Huskers Advance to Semifinals at Big 12 Championships

Norman, Okla. - The Nebraska women’s tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Championships with a 4-0 win over Colorado on Friday afternoon. The Huskers will face No. 1-seed Baylor on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.

 

The Huskers, who defeated the Buffaloes just a week earlier 5-2, were dominant all the way through the match. Nebraska had lost its previous four doubles points, but on Friday won the first two completed doubles matches, at the Nos. 1 and 2 positions, to take a 1-0 lead going into singles play.

 

Mary Weatherholt and Jana Albers quickly made it 3-0 Nebraska as they both won in straight sets at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Madeleine Geibert sealed the win for Nebraska with a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 2 singles, giving NU its fourth point, and the rest of the matches weren’t finished due to the team result already being decided.

 

“Today, I think the difference was the way we started the match in doubles,” Head Coach Scott Jacobson said. “It’s been a while since we got a doubles point. Our energy was right from the beginning of the match to the end of the match.”

 

Nebraska will face Baylor, ranked No. 5 nationally, on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Bears defeated Missouri 4-0 on Friday.

 

“Tomorrow, we get a chance to play against one of the better teams in the country and I think the kids are excited about that opportunity,” Jacobson said.

 

Results

Doubles (order of finish: 1-2)

No. 1 Albers/Geibert def. Belassi/Esposito, 8-5

No. 2 Holmberg/Swarting def. Jendrian/Anuszkiewicz, 9-7

No. 3 Evans/Weatherholt vs. Probert/Jensen, DNF

 

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

No. 1 Mary Weatherholt def. Camila Belassi, 6-1, 6-4

No. 2 Madeleine Geibert def. Melisa Esposito, 6-3, 7-5

No. 3 Jana Albers def. Abbie Probert, 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 Wiveca Swarting vs. Franziska Jendrian, DNF

No. 5 Jennifer Holmberg vs. Michala Jensen, DNF

No. 6 Stephanie Evans vs. Ania Anuszkiewicz, DNF