Iowa City, Iowa – Not every match ends a seven-match losing streak and brings an upset of the No. 63 doubles team in the country. For Wisconsin's sake it's good Sunday was no ordinary match, then.
The Wisconsin women's tennis team (3-8 Big Ten, 9-14 overall) wrapped up the regular season Sunday afternoon, pulling off a 4-1 win at Iowa (2-9, 10-14).
UW got off to a good start by winning the doubles point, one of the two necessary victories coming in the form of an upset. Wisconsin's No. 1 pair of junior
Sara Castellano and freshman
Lexi Keberle took down the No. 63 duo in the nation, Iowa's Elise an Heuvelen and Anastasia Reimchen, 6-3, securing the Badgers' first point.
Wisconsin's No. 2 slot of sophomore
Melissa Pick and freshman
MaryAnn Rompf grabbed the day's first victory, defeating their opponents, 6-2.
Iowa struck first in singles competition, evening the match up, 1-1 after Rompf was taken down, 6-1, 6-4.
For the Badgers, it was Castellano, Pick and sophomore
Michelle Linden getting Wisconsin to four points and a final victory.
Pick finished up first, defeating Adorabol Huckleby, 6-0, 6-2. Next came Linden, also winning in straight sets. The sophomore flew through Adrienne Jensen, 6-3, 6-1.
Castellano locked up the Wisconsin victory with a 7-6, 6-1 defeat of Zoe Douglas.
Wisconsin 4, Iowa 1
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Iowa City, Iowa
Singles
1. Elise van Heuvelen (IOWA) vs.
Lexi Keberle (UW), unfinished
2.
Sara Castellano (UW) def. Zoe Douglas (IOWA), 7-6, 6-1
3. Anastasia Reimchen (IOWA) def.
MaryAnn Rompf (UW), 6-1, 6-4
4.
Melissa Pick (UW) def. Adorabol Huckleby (IOWA), 6-0, 6-2
5. Montana Crawford (IOWA) vs.
Kelsey Grambeau (UW), unfinished
6.
Michelle Linden (UW) def. Adrienne Jensen (IOWA) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles
1. Keberle and Castellano (UW) def. #63 van Heuvelen and Reimchen (IOWA), 6-3
2. Pick and Rompf (UW) def. Douglas and Huckleby (IOWA), 6-2
3. Crawford and Burich (IOWA) vs. Linden and Grambeau (UW), unfinished