The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's tennis team battled closely with North Central College in a dual match on Sunday afternoon. The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead after the doubles flights, but it all came down to the final match, with the 26th ranked Cardinals taking the 5-4 victory.

Just last week, these two teams competed at the Midwest Invite in Madison, Wisconsin. North Central defeated the Warhawks 6-3 in that match, but today the Warhawks closed the margin with a 5-4 loss to the Cardinals.

Three of the six single flights went into a third set tiebreaker. Cassandra Lee dropped the first set at No. 1 singles, 6-0, but she bounced back & took the second set 6-2. Lee would go on to win the match 11-9 in a close third set tiebreak.

Gracie Ha (Palatine, Ill./Fremd) also bounced back after a first set loss. Ha forced the tiebreak after picking up the second set 6-4, but fell in close tiebreak, 10-6, at the No. 2 singles flight. 

Alex Repplier (Champlin,MN/Champlin Park) had another similar situation, winning her second set 6-3 after falling in the first. The No. 5 singles flight went to another 10-6 tiebreak in favor of the Cardinals. 

The Warhawks have now played four straight top-ranked opponents. Next weekend, the Warhawk women's tennis team will take on more top-ranked teams, with a match against #5 University of Chicago on Saturday, followed by #9 WashU on Sunday. 

Full Results
Singles
#1 - Lee (UWW) def. Penados (NCC): 0-6, 6-2, (11-9)
#2 - Bassett (NCC) def. G. Ha (UWW): 6-4, 4-6, (10-6)
#3 - K. Ha (UWW) def. Payne (NCC): 6-1, 6-0
#4 - Patience (NCC) def. Asfeld (UWW): 7-5, 7-5
#5 - Herlihy (NCC) def. Repplier (UWW): 6-4, 3-6, (10-6)
#6 - Ferguson (UWW) def. McSweeney (NCC): 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
#1 - Bassett/Penados (NCC) def. G. Ha/Lee (UWW): 8-5
#2 - Asfeld/K. Ha (UWW) def. Payne/Herlihy (NCC): 8-3
#3 - McSweeney/Edquiban (NCC) def. Lindow/Repplier (UWW): 8-2