No 38 Nebraska Defeat Utah, 6-1

Lincoln  -- The No. 38 Nebraska women’s tennis team defeated Utah, 6-1, Saturday, Feb. 26, at the WoodsTennisCenter to improve NU’s record to 10-1.  The Huskers extended their home non-conference winning streak to 62 matches. 

 

Assistant coach Sadhaf Pervez was pleased with the team’s effort.

 

“We got the job done,” Pervez said.  “We played with a lot of heart.  Utah really competed well and came after us today, but we handled it well.”

 

The Huskers struggled early in doubles.  At the No. 1 slot, the No. 23 duo of seniors Gitte Ostermann and Katie Garcia defeated Elizabeth Ferris and Allison Hansen, 8-4.  At the No. 2 spot, newcomers Imke Reimers and Ewelina Skaza improved their season record to 10-1 with a win over Emily Kwok and Whitney Eber, 8-5.

 

The match of the day was at the No. 5 singles slot between junior Pamela Castillejos and Utah’s Hansen.  Castillejos took a tight first set, 7-5.  In the second set, NU’s junior come back fell short when she dropped the set’s tiebreaker, 8-6.  In the third set, Castillejos bounced back to take the super-breaker, 10-4.  Skaza dominated Cheyenne Reveche, 6-1, 6-0 in No. 4 singles.

 

Nebraska is on a nine-match home winning streak.

 

The loss dropped Utah’s record to 7-4.

 

Nebraska will finish out the weekend at the WoodsTennisCenter with WichitaState on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 10 a.m.

 

Nebraska 6 Utah 1

Singles

No. 1 Gitte Ostermann (NU) def. Elizabeth Ferris (Utah), 6-0, 6-4

No. 2 Imke Reimers (NU) def. Whitney Eber (Utah), 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 Emilly Kwok (Utah) def. Milena Schuz-Gartner (NU), 7-5, 2-6, 10-7

No. 4 Ewelina Skaza (NU) def. Chevenne Reveche (Utah), 6-1, 6-0

No. 5 Pamela Catillejos (NU) def. Allison Hansen (Utah), 6-3, 6-7, 10-4

No. 6 Katie Garcia (NU) def. Jen Wencel (Utah), 6-3, 6-1

 

Doubles

No. 1 Ostermann/Garcia (NU) def. Ferris/Hansen (Utah), 8-4

No. 2 Reimers/Skaza (NU) def. Emily Kwok/Eber (Utah), 8-5

No. 3 Cinithia Saucedo/Raveche (Utah) def. Schulz-Gartner/Castillejos (NU), 8-6