MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Northwestern women's tennis team picked up its second victory of the season on Saturday, going late into the night to defeat Hamline University 8-1. The Eagles' lone loss of the evening came in a tiebreaker at No. 3 doubles; otherwise it was all Northwestern in a match that started at 8 p.m.
Match ResultsUNW's first two doubles teams, the pairs of
Megan Johnson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing)/
Karen Moe (Fargo, N.D./Fargo South ) and
Birdie Bardwell (Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville)/
Rachel Bostrom (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake), breezed through their competition from the other side, winning 8-0 and 8-1.
Brooke Lapinski (Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen) and Tina Matetch just couldn't barely get over the hump in a 9-8 loss to the Pipers' Lilli Dennison and Elizabeth Hughes.
Leading 2-1 in the overall match score, Northwestern claimed all six singles matches, with four of the six wins coming in rather quick fashion. Johnson blanked Emily Butler 6-0, 6-0 while Moe picked up a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Jordan Danielson. Bardwell's win at No. 3 singles came thanks to a 10-6 third set tiebreaker, something that Lapinski needed as well in her No. 5 victory against Dennison as she won the third round 10-2.
