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Huskers Record Two Wins on Sunday



Lincoln, Neb. – The No. 56 Nebraska women’s tennis team (10-1, 0-0 Big Ten) recorded two wins as it hosted a double header on Sunday against Wyoming (4-6, 0-0 Mountain West) and Kansas City (4-9, 0-0 Summit League) at the Dillon Tennis Center.
 
To start off the day, the Huskers bested the Cowgirls 4-1. The action started with doubles play. The undefeated duo of Raphaëlle Lacasse and Samantha Alicea played in the No. 1 position against Sophie Zehender and Ana Fernandez, beating them 6-2. On Court 2, Isabel Adrover Gallego and Anfisa Danilchenko dropped the match against Maria Oreshkina and Violetta Borodina 6-3. Lucy Loy and Ana Carmen Zamburek clinched the overall doubles point for Nebraska in the No. 3 spot against Wyoming’s Noesjka Brink and Nikol Dobrilova 6-4. 
 
Lacasse began singles play for the Huskers in the No. 4 position and was defeated by Violetta Borodina, 6-2, 6-2. Alicea picked up the first singles point for NU 6-4, 6-3 against Oreshkina on Court 2. In the No. 5 spot, Danilchenko bested Dobrilova 6-3, 7-6 (3). To clinch the overall win, Adrover Gallego beat Brink 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Court 3. 
 
The match against Wyoming concluded with unfinished matches on Courts 1 and 6. 
 
For the second match of the day, the Huskers battled the Roos, winning 5-0. To kick off doubles action, the team of Loy and Carmen Zamburek swept Kansas City’s Eva Kresovic and Catherine Chrobak 6-0 on Court 3. Lacasse and Alicea followed suit in the No. 1 spot and bested Michela Xibilia and Laura Munoz-Baroja 6-1. The match on Court 2 went unfinished.
 
Singles play kicked off with Alicea defeating Munoz-Baroja in the No. 3 spot, 6-2, 6-1. Consecutive wins proceeded on Courts 4, 2 and 5. Danilchenko bested Kate Miley on Court 4 6-3, 6-0. In the No. 2 position, Adrover Gallego beat Chrobak 6-0, 6-3 and to conclude play, Lacasse defeated Joanna Cardona on Court 5, 6-1, 6-2. 

The final match of the day was called with unfinished matches on Courts 1 and 6. 

Up next, the Huskers stay at home to welcome Wichita State on March 10 at 5 p.m. CT.  

Results

       

Nebraska 4, Wyoming 1                                                  

Singles competition                                                         

1. Ana C. Zamburek (NEB) vs. Sophie Zehender (WYO) 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 3-4, unfinished 

2. Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Maria Oreshkina (WYO) 6-4, 6-3

3. Isabel A. Gallego (NEB) def. Noesjka Brink (WYO) 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3

4. Violetta Borodina (WYO) def. Raphae¨lle Lacasse (NEB) 6-2, 6-2

5. Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) def. Nikol Dobrilova (WYO) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) 

6. Jillian Roa (NEB) vs. Ana Fernandez (WYO) 6-4, 5-7, 2-1, unfinished

                                                           

Doubles competition                                                       

1. Raphae¨lle Lacasse/Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Sophie Zehender/Ana Fernandez (WYO) 6-2 

2. Maria Oreshkina/Violetta Borodina (WYO) def. Isabel A. Gallego/Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) 6-3 

3. Lucy Loy/Ana C. Zamburek (NEB) def. Noesjka Brink/Nikol Dobrilova (WYO) 6-4

                                                           

Match Notes:

Wyoming 4-5

Nebraska 9-1

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,2,5,3) 

A-49 

                                                                                           

Nebraska 5, Kansas City 0                                             

Singles competition                                             

1. Ana C. Zamburek (NEB) vs. Michela Xibilia (UMKC) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished 

2. Isabel A. Gallego (NEB) def. Catherine Chrobak (UMKC) 6-0, 6-3

3. Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Laura Munoz-Baroja (UMKC) 6-2, 6-1

4. Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) def. Kate Miley (UMKC) 6-3, 6-0

5. Raphae¨lle Lacasse (NEB) def. Joanna Cardona (UMKC) 6-1, 6-2

6. Jillian Roa (NEB) vs. Eva Kresovic (UMKC) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished

 

Doubles competition

1. Raphae¨lle Lacasse/Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Michela Xibilia/Laura Munoz-Baroja (UMKC) 6-1

2. Isabel A. Gallego/Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) vs. Joanna Cardona/Kate Miley (UMKC) 3-4, unfinished 

3. Lucy Loy/Ana C. Zamburek (NEB) def. Eva Kresovic/Catherine Chrobak (UMKC) 6-0

                                                           

Match Notes:

Kansas City 4-9

Nebraska 10-1

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,4,2,5)

A-31 





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