OMAHA, Neb. – The UNO women's tennis team faced crosstown rival Creighton on Friday night, falling 7-0 to the Bluejays at Koch Family Tennis Center. With the loss, the Mavericks are 2-9, while CU improves to 9-5.
Creighton opened the match by earning the doubles point with wins at all three positions. The Bluejays then swept singles action, with senior
Heather Hottman battling at No. 5 before CU's Taylor Koehrson took a 3-6, 6-2, 10-1 win.
UNO returns to action on Saturday, March 31, hosting Hastings at Koch Family Tennis Center at 4 p.m.
CREIGHTON 7, NEBRASKA OMAHA 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Jennie Hartjes/Analese Snyder (CU) def.
Rachel Pierson/
Alex Tran (UNO) – 8-4
No. 2 – Kelsey Schmidt/Mary McMullan (CU) def.
Heather Hottman/
Lindsay Weideman (UNO) – 8-2
No. 3 – Elizabeth Vermillion/Amanda Noonan (CU) def.
Caitlin Christy/
Jacqueline Baude (UNO) – 8-1
Singles
No. 1 – Hartjes (CU) def. Tran (UNO) – 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 – Schmidt (CU) def. Weideman (UNO) – 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 – Snyder (CU) def. Baude (UNO) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 – McMullan (CU) def. Pierson (UNO) – 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 – Taylor Koehrson (CU) def. Hottman (UNO) – 3-6, 6-2, 10-1
No. 6 – Vermillion (CU) def. Christy (UNO) – 6-0, 6-0