TOPEKA, Kan. -- The UNO women's tennis team ended a six-match losing streak on Saturday afternoon, defeating former MIAA foe Washburn, 5-4.
 
The Mavericks opened the contest by taking two doubles matches. At No. 1, Washburn's Whitley Zitsch and Jamie Blackim took the No. 1 doubles win, 8-6, against freshmen Alex Tran and Rachel Pierson. The Mavericks then gained control, as senior Kelsie Olson and freshman Jacqueline Baude topped Sophie O'Neill and Casyn Buchman, 8-6. The No. 3 match saw senior Heather Hottman and junior Lindsay Weideman earn the final victory, 9-7, over Morgan Rainey and Annie Doole.
 
In No. 1 singles action, Tran was defeated by Rainey, 6-4, 6-1 (11-9). Olson dispatched Rainey in the No. 2 spot, 6-3, 6-3, 10-8, for the clinching point.
 
At No. 3, Weideman triumphed over Blackim with a score of 6-2, 6-3, 10-8, and Baude fought hard before falling to Castillo, 6-4, 6-1.  Pierson defeated Casyn in a thrilling 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 4, while senior Caitlin Christy dropped her match in a tie-breaker, 6-2, 0-6, 10-4.

The win also halted a seven-year drought against the Lady Blues, as the Mavericks had last topped Washburn in 2004-05 before suffering seven straight losses in the series.
 
UNO returns to the courts on Sunday afternoon for its final match of the weekend, facing Southwest Baptist. The match is slated for 10 a.m. in Topeka, Kan.
 
NEBRASKA OMAHA 5, WASHBURN 4
Singles
No. 1 --Morgan Rainey (WU) def. Alex Tran (UNO, -- 6-4, 1-6, 11-9
No. 2 -- Kelsie Olson (UNO) def. Sophie O'Neill (WU) – 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
No. 3 -- Lindsay Weideman (UNO) def. Jamie Blackin (WU) – 6-2, 3-6, 10-8
No. 4 -- Jacqueline Baude (UNO) def. Alyssa Castillo (WU) – 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 -- Rachel Pierson (UNO) def. Casyn Buchman (WU) -- 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 -- Kristin McKee (WU) def. Caitlin Christy (UNO) – 6-2, 0-6, 10-4
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Blackim/Castillo (WU) def. Tran/Pierson (UNO) -- 8-6
No. 2 – Baude/Olson (UNO) def. Casyn/O'Neill (WU) -- 8-6
No. 3 – Weideman/Hottman (UNO) def. Rainey/Doole (WU) – 9-7