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Women's Tennis

Huskers Conclude Play in Texas, Travel to ITA All-American

Waco, Texas - The Nebraska women’s tennis team wrapped up competition at the H-E-B Baylor Invite on Sunday. The Huskers finished 15-6 in singles and 9-10 in doubles play against Lamar, SMU, Baylor, Denver, Tennessee and Missouri. 

On Monday, seniors Raphaëlle Lacasse and Isabel Adrover Gallego will travel to Cary, N.C. to compete in the ITA All-American. Most recently, Husker great Mary Weatherholt earned the ITA All-American status in both singles and doubles in 2013, partnered with Patricia Veresova. 

At the Baylor Invite, the Huskers kicked off competition in Texas with doubles play on Friday morning. The doubles duo of Maria Taranova and Jillian Roa defeated Denver’s Karsyn Evans and Anastasia Simnov, 6-4. The pairings of Anfisa Danilchenko and Lucy Loy, Lacasse and Adrover Gallego, Maja Pietrowicz and Ana Zamburek, competed and battled, but lost their respective matches. NU then started singles play with newcomers Maria Taravova and Pietrowicz winning their first singles matches as Huskers. Additionally, Roa, Adrover, Lacasse and Zamburek all won their opening matches, while Danilcheko and Loy dropped their matches. 

In Saturday’s doubles play, the Huskers tallied two wins and two losses in the second day of competition at the H-E-B Invite. Roa and Zamburek, and Loy and Taranova defeated Lamar in the opening match before Baylor defeated the pairs of Lacasse and Gallego, and Danilchenko and Pietrowicz. In singles play, NU earned four wins and four losses including two notable victories as Roa and Loy tallied two three-set victories. 

Sunday marked the final day in Texas as Nebraska went 3-0 in doubles play in 5-1 singles competition. 

Results
Isabel Adrover Gallego  

Lacasse/Gallego (Nebraska) def. Alice Otis/Martinez de Velasco (Denver) 6-4
Liubov Kostenko/Daniella Dimitrov (Baylor) def. Lacasse/Gallego (Nebraska) 7-6 (7-2)
Eleonora Molinaro/Lauren Anzalotta (Tennesee) def. Gallego/Loy (Nebraska) 6-4
Britt Pursell/Andrea Beltran (Denver) def. Lacasse/Gallego (Nebraska) 7-5
Sofia Cabezas (Tennessee) def. Gallego (Nebraska) 6-4, 6-3
Gallego (Nebraska) def. Liubov Kostenko (Baylor) 6-2, 6-4

Anfisa Danilchenko 

Danilchenko/Zamburek (Nebraska) def. A. Burguete Beltran/Britt Pursell (Denver) 6-2
Zuzanna Kubacha/Brooke Thompson (Baylor) def. Danilchenko/Pietrowicz (Nebraska) 6-2
Millie Skelton/Reka Patel (SMU) def. Roa/Danilchenko (Nebraska) 6-4
Caroline Driscoll/Louise Wikander (Denver) def. Danilchenko/Loy (Nebraska) 6-4
Danilchenko/Zamburek (Nebraska) def. #32 Mae Canete/Inah Canete (Missouri) 6-1
Caroline McGinley (SMU) def. Danilchenko (Nebraska) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
Daniella Dimitrov (Baylor) def. Danilchenko (Nebraska) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
Danilchenko (Nebraska) def. Inah Canete (Missouri) 6-3, 6-4

Lucy Loy 

Anastasia Simonov/Louise Wikander (Denver) def. Loy/Roa (Nebraska) 6-1
Eleonora Molinaro/Lauren Anzalotta (Tennessee) def. Gallego/Loy (Nebraska) 6-4
Caroline Driscoll/Louise Wikander (Denver) def. Danilchenko/Loy (Nebraska) 6-4
Loy/Taranova (Nebraska) def. Megan Do/Elena Rubio (Lamar) 6-2
Pietrowicz/Loy (Nebraska) def. Gabriela Martinez/R. Cardenas Rifka (Missouri) 6-3
Loy (Nebraska) def. Reka Patel (SMU) 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
Megan Do (Lamar) def. Loy (Nebraska) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7
Loy (Nebraska) def. Sophia McLellan (Missouri) 6-2, 6-1

