Box Score SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 22 Wisconsin women's tennis team (9-2) did it again on Sunday, pulling out a 5-2 win at Notre Dame (8-2) to extend its win streak to six matches. This is the Badgers' best start to a season since the 2018-19 campaign, where they also started 9-2.
 
The Badgers may have started down, but they most definitely were never out. The team dropped a pair of hard-fought doubles matches to the Fighting Irish, giving Notre Dame a 1-0 lead heading into singles. The Fighting Irish also claimed the first singles point and tallied first-set wins on courts one and two.
 
But from there, the comeback was on.
 
At No. 1 singles, No. 57 Ava Markham claimed her second ranked win of the season, rallying to beat No. 91 Page Freeman, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. On court two, UW's Maria Sholokhova took a similar path to victory, falling behind, but ultimately cruising to a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Julia Andreach.
 
On courts 3-5, Alina Mukhortova, Taylor Cataldi and No. 100 Xinyu Cai all had impressive straight-set wins, ensuring the Wisconsin the 5-2 win.
 
Next up, the Badgers will open their Big Ten campaign in Minneapolis with a pair of matches against Minnesota and Iowa. Wisconsin takes on the Gophers on Friday, March 3 at 3:30 p.m. before tangling with the Hawkeyes on Saturday, March 4 at noon.

Sunday, Feb. 19

Doubles against Notre Dame
#59 Ava Markham/Maria Sholokhova (WIS) vs. Freeman/Pozder (ND), 6-6 (Unfinished)
Beckman/Andreach (ND) def. Alina Mukhortova/Xinyu Cai (WIS), 6-4
Yellayi/Hanford (ND) def. Charmaine Seah/Taylor Cataldi (WIS), 7-5
 
Singles against Notre Dame
#57 Ava Markham (WIS) def. #91 Freeman, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
#87 Maria Sholokhova (WIS) def. Andreach, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Alina Mukhortova (WIS) def. Yellayi, 6-3, 6-3
Taylor Cataldi (WIS) def. Pozder, 7-6, 7-5
#100 Xinyu Cai (WIS) def. Gnosh, 6-1, 6-4
Matsuno def. Charmaine Seah (WIS), 6-3, 6-0
 
Final Score: 5-2