RIVER FALLS, Wis. — The UW-River Falls women's tennis team split a pair of matches on Saturday at Ramer Tennis Courts, falling 6-1 against St. Olaf College before a 7-0 win over the University of Minnesota Morris.
Alicia Langbehn earned UWRF's sole point against the Oles in the first of two matches on the day, defeating Elliana Loesch 7-6, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
Despite the loss, the Falcons bounced back during their second match of the day, sweeping the Cougars. UWRF won two of three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead before winning all six singles matches, improving the team's overall record to 7-12 this season and 4-3 this spring.
St. Olaf 6, UW-River Falls 1
Singles competition
1. Olha Zubarieva (STO) def.
Chloe Struss (UWRF) 6-2, 6-0
2. Jane Spading (STO) def.
Alexis Budzinski (UWRF) 6-2, 6-1
3. Fiona O'Flaherty (STO) def.
Sarah Baker (UWRF) 6-0, 6-0
4. Sarah Clark (STO) def.
Sydney Wiener (UWRF) 7-5, 6-0
5.
Alicia Langbehn (UWRF) def. Elliana Loesch (STO) 7-6 (11-9), 6-1
6. Evelyn Smiley (STO) def.
Mykela Hanson (UWRF) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Olha Zubarieva/Fiona O'Flaherty (STO) def.
Chloe Struss/
Alexis Budzinski (UWRF) 6-0
2. Jane Spading/Sarah Clark (STO) def.
Sarah Baker/
Sydney Wiener (UWRF) 6-2
3. Alexandra Berns/Emma Clift (STO) def.
Alicia Langbehn/
Hailey Reuvers (UWRF) 6-0
UW-River Falls 7, Minnesota Morris 0
Singles competition
1.
Chloe Struss (UWRF) def. Valerie Gall (UMM) 6-1, 6-3
2.
Alexis Budzinski (UWRF) def. Minami Rikimaru (UMM) 6-3, 6-2
3.
Sarah Baker (UWRF) def. Mariah Mireles (UMM) 6-1, 6-2
4.
Sydney Wiener (UWRF) def. Marybeth Tautges (UMM) 6-0, 6-4
5.
Alicia Langbehn (UWRF) def. Ava Weber (UMM) 6-1, 7-5
6.
Hailey Reuvers (UWRF) def. Katharine Kelm (UMM) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Chloe Struss/
Alexis Budzinski (UWRF) def. Allison Bruhn/Valerie Gall (UMM) 6-3
2. Marybeth Tautges/Minami Rikimaru (UMM) def.
Sarah Baker/
Sydney Wiener (UWRF) 7-5
3.
Alicia Langbehn/
Hailey Reuvers (UWRF) def. Ava Weber/Mariah Mireles (UMM) 6-0
