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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's tennis team won two dual matches Saturday on the road to open the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference season.
The Warhawks (4-0 overall, 2-0 WIAC) opened play with a 5-4 victory at UW-La Crosse and finished with an 8-1 triumph at UW-Eau Claire to extend their conference dual win streak to 83 matches.
The Eagles (4-1, 1-1) claimed two of three doubles matches to take a 2-1 lead into singles play. Senior
Brittany Goebel (McHenry, IL/West) and freshman
Paige Nierman (Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Stevenson) collected an 8-3 win at No. 3 to give UW-Whitewater a crucial point.
The Warhawks posted victories at the Nos. 3-6 singles positions and needed all of the matches to outlast UW-La Crosse.
Senior
Jillian Wallace (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) was first on the board with a 6-0, 6-0 triumph at the fourth slot. The two teams split the next two matches as Nierman registered a 6-3, 6-3 win at the fifth spot.
The two teams split the next two results as senior
Bridgid McGuire (Slinger/Slinger) came through with a 6-0, 6-3 triumph at No. 3.
With the match tied at 4-4, freshman
Sabrina Palavra (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) gave UW-Whitewater the deciding point with a 6-3, 6-1 victory.
Against UW-Eau Claire (3-1, 2-1), the Warhawks grabbed a 1-0 lead as Palavra and Nierman recorded an 8-2 win at the third position. Senior
Alexandra Talyansky (Mequon/Homestead) and junior
Julie Martin (Morton, Ill./Morton) broke a 6-6 tie by winning the final two games of an 8-6 match at No. 2.
Wallace (No. 4) and Nierman (No. 5) were first on the board in singles play with straight-set victories, and Martin clinched the contest at No. 2 with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph.
Goebel won a third-set super-tiebreaker for a 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (10-2) win at No. 6, and Talyansky and McGuire each added victories by third-set super-tiebreakers at Nos. 1 and 3, respectively.
UW-Whitewater resumes play next Friday-Sunday, Sept. 22-24, at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championships at Gustavus Adolphus University in St. Peter, Minn.
