Women's Tennis Sweeps Alverno For First Win

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (WLCSports.com) – The Wisconsin Lutheran College women's tennis team split a pair of NACC-opening matches on Saturday at the Princeton Club. The Warriors dropped an 8-1 decision to Concordia Wisconsin in their morning match, before bouncing back for a 9-0 sweep over Alverno in their matinee contest. 

• Final Scores: Concordia Wisconsin 8, Wisconsin Lutheran 1; Wisconsin Lutheran 9, Alverno 0
• Records: Wisconsin Lutheran (1-2, 1-1 NACC), Concordia Wisconsin (3-0, 2-0 NACC), Alverno (0-2, 0-2 NACC)
• Location: Princeton Club, New Berlin, Wis.

• The Falcons opened the first match of the day winning all three doubles matches, despite the Warriors' No. 1 team of sophomores Jena Smith (Lake Mills, Wis.) and Kaytlyn Hartfield (New Holstein, Wis.) falling 8-7. CUW went on to win five of six singles matches from WLC.
• Freshman Ali Schmidt (Germantown, Wis.) earned a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles for Wisconsin Lutheran's lone win of the contest.
• In the Warriors' afternoon bout with the Inferno, the hosts were victorious in all nine flights. Schmidt and sophomore Alex Sturm (Hartland, Wis.) were 8-0 winners at No. 3 doubles. Smith, sophomore Katelynn Haskell (Santa Maria, Calif.), sophomore Izzy Hawley (Allen Park, Mich.), Schmidt, and Sturm all claimed 6-0, 6-0 sweeps at their respective flights.
• The win over the Inferno was the first conference win of the season for the Warriors and their seventh straight over their cross-town conference foe.

• "We had mixed results today. We played great tennis in stretches against CUW but weren't steady enough to come away with a win. It was nice to be able to get our first conference win of the year against Alverno in the second match of the day." - Head Coach Ryan Sallmann

• The Warriors cap off their busy first week of the season tomorrow with two non-conference matches in Stevens Point. WLC will play Marian (0-0) at 12 p.m. and the host Pointers (2-0) at 3 p.m.

WTEN: @WLC_WTEN 9, Alverno 0

⚔️Sturm and Schmidt win 8-0 at No. 3 doubles
⚔️Schmidt moves to 3-0 on the season in singles play
⚔️Warriors sweep five of six singles flights by 6-0, 6-0 scores

WLC (1-2) plays Marian and UW-Stevens Point tomorrow in Stevens Point.#d3tennis

— WLC Warriors (@WLCSports) September 5, 2021

WTEN: Concordia Wisconsin 8, @WLC_WTEN 1

⚔️Ali Schmidt wins 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6 singles for Warriors

WLC will next host Alverno at 4 p.m. today#d3tennis

— WLC Warriors (@WLCSports) September 4, 2021

WTEN: @WLC_WTEN opens conference play today with a pair of matches at the Princeton Club.

��: Concordia Wisconsin/Alverno
��: Sept. 4, 2021
��: Princeton Club
⏰: 9 a.m./4p.m.#d3ten pic.twitter.com/OT3lp40sBw

— WLC Warriors (@WLCSports) September 4, 2021