MADISON, Wis. – Coming back after a 7-0 victory of Nebraska-Omaha, the Wisconsin women's tennis team (2-0) put together another solid performance in Friday's doubleheader by defeating Illinois-Chicago (1-2), 7-0.
 
UW was able to start things off right away by winning the doubles point after the No. 1 duo of senior Sara Castellano and sophomore Anna Makarova won 6-2 and sophomore Lexi Keberle, playing with freshman Ava Markham, won 6-1.
 
Overall on the day five Badgers went 2-0 in singles competition while juniors Melissa Pick and Christina Zordani went 1-0 in singles play.
 
Wisconsin jumped to a 4-0 lead, and the victory, after No. 46 Keberle, Markham and Makarova flew through their opponents in straight sets. Keberle knocked off Karyna Bihel, 6-2, 6-3, Markham got past Georgia Gulin, 6-2, 6-1 and Makarova defeated Lucie Prochazkova, 6-3, 6-2.
 
Grabbing victories next for Wisconsin was No. 31 Castellano defeating Leila Colic, 6-3, 6-3. Junior Christina Zordani defeated Nell Arendt, 7-5, 6-0 to give UW a 6-0 lead, and securing the seventh point was sophomore MaryAnn Rompf, knocking off Georgie Sanders, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
 
Up next: The Badgers are back at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. CT as they host Colorado State.
 
Jan. 25, 2019
Nielsen Tennis Stadium
Madison, Wis.
UW 7, UIC 0
 
Singles results
[31] Sara Castellano (WIS) def. Lejla Colic (UIC) 6-3, 6-3
[46] Lexi Keberle (WIS) def. Karyna Biehl (UIC) 6-2, 6-3
Anna Makarova (WIS) def. Lucie Prochazkova (UIC) 6-3, 6-2
Ava Markham (WIS) def. Georgia Gulin (UIC) 6-2, 6-1
MaryAnn Rompf (WIS) def. Georgie Sanders (UIC) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Christina Zordani (WIS) def. Nell Arendt (UIC) 7-5, 6-0
 
Doubles results
Castellano and Makarova (WIS) def. Prochazkova and Bihel (UIC) 6-2
Keberle and Markham (WIS) def. Colic and Sanders (UIC) 6-1
Rompf and Zordani (WIS) vs. Gulin and Le Comber (UIC) 4-3, unfinished