GLENDALE, Wis. (WLCSports.com) – Wisconsin Lutheran College dropped a 6-1 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference dual match to Milwaukee School of Engineering on Wednesday at Nicolet High School.
The Raiders (2-5, 2-4 NACC) established control early by sweeping all three doubles flights to claim the doubles point. At the top spot, Sadie Dakay and Ana Clara Kamiyama earned a 6-0 victory over Warriors' senior
Maddy Olson (Onalaska, Wis.) and freshman
Bryce Banick (Wichita, Kan.). MSOE took No. 2 doubles by an identical 6-0 scoreline as Shephania Gonzalez and Amelia Segelstrom defeated sophomores
Addie Prochazka (Sussex, Wis.) and
Annaliese Bruns (Onalaska, Wis.). At No. 3 doubles, Wisconsin Lutheran's tandem of junior
Tai Mitchell (Elm Grove, Wis.) and freshman
Leah Moen (Oshkosh, Wis.) put up a battle before falling 6-4 to Simona Sulminas and Autumn Thoresen.
In singles play, the Raiders captured five of the six matches in straight sets to secure the team win. Kamiyama topped Olson 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, while Dakay defeated freshman
Amelia Scherwinski (Jackson, Wis.) 6-1, 6-1 at the second position. Gonzalez earned a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Mitchell at No. 3, and Sulminas won 6-1, 6-1 against Bruns at No. 5. At the fourth flight, Banick pushed Segelstrom to a second-set tiebreaker before falling 6-0, 7-6.
Moen provided the highlight of the night for the Warriors (1-6, 1-5 NACC), securing a hard-fought three-set victory at No. 6 singles. After taking the opening set 6-4, Moen dropped the second set 6-2 to Thoresen before rebounding to capture a thrilling super-tiebreaker, 10-7.
WLC returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Illinois Tech (4-3, 4-1 NACC) in its final NACC dual of the fall season at Hart Park in Wauwatosa. Match time is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
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