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Lincoln - The Nebraska women's tennis team swept the Illinois State Redbirds 7-0
on Friday at the Nebraska Tennis Center. Using a singles lineup that featured all four NU freshmen and a sophomore, the Huskers displayed their youthful talent and earned their second victory of the year.
Nebraska started the match with three doubles victories, highlighted by the 42nd-ranked duo of Imke Reimers and Jana Albers with an 8-2 victory at the No. 1 position, and the Huskers took an early 1-0 lead.
The Huskers never allowed the Redbirds a chance to come back in singles play, as five of the six Huskers players won in straight sets. Freshman Abby Buxton, seeing her first action of the season, won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6 singles over ISU's Katie O'Riley. NU's three other freshmen each earned wins as well in singles play - Albers at No. 3, Stephanie Evans at No. 4 and Amber Chandronnait at No. 5.
After playing at No. 3 singles the entire season as a freshman and in NU's first match last week against Creighton, sophomore Wiveca Swarting played her first-ever match outside the No. 3 slot, as she faced ISU's Veronique Parke-Bedard at No. 2 singles. Swarting, who turned 21 on Friday, had no troubles adjusting to her new role, winning 6-2, 6-2.
Reimers, the team's lone senior and only upperclassman in the singles lineup on the day, won 6-2 in the first set but had trouble putting the Redbirds' Katri Miller away in the second. However, Reimers took the last two games of the second set and won, 7-5.
The Huskers have a day off on Saturday before heading back to the Tennis Center to take on Colorado State on Sunday. First serve for the match against CSU will be at 11 a.m.
Results
Nebraska 7, Illinois State 0
Doubles
No. 1 Albers/Reimers (NU) def. Miller/Zubkova (ISU), 8-2
No. 2 Ring/Swarting (NU) def. Parke-Bedard/O'Riley (ISU), 8-5
No. 3 Chandronnait/Evans (NU) def. Hrovatic/Parent (ISU), 8-5
Singles
No. 1 Imke Reimers (NU) def. Katri Miller (ISU), 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 Wiveca Swarting (NU) def. Veronique Parke-Bedard (ISU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Jana Albers (NU) def. Julia Zubkova (ISU), 4-6, 6-4, (10-6)
No. 4 Stephanie Evans (NU) def. Carolyne Parent (ISU), 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 Amber Chandronnait (NU) def. Tanja Hrovatic (ISU), 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Abby Buxton (NU) def. Katie O'Riley (ISU), 6-0, 6-1