MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin women's tennis team opened its home season in exciting fashion, sweeping the Drake Bulldogs, 7-0, and defeating the Northern Illinois Huskies, 6-1.
Wisconsin started out the day against Drake taking the doubles point and all six singles matches.
Melissa Pick and
Ava Markham dominated early to beat their Drake duo, 6-2 alongside
Charmaine Seah and
Christina Zordani taking their doubles match, 6-2.
In singles play, Wisconsin got off to a hot start will all six opening sets to give the advantage to the Badgers though the rest of the match. Pick and Seah won their first sets in straight games, 6-0. Markham battled all the way through after a tight 2-2 standoff with her Bulldog opponent.
The Badgers finished off the Bulldogs without dropping a singles set, taking the match 7-0.
Moving on to NIU, UW started off strong with a clean sweep in doubles, claiming the point after
Ava Markham and
Melissa Pick defeated their opponents, 6-2.
Antonela Stoica and
Anna Makarova earned a 6-4 win and
Christina Zordani and
Xinyu Cai dominated their match, 6-0.
In singles action, the match was clinched by Zordani's win over Paula Veyhle, 6-1, 6-1, earning the Badgers their fourth point. Cai, Seah, Stoica, and Markham each defeated their opponents in two straight sets, which included Stoica's sweep of Brodie Walker.
Up Next: The Badgers take on in-state rival Marquette on Sunday in a 1 p.m. match in Milwaukee
Wisconsin 7, Drake 0
Madison, Wis.
Singles
1.
Antonela Stoica (WIS) def. Liza Petushkova (DU) 6-1, 6-3
2.
Xinyu Cai (WIS) def. Carmen Palumbo (DU) 6-1, 6-2
3.
Ava Markham (WIS) def. Maria Tatarnikova (DU) 6-3, 6-0
4.
Anna Makarova (WIS) def. Kelsey Neville (DU) 6-3, 6-1
5.
Charmaine Seah (WIS) def. Daria Walczak (DU) 6-0, 6-3
6.
Melissa Pick (WIS) def. Megan Webb (DU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. Liza Petushkova/Joely Lomas (DU) def.
Anna Makarova/
Miruna Tudor (WIS) 6-3
2.
Melissa Pick/
Ava Markham (WIS) def. Kelsey Neville/Maria Tatarnikova (DU) 6-2
3.
Charmaine Seah/
Christina Zordani (WIS) def. Daria Walczak/Carmen Palumbo (DU) 6-2
Wisconsin 7, Northern Illinois 0
Madison, Wis.
Singles
1.
Xinyu Cai (WIS) def. Maria Potsi (NIU) 6-2, 6-0
2.
Antonela Stoica (WIS) def. Brodie Walker (NIU) 6-0, 6-0
3.
Ava Markham (WIS) def. Julia Dmitrieva (NIU) 6-2, 6-4
4.
Charmaine Seah (WIS) def. Fernanda Naves (NIU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Christy Robinson (NIU) def.
Melissa Pick (WIS) 6-4, 6-2
6.
Christina Zordani (WIS) def. Paula Veyhle (NIU) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
1.
Melissa Pick/
Ava Markham (WIS) def. Maria Potsi/Lara Slisko (NIU) 6-2
2.
Antonela Stoica/
Anna Makarova (WIS) def. Christy Robinson/Fernanda Naves (NIU) 6-4
3.
Christina Zordani/
Xinyu Cai (WIS) def. Julia Dmitrieva/Paula Veyhle (NIU) 6-0
