CHICAGO, Ill. (WLCSports.com) - Wisconsin Lutheran College collected its third straight sweep on Saturday, shutting out Illinois Tech 9-0 in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference match at XS Tennis Center.
The Warriors (4-3, 4-1 NACC), who knocked off the Scarlet Hawks (3-5, 3-3 NACC) in convincing fashion for the first time in seven all-time meetings, sit in third place in the NACC with four conference matches remaining.
WLC's No. 1 doubles team of seniors
Katelynn Haskell (Santa Maria, Calif.) and
Jena Smith (Lake Mills, Wis.) defeated IIT's Hannah Markiewicz and Sofia Martinez 8-1. SeniorsÂ
Izzy Hawley (Allen Park, Mich.) and
Sky Pope (Macon, Ga.) edged Paige Geiger and Pilar Torres-Dulce 8-6 at No. 2, while juniors
Haley Olson (Appleton, Wis.) and
Ali Schmidt (Germantown, Wis.) took down Ashley Dame and Maria Moran Miranda 8-2 at No. 3.
Wisconsin Lutheran picked up straight set wins at five of the six singles flights. Haskell had little trouble with Markiewicz at No. 1, winning 6-1, 6-1. Smith secured a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Martinez at No. 2, while Schmidt cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 triumph at No. 3 over Geiger. Hawley hung on for a three-set win at No. 4 over Dame, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4). Pope picked up a 6-1, 6-4 win over Moran Miranda at No. 5, and Olson was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Torres-Dulce at No. 6.
The Warriors next host conference frontrunner Concordia Wisconsin (8-0, 7-0 NACC) on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Hart Park in Wauwatosa.Â
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