Huskers Drop Match Against Hawkeyes

Iowa City, IA – Despite picking up the doubles point, the No. 63 Nebraska women’s tennis team (12-4, 1-2 Big Ten) dropped the match against No. 54 Iowa (7-6, 2-1 Big Ten) 4-1 at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex on Saturday afternoon. 

Competition began with doubles play. In the No. 3 position, the duo of Lucy Loy and Anfisa Danilchenko dropped the match against Iowa’s Barbora Pokorna and Pia Kranholdt, 6-4. On Court 2, Isabel Adrover Gallego and Ana Carmen Zamburek bested Daianne Hayashida and Vipasha Mehra, 6-4. In the No. 1 position, the undefeated team of Samantha Alicea and Raphaëlle Lacasse got their tenth straight doubles win and clinched the doubles point against Marisa Schmidt and Samantha Mannix, 6-4

 

The competition continued in singles play. On Court 5, Danilchenko fell to Pokorna, 6-1, 6-1. Lacasse was bested by Mehra on Court 4, 6-2, 6-2. In the No. 6 position, Jillian Roa dropped the match against Kranholdt 6-3, 6-1, putting the Hawkeyes within one point of victory. In the No. 2 spot, Carmen Zamburek was bested by Samantha Mannix, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. The matches on Courts 1 and 3 went unfinished.

 

Up next, the Huskers come back home to host Indiana on March 31 at noon CT.

Nebraska vs Iowa

Mar 25, 2023 at Iowa City, Iowa

(Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex)

#54 Iowa 4, #63 Nebraska 1

Singles competition

1. Marisa Schmidt (UI) vs. Isabel A. Gallego (NEB) 3-6, 6-2, 2-4, unfinished

2. Samantha Mannix (UI) def. Ana Carmen Zamburek (NEB) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3

3. Daianne Hayashida (UI) vs. Samantha Alicea (NEB) 2-6, 6-0, 4-2, unfinished

4. Vipasha Mehra (UI) def. Raphae¨lle Lacasse (NEB) 6-2, 6-2

5. Barbora Pokorna (UI) def. Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) 6-1, 6-1

6. Pia Kranholdt (UI) def. Jillian Roa (NEB) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Samantha Alicea/Raphae¨lle Lacasse (NEB) def. Marisa Schmidt/Samantha Mannix (UI) 6-4

2. Isabel A. Gallego/Ana Carmen Zamburek (NEB) def. Daianne Hayashida/Vipasha Mehra (UI) 6-4

3. Barbora Pokorna/Pia Kranholdt (UI) def. Anfisa Danilchenko/Lucy Loy (NEB) 6-4

Match Notes:

Nebraska 12-4, 1-2; National ranking #63

Iowa 7-6, 2-1; National ranking #54

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,4,6,2) T-2:39 A-52