Raphaëlle Lacasse

Lacasse/Gallego (Nebraska) def. Alice Otis/Martinez de Velasco (Denver) 6-4
Liubov Kostenko/Daniella Dimitrov (Baylor) def. Lacasse/Gallego (Nebraska) 7-6 (7-2)
Sofia Cabezas/Esther Adeshina (Tennessee) def. Lacasse/Pietrowicz (Nebraska)
Britt Pursell/Andrea Beltran (Denver) def. Lacasse/Gallego (Nebraska) 7-5
Lauren Anzalotta (Tennessee) def. Lacasse (Nebraska) 6-4, 6-5
Lacasse (Nebraska) def. Zuzanna Kubacha (Baylor) 6-3, 4-6, 10-6

Maja Pietrowicz 

Pietrowicz/Taranova (Nebraska) def. Caroline Driscoll/Karsyn Evans (Denver) 6-2
Sofia Cabezas/Esther Adeshina (Tennessee) def. Lacasse/Pietrowicz (Nebraska)
Alice Otis/Claudia De Velasco (Denver) def. Pietrowicz/ Zamburek (Nebraska) 6-1
Pietrowicz/Loy (Nebraska) def. Gabriela Martinez/R. Cardenas Rifka (Missouri) 6-3
Pietrowicz (Nebraska) def. Esther Adeshina (Tennessee) 1-6, 6-4, 13-11
Pietrowicz (Nebraska) def. Elena Rubio (Lamar) 6-4, 6-4
Pietrowicz (Nebraska) def. Gabriela Martinez (Missouri) 3-0

Jillian Roa 

Anastasia Simonov/Louise Wikander (Denver) def. Loy/Roa (Nebraska) 6-1
Zamburek/Roa (Nebraska) def. Jayci Wong/Nouray Metwally (Lamar) 6-2
Millie Skelton/Reka Patel (SMU) def. Roa/Danilchenko (Nebraska) 6-4
Roa/Taranova (Nebraska) def. Karsyn Evans/Anastasia Simonov (Denver) 6-4
Taranova/Roa (Nebraska) def. Andrea Artimedi/Sophia McLellan (Missouri) 6-1
Roa (Nebraska) def. Millie Skelton (SMU) 6-3, 5-7, 11-9
Roa (Nebraska) def. Jayci Wong (Lamar) 6-0, 6-0
Roa (Nebraska) def. R. Cardenas Rifka (Missouri) 6-0, 6-3

Maria Taranova 

Pietrowicz/Taranova (Nebraska) def. Caroline Driscoll/Karsyn Evans (Denver) 6-2
Loy/Taranova (Nebraska) def. Megan Do/Elena Rubio (Lamar) 6-2
Maja Makoric/Caroline McGinley (SMU) def. Zamburek/Taranova (Nebraska) 6-3
Roa/Taranova (Nebraska) def. Karsyn Evans/Anastasia Simonov (Denver) 6-4
Taranova/Roa (Nebraska) def. Andrea Artimedi/Sophia McLellan (Missouri) 6-1
Eleonora Molinaro (Tennessee) def. Taranova (Nebraska) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Taranova (Nebraska) def. Nouray Metwally (Lamar) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6
Taranova (Nebraska) def. Andrea Artimedi (Missouri) 6-4, 4-6, 18-8

Ana Zamburek

Danilchenko/Zamburek (Nebraska) def. A. Burguete Beltran/Britt Pursell (Denver) 6-2
Zamburek/Roa (Nebraska) def. Jayci Wong/Nouray Metwally (Lamar) 6-2
Maja Makoric/Caroline McGinley (SMU) def. Zamburek/Taranova (Nebraska) 6-3
Alice Otis/Claudia De Velasco (Denver) def. Pietrowicz/Zamburek (Nebraska) 6-1
Danilchenko/Zamburek (Nebraska) def. #32 Mae Canete/Inah Canete (Missouri) 6-1
Zamburek (Nebraska) def. Maja Makoric (SMU) 6-3, 6-3
Zamburek (Nebraska) def. Brooke Thompson (Baylor) 6-3, 6-4
#60 Mae Canete (Missouri) def. Zamburek (Nebraska) 6-2, 5-7, 10-4