Huskers Swept at Texas

Austin, Texas ? Returning to play after a 13-day break from competition, the No. 66 Nebraska women’s tennis team was unable to regain momentum after getting off to a slow start and was swept by No. 22 Texas, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon.

 

The Huskers fell behind early against the Longhorns, losing the doubles point 3-0. With the most competitive doubles match at the No. 2 spot, the Nebraska pair of Maria Ring and Wiveca Swarting competed closely against Texas’ Sarah Lancaster and Courtney Zauft, but were defeated, 8-4.

 

Trailing the Longhorns by one entering the singles competition, the Huskers fell in straight sets at the Nos. 1 through 6 spots.

 

Junior Imke Reimers put up the best battle for the Huskers at No. 1 singles. In the first set, Reimers went ahead against Texas’ No. 87-ranked Vanja Corovic, but Corovic bounced back to win the set, 7-5. As the match continued, Reimer’s struggled to keep pace with Corovic and was defeated in the second set, 6-2, to lose the match. Despite compiling an impressive 6-1 record this season, Reimers recently dropped out of the top 100 of the national rankings in which she was previously ranked No. 30.

 

The Huskers, now 5-2, return to competition on Sunday, Feb. 25, against No. 27 Texas A&M at 1 p.m. in search of their first victory on the road.

 

No. 22 Texas 7, No. 66 Nebraska 0

Doubles

No. 1 Dizdar/Olson (UT) def. Reimers/Kuhl (NU) 8-2

No. 2 Lancaster/Zauft (UT) def. Ring/Swarting (NU) 8-4

No. 3 Corovic/Milic (UT) def. Cicmanec/Finnegan (NU) 8-0

 

Singles

No. 1 No. 87 Vanja Corovic (UT) def. Imke Reimers (NU), 7-5, 6-2

No. 2 Courtney Zauft (UT) def. Diana Kuhl (NU), 6-, 6-1

No. 3 Petra Dizdar (UT) def. Wiveca Swarting (NU), 6-2, 6-1

No. 4 Sarah Lancaster (UT) def. Maria Ring (NU), 6-0, 6-1

No. 5 Stephanie Davidson (UT) def. Marianne Cicmanec (NU), 6-2, 6-0

No. 6 Marija Milic (UT) def. Ashley Finnegan (NU), 6-0, 6-1