (UNI), 6-4, 6-3
- #3 - Nataly Ninova (NIU) def. Lorena Cardoso (UNI), 6-4, 7-6
- #4 - Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Reagan Welch (NIU), 6-7, 6-1, 10-5
- #5 - Isabelle Righi (NIU) def. Kanyanut Sudsaard (UNI), 6-2, 6-1
- #6 - Jenna Horne (NIU) def. Issa Sullivan (UNI) - 6-3, 6-2
UNI 7, WESTERN ILLINOIS 0
DOUBLES
- #1 - Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI) def. Lara Rossetto Diniz de Souza/Paige Grice (WIU), 6-3
- #2 - Andrijana Brkic/Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Aina Cortina-Pou/Maria Rybka (WIU), 6-2
- #3 - Kanyanut Sudsaard/Issa Sullivan (UNI) def. Kate Lauger/Anna-Evelina Trush (WIU), 6-2
SINGLES
- #1 - Andrijana Brkic (UNI) def. Lara Rossetto Diniz de Souza (WIU), 6-0, 6-3
- #2 - Darta Dalecka (UNI) def. Paige Grice (WIU), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- #3 - Lorena Cardoso (UNI) def. Aina Cortina-Pou (WIU), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
- #4 - Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Maria Rybka (WIU), 6-2, 6-2
- #5 - Kanyanut Sudsaard (UNI) def. Anna-Evelina Trush (WIU), 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
- #6 - Issa Sullivan (UNI) def. Aubrey Brumbaugh (WIU), 6-0, 6-0
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3,4,5,6
Players Mentioned
