CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Omaha women's tennis team picked up another win at Northern Iowa Sunday morning. The Mavericks beat the Panthers 4-3 to sweep the weekend series.
Omaha improves to 5-3 overall.
The Mavericks swept another day of doubles vs. UNI to take the doubles point in the match.
Natalie Lorentz and
Marie Kapelevich took the No. 1 spot, 6-4 over Emma Carr and Olivia Fain.
Colby Kelley and
Brooke Covington were slotted No. 2 vs. Thaissa Moreira and Vale Caro. The duo took a 6-2 win.
Ines Absisan and
Addison Miller teamed up in the No. 3 spot and won over Madeline Doherty and Issa Sullivan, 6-1.
Covington gave Omaha a 2-0 edge in the match picking up her first dual singles win of the year in the No. 5 spot beating Fain, 6-2 and 6-4. The Panthers tied the match with wins at the No. 1 and No. 4 spots.
Lorentz tallied another point for Omaha giving the Mavericks a 3-2 edge. In the No. 2 spot, Lorentz downed Doherty 6-2 in the first set. She went on to win the second set 7-6.
Miller clinched the match for Omaha at the No. 6 spot. She took the first set 6-1, but fell 4-6 in the second. It would come down to a third, and Miller prevailed, 7-6 (7-4) for the match point. Kelley fell at the No. 3 spot to give UNI one more point in the action. Omaha wins 4-3.
"We battled today," said head coach
Adam Summitt. We had two injuries and needed to plug some freshman in. The freshman played great and stepped up when we needed it. We need to continue to get better at closing games, sets, and matches, but that will come. Our goal this week is to be healthy and get some players back on the court as we have two tough matches next week."
The Mavericks return to action with a pair of matches next weekend. Omaha will play at Drake on Friday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. The Mavericks will stay in Des Moines, Iowa to play Grand Canyon Saturday, Feb. 27 at noon.
