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Women’s Tennis fell short in both of their contests on Saturday afternoon. Upper Iowa lost 5-4 to Lewis University in the early match up and 5-4 to University of Saint Francis in the second contest.
Against Lewis, Upper Iowa won two of the three doubles matches. Kasey Huisman (FR/Aplington, IA) and Erin Kelley (FR/Rockford, IL) won 8-6; Katie Rodewald (JR/Andover, MN) and Mallery Cox (Anchorage, AK) lost 8-1; and Shelby Lilly (FR/Milton, WI) and Molly Klocke (FR/Dixon, IL) won 9-8. The Peacocks took their 2-1 set lead into the singles competition, but failed to hold the lead. Lewis won 4 of the 6 singles matches. Upper Iowa’s #1 Kasey Huisman saw her singles record fall to 2-1 in losing 6-2, 6-3. #2 Kelsey Montgomery (FR/Stewartville, MN) improved her singles record to 2-1 in a 1-6, 6-1, 10-7 win. #3 Mallery Cox’s singles record fell to 1-2 with a 6-4, 6-3 loss. #4 Erin Kelley fell to 2-1 after losing 6-2, 6-0. #5 Katie Rodewald raised her record to 2-1 by winning 6-1, 6-3. #6 Molly Klocke lost in three sets and her record dropped to 0-2 with a 6-5, 3-6, 12-10 loss. Against St. Francis, Upper Iowa won two of the three doubles matches again. Huisman and Kelley dominated in an 8-0 performance; Rodewald and Cox won 8-3; and Lilly and Klocke lost 8-6. The Peacocks once again took their 2-1 lead into the singles competition, but failed to hold the lead. St. Francis won 4 of the 6 singles matches, but they had some help from a back injury to Huisman. The UIU #1 dominated the first set 6-2, then suffered a back injury and while trying to battle through the second set stiffened up. She lost the second set 6-4 and could not continue to a third set and lost the match. #2 Montgomery raised her singles record to 3-1 in a 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 win. #3 Cox improved her record to 2-2 with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win. #4 Kelley fell to 2-2 after losing 6-0, 6-2. #5 Rodewald’s record fell to 2-2 in a 6-3, 6-4 loss. #6 Lilly lost in three sets, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, in her first singles match. After the matches Coach Chad Fenwick said, “We played well; and we were in both matches until the very end. We were successful in our doubles match ups, winning two out of the three doubles matches against both schools. It was unfortunate that Kasey (Huisman) suffered an injury after her commanding performance in the first set of her singles match. I can’t really point the finger at any area, of either the matches, where we didn’t have the effort to win. We just came up a little short on points between injuries and inexperience.” The Peacocks take the court again on the 22nd and 23rd of September at the ITA Regional in Topeka, Kansas. |
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