Huskers Finish Day Two at Drake Invite

Des Moines, Iowa —The Nebraska women’s tennis team finished day two, and headed to the finals round tomorrow morning. 

 

Freshmen Jillian Roa and Lucy Loy had another successful day as Huskers. Roa defeated North Dakota’s Andrea Jansson 6-4, 5-7, [10-7] and continued to dominate in her second match against Bluejay Sarah Wilcox 0-6,5-3,[10-8].  Loy won her first matchup against UNO Brooke Covington 6-1 6-0, and lost her second match of the day against Creighton freshman Siri Kongara 6-2, 7-5.

Sophomore Vivien Sandberg fought hard against Natalie Kmoskova 6-1,6-1 but fell short. Sandberg withdrew from tournament due to injury. 

Fellow sophomore Chloe Kuckelman defeats first match against Daria Walczak 6-1, 6-2 . Kuckelman gained another win in the second match of the day against Habiba Aly of South Dakota 6-4, 1-6. In the 2020-21 season, Aly primarily played the No. 2 spot for the Coyotes. 

 

Finishing singles play was junior Samantha Alicea with the win against Rachel Osborn 6-1 4-2 Ret [inj]. Defeated Nina Zdravkovic 6-4 3-6 [13-11]In her second match up of day two.  

 

Play resumes tomorrow morning and results will be posted here.

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Day 2 Results:

 

Singles Round One: 

 

Kuckelman (NEB) def. Daria Walczak (Drake) 6-1, 6-1

Natalie Kmoskova (USD) def.Sandberg (NEB) 6-2, 7-5

Roa (NEB) def. Andrea Jansson (UND) 6-3, 6-4

Alicea (NEB) def. Rachel Osborn (UNO) 6-2, 6-3

Loy (NEB) def. Brooke Covington(UNO) 6-1, 7-6 (5)

 

Singles Round Two: 

Kuckelman (NEB) def. Habiba Aly (USD) 6-7 (7), 6-2, 10-8 

Sandberg (NEB) Withdrew due to injury 

Roa (NEB) def. Sarah Wilcox (Creighton) 6-2, 6-0

Alicea (NEB) def.Nina Zdravkovic (UND) 3-6, 6-0, 10-1

Siri Kongara (Creighton) def. Loy (NEB) 6-3, 7-5