Wisconsin opens home play with two wins

Saturday, January 31

Madison, WI

12 PM

Wisconsin Badgers

Harvard

Ellison Reynoldson celebrates after a win

Wisconsin opens home play with two wins

January 31, 2026 | Women's Tennis

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Badgers sweep Harvard and Milwaukee, 4-0

By: Aliza Manekia

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin women's tennis opened its home season Saturday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium with a doubleheader against Harvard and UW-Milwaukee. The Badgers swept both the Crimson and the Panthers, 4-0.

Match One vs. Harvard

Wisconsin opened doubles play with a strong showing at No. 3, as Tianna Rangan and Kaede Usui secured a 6-3 victory. Ekaterina Ivanova and Ellison Reynoldson followed with a hard-fought win at No. 2 doubles to clinch the doubles point and put the Badgers on the board.

The momentum carried into singles play, where Wisconsin swept the opening sets, with three players jumping out to 6-0 leads. Lucie Urbanova earned the first singles point with a 6-0, 6-3 win, before Rangan and Maria Sholokhova followed to clinch the team victory for the Badgers.

Doubles
Karra/Yakoff def. No. 5 Maria Sholokhova/Lucie Urbanova, 6-2
Ekaterina Ivanonva/Ellison Reynoldson def. Rajaram/Serghi, 6-3
Tianna Rangan/Kaede Usui def. Block/Shao, 6-3

Singles
Maria Sholokhova def. Yakoff, 6-1, 6-1
Ekaterina Ivanova vs. Kavya Karra, 6-3, 3-1 (unf)
Tianna Rangan def. Claire Shao, 6-0, 6-2
Lucie Urbanova def. Natasha Rajaram, 6-0, 6-3
Kaede Usui vs. Kate Kim, 6-4, 4-3 (unf)
Ellison Reynoldson vs. Andra Braciu, 6-0, 5-5 (unf)

Match Two vs. Milwaukee

The Badgers secured the doubles point within 35 minutes, as the No. 2 team of Tianna Rangan and Kaede Usui and the No. 3 pairing of Parker Christensen and Kaja Jacobson earned back-to-back 6-2 victories.

Wisconsin maintained control in singles, wrapping up the second half of the lineup. Ellison Reynoldson, Parker Christensen, and Maya Bordereau each earned straight-set victories at No. 4 through No. 6 singles to round out the sweep.

Doubles
Ellison Reynoldson/Ekaterina Ivanova vs. Durska/Van Houtm, 3-4 (unf)
Tianna Rangan/Kaede Usui def. Konieva/Simonova, 6-2
Kaja Jacobson/Parker Christensen def. Schroeder/Yamashita, 6-2

Singles
Maria Sholokhova vs. Konieva, 6-4, 5-0 (unf)
Kaede Usui vs. Van Hout, 6-1, 4-3 (unf)
Kaja Jacobson vs. Durska, 6-6 (unf)
Ellison Reynoldson def. Simonova, 6-1, 6-2
Parker Christensen def. Schroeder, 6-1, 6-2
Maya Bordereau def. Yamashita, 6-2, 6-0

Up Next: The Badgers return to Nielsen on Sunday for their third match of the weekend, taking on No. 18 Texas at 12 p.m.