Huskers Rout Cowgirls

Lincoln - The Nebraska women’s tennis team notched its 12th straight non-conference home sweep on Friday afternoon with a 7-0 win over Wyoming. The Huskers moved to 2-0 with the win, while the Cowgirls fell to 0-1.

 

Wyoming, who only had five players able to participate in the meet, had to give up wins at the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles spot, putting them in a hole before the match even started. Nebraska won both doubles matches to secure the doubles point heading into singles play.

 

Senior Ashley Finnegan got Nebraska started in singles with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Wyoming’s Carolina Chaix at No. 5 singles, giving NU a 3-0 lead. Stephanie Evans sealed the victory for NU with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Jamie Nelson at the No. 4 spot.

 

The Cowgirls didn’t go down without a fight, however, and proved to be some stiff competition for the Huskers at the top of the singles lineup.

 

Mary Weatherholt won a tough-fought match at the No. 2 singles spot, 6-4, 6-2, over Wyoming’s Rebecca Berger.

Jana Albers beat Carly Van Hollen 6-1, 6-4 at the No. 3 spot to make the score 6-0 Nebraska. Wiveca Swarting closed the match with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Sarah Summerfield at the No. 1 spot, which included a comeback in the first set after being down 5-3.

 

Nebraska hits the courts again on Sunday with a match against Drake at 11 a.m. at the NebraskaTennisCenter.

 

Results

Doubles (order of finish: 2-1)

No. 1 Albers/Swarting (NU) def. Berger/Summerfield (UW), 8-4

No. 2 Evans/Ring (NU) def. Nelson/Van Hollen (UW), 8-5

No. 3 Buxton/Finnegan (NU) won by default

 

Singles (order of finish: 5-4-2-3-1)

No. 1 Wiveca Swarting (NU) def. Sarah Summerfield (UW), 7-5, 6-3

No. 2 Mary Weatherholt (NU) def. Rebecca Berger (UW), 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 Jana Albers (NU) def. Carly Van Hollen (UW), 6-1, 6-4

No. 4 Stephanie Evans (NU) def. Jamie Nelson (UW), 6-2, 6-3

No. 5 Ashley Finnegan (NU) def. Carolina Chaix (UW), 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 Abby Buxton (NU) won by default