OMAHA, Neb. - Omaha Women's Tennis defeated Northern Iowa, 6-1, at home on Saturday night.
The Mavericks (5-5) opened the match strong by winning the doubles point over Northern Iowa (1-6). Senior Jacqueline Pearsall (Centennial, Colo.) and freshman Shelby Smith (Leawood, Kan.) opened the night with a 6-1 win over UNI's Yangjiaxin Li and Abbie Peterson in the No. 2 doubles match. Sophomores Nina Wiese (Flushing, N.Y.) and Katelynn Kock (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) closed it out with a 6-2 win over UNI's Andjela Raznatovic and Lucia Schuknecht.
Kock recorded a dominant win in the No. 3 singles match over Li. The sophomore won the first set 6-0 and only dropped one game in the second set to win 6-1.
Smith lost the next fewest number of games with only two going to her opponent, Kayla Ruth Santosa. The freshman moves to 5-4 in dual matches this spring after winning 6-2, 6-0.
"Great match from start to finish today," head coach Adam Summitt said. "We started off a bit rough on a few courts in doubles but finished strong. In singles, we kept our foot on the gas pedal and never let up. A lot to build on from the weekend. There are a lot of areas we need to be better at to continue our improvement."
The Mavericks will close out their homestand at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 20 when they welcome Western Illinois to Miracle Hill Tennis Center.
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Match Results
Omaha (5-5) - 6, Northern Iowa (1-6) - 1
Singles
1. Khayli Buckels (OMA) defeated Andjela Raznatovic (UNI) - 6-2, 6-1
2. Nina Wiese (OMA) defeated Lucia Schuknecht (UNI) - 6-2, 6-1
3. Katelynn Kock (OMA) defeated Yangjiaxin Li (UNI) - 6-0, 6-1
4. Jacqueline Pearsall (OMA) defeated Andrea Noa Galin (UNI) - 6-4, 6-3
5. Shelby Smith (OMA) defeated Kayla Ruth Santosa (UNI) - 6-2, 6-0
6. Kanyanut Sudsaard (UNI) defeated Grace Greenwald (OMA) - 1-6, 7-6 (1), 11-9
Doubles
1. Nina Wiese/Katelynn Kock (OMA) defeated Andjela Raznatovic/Lucia Schuknecht (UNI) - 6-2
2. Jacqueline Pearsall/Shelby Smith (OMA) defeated Yangjiaxin Li/Abbie Peterson (UNI) - 6-1
3. Khayli Buckels/Summer Shannon (OMA) vs. Kayla Ruth Santosa/Kanyanut Sudsaard (UNI) - 4-3, unfinished
Order of Finish
Singles: 1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6
Doubles: 2, 1
