The Peacock tennis team stayed perfect in Northern Sun Conference and picked up the weekend sweep with a 7-2 victory over the St. Cloud State Huskies in Winona, Minn. With the win, UIU moved to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in the NSIC, while SCSU fell to 4-4 on the year and 4-2 in conerence play.
UIU swept the doubles competition, with the biggest win coming in the match at No. 2 where
Isabella Sella and
Jemina Linn Sorman earned an 8-2 victory.
Saki Kawabata and
Kelly Jachymowski recorded a 8-4 win at No. 1, while
Yulia Prokopyshyn and
Anna Okolot had the closest doubles match at No. 3 with an 8-5 victory.
In singles, the Peacocks took four of the six matches. Both Kawabata and Sella brought home 6-1, 6-3 victories at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Sorman battled back to win at No. 3 singles after she dropped the first set, 2-6, to take set two 6-2 and the tiebreaker 10-7. Okolot had the final UIU win at singles at No. 5, squeaking out a 7-5 set one win, followed by a 6-1 win in set two.
Upper Iowa will take spring break trip to Oklahoma to play five matches in six days. The Peacocks open the trip with a match against Seminole State College in Ada, Okla. on Monday, Mar. 7 at 1 p.m.
Upper Iowa 7 - St. Cloud State 2Doubles competition1.
Saki Kawabata /
Kelly Jachymowski (UIU) def. Abby Kantor / Fernanda dos Santos (SCSU) 8-4
2.
Isabella Sella /
Jemina Linn Sorman (UIU) def. Jill Kedrowski / Alexie Portz
(SCSU) 8-2
3.
Yulia Prokopyshyn /
Anna Okolot (UIU) def. Marilia Diversi / Miranda Wynkoop
(SCSU) 8-5
Singles competition1.
Saki Kawabata (UIU) def. El O'Brien
(SCSU) 6-1, 6-3
2.
Isabella Sella (UIU) def. Abby Kantor
(SCSU) 6-1, 6-3
3.
Jemina Linn Sorman (UIU) def. Marilia Diversi
(SCSU) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)
4. Jamie Voelker
(SCSU) def.
Kelly Jachymowski (UIU) 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8)
5.
Anna Okolot (UIU) def. Alexie Portz (MSU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Jill Kedrowski
(SCSU) def.
Yulia Prokopyshyn (UIU) 6-0, 6-0
Match NotesUpper Iowa 7-1 (6-0 NSIC)
St. Cloud State 4-4 (4-2 NSIC)